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Year: 1870

KEEPING GRAPES UNDER GROUND. D.-MaDy
years ago, while in the nursery business, a
customer wanted some vines of me, aud while
they were being dug up be asked me it l Lad
kept any grapes over winter. This was in
March. Of course he got negative reply
WE'LL says he, when l come next week tor
trees will bring you some along. The thing
seemed out joke to me at the time, bus OF
course | thanked him for the kind offer. True
to his promise, when be came a week or ten
days thereafter he brought me somc. Not a
few berries, as might have been expected but
at least FIVE pounds. They were Isabeas and
Catawbas, perfectly plump, sweet. and fresh
although most of the berries had dropped from
their stems. With the exception Of q very
slight earthly taste, they were certainly ex-
cellent.


The question. of course, was asked, how o
you keep them thus ? The reply Was, that in
the fall, as late as the cold will admit, they
we're gathered in clear day when perfectly
dry a box about eight inches deep was taken;
q layer Cf green leaves was taken from the
vines and laid on the bottom on these u lay
CT of grapes, then layer OF leaves again, un-
ill the bux was full, Flushing with a layer ol
leaves Put the lid on sight and bury decp
enough TO escape tho trosts Of winter d
course it must be where water cannot settle
into the box.


The stems OF those grapes were quite fresh
when given 10 me- The man told me his
father in law had kept them thus for years. -
Why | never tried it is now mystery to me,
hit il spared until fall will do so, think, -
Cor. Of Grape CHlturiSt.
Year: 1870

No doubt the readers of the Times who
have travelled over the railroad from Ian
caster to Philadelphia, have been amused
as the brakeman would call out the stations,
at the singular name of Bird-in-Hand,"
and no doubt the remainder of the old PROV
erb Of "worth two in the bush," would at
once come to mind.


AT recent visit to that place we
came across an old gentleman who gave the
following explanation of the manner in
which it received it's name. During the
Revolutionary war, while Washington was
with his army in that section of the State,
word was received that small Tory band
had their head quarters at the place now
called " Bird-in-Hand, and could be easily
captured. A force was therefore sent to
perform that duty, but while on the way
some Tory sympathizers endeavored to turn
the officer in charge to another point by
telling him of larger camp of British
which could easily be surprised and cap
tured. The officer however, saying she was
sure of capturing the Tory party, and that
" Bird in the hand was worth two in the
Bush, kept on his way, and met with sue
cess, and ever since, the locality has been
known by the name at the head of this
article.
Year: 1870

in Miss Tiggs' lap, half in shame at her de.
ceit and half in sympathy for she dearly
loved her adopted mother, and felt her sor-
rows her own.


Shortly after, you were born, and from
shat time have passed you off as my
nephew, though knew it was wrong yet
now that it has gone on so long, it may go
on until my death.'


"Oh oh, oh Miss Leonora p sobbed
Katie jumping to her feet. "I am such a
wicked girl to be sitting here listening to
all this, but declare / didn't know what
was coming till it was all said-I declare I
didn't Oh, indeed 1 am not as wicked as
] look. I hope you'll forgive me. Oh dear!
oh dear ~


Miss Tiggs didn't scream. She got up
as quietly as though she were going to her
breakfast, turned up the gas to it's full
height, opened bureau drawer, put on a
pair of spectacles and surveyed the tremb-
ling and crying Katie from head to foot;
and having finished the inspection, only
calculated, "Well, well p and sat down.


Now it was Katie's turn to talk, and talk,
she did. The whole story ran glibly off her
tongue. Her great love for Walter, her de-
spair at not being able to see him, the plot
to reach that end, even for few hours,
Drawing punishment and peril her sorrow
at being made the recipient of Miss Tiggs'
secret, when she thought she had been dis
covered and reproof about to be admin
istered-all this came in a storm of words,
mixed up with sobs and tears and yet Miss
Tiggs only sat and said, "Well, well p
until 1T was all over, and then she rose up
and taking the poor girl in her arms, kissed
her and said, 81 forgive you, Katie, I don't
believe you intended wrong.'
"Oh, indeed did not p Katie sobbed.


"And now," said Miss Tiggs, "as you
have my secret suppose I must make a
bargain with you to keep it. What shall
the bargain be %


"Let me see Walter sometimes" she an
swered, smiling through her tears and
throwing her arms about the little lady's
neck


"That you shall, and more too. For if
you love each other as much as you seem to,
and it is not, as l first took it to be- child's
play, God forbid that should be the one
to separate you. You are both young to
marry yet, but if in another year your
minds have not changed, we will see what
can be DONE"


And Miss Tiggs was as good as her word,
and always did declare, when the real
cousin Bob came home, that he wasn't half
as good-looking as his representative. AS
to Miss Tiggs' secret, a secret it always re-
mained until she saw fit to make it known
herself, which she did when she retired
from business few years after.
Year: 1870

AN ARAB Custom. hen an Arab wo-
man intends marrying again after the death
of her husqand, she goes the night before
the ceremony to pay visit to his grave.
There she kneels and prays him not to be
offended-not to be jealous. As, however
she feels that he will be offended or jealous,
the widow brings with her donkey laden
with two goats skins with water. The
prayer ended, she proceeds to pour the wa
ter upon the grave to keep the first husband
cool under the irritating circumstances about
to take place, and having well saturated
him, she then departs.
Year: 1870

1T has been said.that an Irish
man is at peace only when he is
in a quarrel; a Scotchman at home
only when he is abroad; an En-
glishman contented only when
finding fault with something or
somebody, and a busy, clustering,
impetuous American is at the
hei ight of felicity only when he is
in all these tumultuous conditions
at the same time.
Year: 1870

A Chinese widow being found
tanning the grave of her husband,
was asked why she performed so
singular an operation. She said
she had promised not to marry
while the grave remained damp,
and that us it dried very slowly,
she saw no harm in assisting tho
process
Year: 1870

Touching and irresistible was
that invitation of the rustic mai
den to her swain /: s'Come over
and see me; we have a new lamp
at our house, that we can turn
down., down, down, until there
isn't scarcely any light i'll the
room 20
Year: 1870

A BATTLE REL1c.-In one of the win
dows of the Dispatch counting-room may
be seen small piece Of plank sawed out Of
q tree cut on the famed battlefield of Cold
Harbor. In the small space Of four by six
inches in this board may be found four bull
lets Qeaden messengers of intended death)
buried in what was the very heart OF the
tree. The tree from which this board was
cut was in the centre of that sangulnary
field, and affords an illustration OF how
thick the bullets fell in that locality.
Year: 1870

WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH.-At late hour
on Thursday night Amy Martin, o colored
woman living at the house of Mr.. John
Snellings, was go badly burnt by kerosene
oil explosion that she died. after much sut-
fering, yesterday morning. In attempting
to blow out light the vapor from the oil
caught fire and the lamp exploded, and in
an instant the woman was wrapped in
flames. She ran out of doors, but before
any one could come to her assistance was
burned beyond hope of recovery.
Year: 1870

How STATURY Is MADE. But littlo
is known Of the art Of sculpture by
the masses. The first thing he sculp.
tor docs is to model or fashion the fg.
uro in clay. lie first builds a skeleton
OF iron, and then puts the clay upon
H. and adds or takes OF unit! the work
is completed. Ile then transfers the
model, or reproduces il in plaster of
Paris, This is done by covering the
clay with liquid plaster to the depth of
about one and half inches. more or
less, according to tho size Of the model.
A liie-sized picture would require tho
plaster to be laid on at least three iuch-
es in depth.


The plaster is then allowed TO become
perfectly hard, or TO set, as it is called.
The clay is then taken out, and tho
plaster will bo found to be y mold in
which TO cast the fac-simile Of the or
iginal model.


An additional quantity Of plaster is
lhen mixed with water and poured in.
TO the new made model; in thirty or
forty minutes it will become set and
hard. The mold is then taken or cut
off by means of knives or ohises.


The next thing is the process of
cutting the head or figure in marble.
This is entirely mechanical, and is ac--
complishcd by measuring instruments
called pointed machines, They are
no arranged rs 10 give the exact dis
tanccs, points depths, widths and
length Of every part Of a head or fig
uro these are pointed or measured
on the marble block, and the workman
cuts to q hair according to measure,
and mathcmntically certain.
Year: 1870

Husr1Nes CoURr.-The grand jury Of this
court met yesterday morning and returned
true bill" of Indictment against Harriet
Robinson for assault and battery.


The Jury was engaged during the entire
day in the Investigation of the case Of George
Chahoon and others.
Year: 1870

The SEWING SCHOOL OF TIE MONUMENTAL.
CHuRCH.-Thc second session Of this school
closed May -, 1870, having been in active
operation since October. The object of
this school is to collect from all parts of the
city poor aud destitute girls, and on Sattr-
day of each week to bring them together,
and to train them in the paths of industry
and virtue. BESIDES the religious instrllc-
ton, two hours arc spent in teaching them
to sew, and at the end Of Il certain time
each ncatlymadc garment is bestowed on
the child who made it. Five hundred gar-
mcntS have been made in the school during
the past, session, and distributed. From
seventeen the number of scholars has in
creased to 175, with an average attendance
of 100. A superintendent and thirteen
teachers compose the present corps of Off
GERS and instructors. This is Il good work,
and we wish it may prosper, and that the
good seed there sown' may take root i'll
many of their young hearts and cause them
to grow UP good and useful members of the
community.
Year: 1870

THE business of the year in Buffalo, N. T.,
has been good. The receipts of flour by lake
and Grand Trunk Railway are slightly in ex-
cess of 1868; of wheat there is large in
crease; in corn, oats, rye and peas there is
considerable falling of, while in barley there
is slight increase. The total receipts of
grain show falling off from last year Of near
lp five and half fmillion bushels. In lumber,
shingles and hoops there is an increase, and
in lath and slaves decrease.
Year: 1870

WEhear upon pretty good authority
that the absconding Democratic
Council contemplates defeating the
will of the people on next Monday
night by breaking the quorum again.
thus preventing the passage of the
order for an election of Mayor. We
can hardly believe il probable, but if
it shall prove true, we give them
notice that the outraged public will
resort to such measures as will require
obedience to the plain provisions of
the Charter.
Year: 1870

Now that it is proven by the official
figures that it was not the negro vote
that defeated the Democracy of
Evansville at the last election. what
excuse will those defunot politicians
Year: 1870

The many who have takentlie world


rough and tumble are prone to envy
those who roll through it in cushion.
ed vehicles and on patent springs
The toiler, as he stumbles through the
thorny thickets, and climbs over its
foot-blistering gravel, is apt to COM
plain of being placed on such a road,
and sigh for seat in one of those
splendid equipages that glide SO
smoothly over fortunes macademized


turnpike. Born with pewter spoon
in his mouth, he covets the silver one
that birth gave his doznothing neigh
Dor. The more fool he. Occupation
is the immediate, jewell of liie. 1t is
true that riches are no bar to exerton.
Quite the reverse when their uses are
understood. But the discontented
worker without being willing to work
for it., regards the idIeness in which ii
would enable him to live as, the acme
of temporal happiness. He has no idea
of money as a great motive to be ap-
piled to the enterprise that gives heal
thy employment to body and mind
All he desires is to live a feather-bed
life to loaf luxuriously.. -s,e- =.
Year: 1870

THE finest display OF silver and
plated ware ever seen in Iowa county, was
the beautiful case on exhibition last week
at the fair, from the store of }. II. CARR
WRIGHT. lie sells the same remarkably low
Year: 1870

No other Sewing Machine dared
compete with the Singer at the fair in this
city last week, and Mr., A. DAVIS, General
Agent for the Singer, carried JG tho blue
ribbon just as he would have done had
there been dozen competing machines in
the field.
Year: 1870

teach every boy or parent ola boy who
reads these lines the great Importance
Of learning to do something A knowl-
edge of reading, writing and arithmetic,
or of the higher branches Of book learn
ing, will not take the place Of habits OF
industry and skillin labor, which will
always command renumcrative wages.
1t is question of political as we'll as
individual Importance All skilled la.
Dor increases the wealth Of the country
and the comforts of every inaividualin
the community, is for the interest
of all Who labor to have moro laboring
with them, and TO have the number Of


dIers reduced to the minimum.
Year: 1870

w L have had eur Banner ON ths
outer wall, with PRICES 50 Low that
no frm in the State of Ohio undertook o.
meet us. We have driven our foe to the
wall, and occupy the field without fear.


We have siIenced all men who years ago
assumed some powerof competition. They
are now willing to confess conhdentialIy
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
us in prices, because we are game on a
''set-to." Their only hope is in the
Of their customers. who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs, which amounts to at least
Year: 1870

The most economical and best bread, es-
pecially in cold weather, when hot fire is
constantly kept, is what is sometimes called
gems or unleaven biscuit. For this pur-
pose group of cast-ir0n pans or cups two
and one half by three one half inches each,
all made in one casting, is used. These
pans are set on the top of a hot stove and al
lowed to become.almOs smoking hot when
buttered for use. Then with cold water
and milk, half-and-half, or with cold water
alone, and the colder the better, mix and
stir quickly with a stiff spoon as much
Graham or unbolte wheat-meal as will
make stiff batter or thinnish mush and
when the pans are hot, fill them quickly
with the thin dough and let them stand
minute on the stove before putting into a
very hot oven, where they should remain
twenty or twenty-five minutes, until done.
If the mixture be neither too thin nor too
stiff, and the pans and oven be hot. you
will have twelve as light and wholesome
biscuits as any epicure could wish to eat.
They can be eaten smoking warm from the
oven, as the contain no poisonous chemical
elements like yeast bread, which requires
cooling to be rid of. They are good cold.
or may warmed in steam kettle. Any
body, however unskilled in cooking, can
learn to make these light and nice every
time. Nice, fresh wheat-meal, very cold
wetting, quickly done, with very hot
place to bake them, will insure the best of
''luck" always. These, like all other
Graham bread, should be fresh every day.


For growing children, and those people
who work or think, and especially students
and sedentary persons, there is no other
bread, and scarcly any other single article
of food, that equals it. Let the poor who
cannot afford to lose IA per cent. ofthe grain
in cast-off bran; let those whose bones and
muscles are small, tending to ricketts, and
spinal curvature let invalids and dyspep-
tics try it and they will never 60 back to
superfine bread simply because it looks
white and nice, and, when dry, is more
pleasant to the mouth than the brown
Scientific american.
Year: 1870

With the view of learning the amount Of
butter to be obtained from given quantity
OF milk, have recently tried the follow
ing experiment at my creamery in Onon-
dago County, N. r., where l received
milk from three hundred cows.


The milk delivered at the factory on
Saturday evening, July, 30th, and Sun
day morning July 31st, amounting to
5729 pounds, as soon as received, was
run into deep cooler pals, and these were
set into the tank of spring water. The
temperature of this water is maintained at
uniform temperature of 50 degrees by
the introduction of an inch stream OF
water from the the spring.


In this vat the pals remained for about
thirty hours, when they were removed in
order that. by free exposure to the at
mosphere, the milk might be soured. Il
might produce better result if the pals
had been allowed to remain immersed in
the water until the milk became loppered,
but we feared that so long an exposure Of
the milk and cream to such degree OF
cold would cause bitterness of flavor to
the cream and the butter made therefrom.


When about forty-eight hours old, the
milk having soured and thickened, the
cream was removed and kept until the
next day. On Wednesday churning was
done in large dash ehurns operated by
steam power. From this 5729 pounds Of
milk there was produced 232 pounds OF
butter. This shows an advantage of "a
69-100 pounds of milk being required for
a pound of butter, very closely meeting
the opinion generally held, that two and .
half times as much milk is used in making
a pound of butter as in producing pound
of Cheese. At the season Of the year
above named a yield of one pound Of
curd cheese from ten pounds OF milk is
very satisfactory. This would have pro-
duced 573 pounds of cured cheese from the
milk used in this experiment, which gave
me 232 pounds of butter.


Cheese at that time was worth IA cents
pound. Butter to pay as we'll as cheese
at this price, would need to sell at fully 35
cents a pound, allowing that the material
used in making and packing butter cost
one half cent per pound more than those
required for cheese.


From this loppered milk, which in my
case, went tosthe pigs, there is sometimes
made kind of cheese used mainly by the
German Jews. The curd Is heated to
high temperature, is not salted, hut is
placed in small bags holding about one
half a pound, and subjected to moderate
and long continued pressure. When re-
moved from this pressure, the cheese is
cone shaped, two sides being fattened,
salt is rubbed upon the outside and the
curing is done in a cool damp place, as il
the case with Limburg cheese. There is
small demand for this kind of cheese, and
if there was large demand, the preju-
dice of the Jews will allow them 10 eat
only that which Jewish hands have made
Gardner b. Weeks, Syracuse, N, Y in
Western Rural
Year: 1870

the hay and Grain from six acres of lam
for it will require six acres good land
to produce the necessary hay and grain
as above. The same reasoning might
be made use of in the feeding of cattle
and sheep. p.-.Stock J0,umaL
Year: 1870

Here is something on the vexed question Of
dancing by . lady of the town OF Rutland Hab
tie writes, at least like good, pious girl, as We
have no doubt she is.


DANCING may be a favorite amusement with
many OF your readers but only propose to ez,
press my opinion and leave others the same
privilege.


In the first place, admit that dancing is ir,.
nocent as regards the movement of the body
But alas how soon may it be carried to sinful
ness, by wasting our time, which might be better
employed Aud now, dear reader, I ask you
solemnly and earnestly to consider tho subject
Do not most OF the dancing parties lead to great
evil ! Are they not places of levity, impudencs
and temptation, unfit for children of house
where God is feared ? Please refer to Matt XII,
36, 81. Again, do they not bring together COM
pany who meet no where else-the low class
who drink, swear &C., and are not worthy of re-
spect. They are usually continued to an hour
of the night when health and good order require
person to be in bed. They lead to the spend
ing of money which might be laid out IN bet
| ter way. They unfit the soul for the devotion
with which we ought to close every day. Those
who attend. be they the holiest people Are they
those who love the Bible most And solemnly,
ask, are they those you would send for if you
were dying' / think they arc the gay and
thoughtless, either tho ungodly or fashionable
professors but not possessors of reli gion. There
is an old Spanish proverb "tell ne your COM
psny and then I will tell you who you are"
Where children attend, such who have believing
tor Christian) parents, we only infer that pa.
rents have lost their atthority or children their
rsrerence. Therefore c0nsiGer. HATTIE.
Year: 1870

NOT Notwithstanding the
hardness of the times Child & Bro. continue to
keep full and complete assortment of those su.
perior boots shoes, CATERS, &c, and sell them at
man to purchase. As they manufacture their
goods themselves, and smplsy the very best of
workmen and use the first quality of stock, there
can be no donbt as to the excellence of their
work, consequently they warrant their boats and
Shoes to be as good as can be made.
Year: 1870

On and after the 1st Of February, an exact
account shall be kept Of the cost of the glass
made from the net product; LIST, Shall be deduct.
ed all the expense, except the labor of the regular
worknen whose names are specified in the agree
meut; Cd, Interest to the company at the rate Of
ten per cent per annum on the capital expended
in the construction Of the works, or required as
. working capital; Sd. The cost Of rebuilding
the furnace at the end Of tho FIRE, in proportion
to the time it has run ss compared with the time
it had been run before this arrangement goes in.
to operation. The balance shall 6e divided among
the workmen, the parties hereto. in the proper
ton that their wages now bear to each other.
The business shall be done in the name of the
company, and be under its control and manage
nent tho same - it IL now, and it shall have the
Same power to discharge any of the employees
and employ others in their stead that it now has
and exercises. The company in the meantime
to advance . reasonable amount of money each
month to the men, a. stated in AID on the terms
in the first proposition.
Year: 1870

Going OFF RApIDLY.-Scott, Houtz & Co.
are actually almost giving away their splendid
goods. They are not mad, neither are they
crazy. Having had good trade all the year,
they feel that they can be liberal with their
many customers SO they will do as their sign
reads, and for the next ten days there will be
bargains to be had at their store. Come early
and often and tee whether We are not right in
making this statement.
Year: 1870

Tho advertisement of Sacred Concert at the
st. COLUMBIA Catholic Church next Thursday
evening will attact attention. There is no doubt
whatever but that the occasion will be one of the
highest enjoyment to the lovers of the very best
class OF music.
Year: 1870

THAT NEW HousE-Mr Holecler is doing O
wines and liquors can not be beaten by any one
as to quality, and the quantity is always equal to
the demand Remember his Wholesale and retail
establishment is east of Court House Square, in
the new brick block on Court street.
Year: 1870

Our friend Bones is born poet He is daily
throwing off scintillations like the following,
which we entirely agree with him is a good
thing on the Artesian Well:


Adams ale, SO cold and free,


Better than gin or raw brandee.


If this verse excites your fury,


Let your horse be Judge and jury.
Year: 1870

New ARRIVAL or GOODS At HuLLs this
week, and at lower prices than ever. Hull does
not humbug people with selling at cost and great
reduction of old goods, &C., &C.; but keeps stock
always full of new goods at less price than any
one who is sacrificing his stock, &c.