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Year: 1871

CHEESE PREss.-The -fmerieaH -fgricuitu-
rist furnishes its readers with this description
Of simple cheese-press


small family cheese may be made on any
fa-m, where two or more cows are kent. The
nights milking may be kept over. and added to
that Of the morning, about fifty or sixty ausrts
being sufficient. Bring the milk to blood heat.
that is, so as to feel warm to the hand. A piece
OF well saved rennet, two inches square. is to be
soaked over night, in pint of warm water, and
the liquid from it added to the warm milk.
which may be left for half an hour to set. A
small tub, or a common wash boiler well secured .
may be used for this purpose. When well set =,
the curd should be cut across both ways into
small squares, Of two or three inches, with
longblsded knife, to facilitate the separation Of
the whey. Lift the curd out carefully with a
strsiner, and place it in the hoop. This may be
Of tin, eight inches in diameter. 4 six-quart
pail, which has become useless for other pur-
poses. will serve. Punch the bottom full Of
holes for the whey to drain of. Set the hoop on
stand for pressing. A handy press may be
made thus: \ piece Of II inch board will
make the bench four legs are put beneath,
fitted into holes bored t0 receive them. An up
right is put through hole in the end Of the
bench, and pin passed through underneath to
prevent 1t from being drawn out lever Is
fitted on so as to work up and down, as may be
necessary The hoop is set on the bench, g
wooden follower fitting loosely is laid on the curi,
and & sad-irOn is hung on the end Of the lever
The weight can be increased sE desired by shift
ing the cheese nearer 10 the Iost A few
grooves are necessary 70 carry of the whey,
which drains from the cuTd and drops into pan
underneath As so5n as the cheese is sufficiently
pressed TO handle, take it cut, wrap a baudsee
Of fine muslin round it, and rev the eiges. Bu'-
ter the cheese all over and put it away in a cool,
dry place to cure. The next week make another,
AID repeat the process as often IS desired. \
very palatable cheese may be made with three
part. skim-mlk snd one Of new. A few expert
ments will make a green hand quite an adept at
this branch Of housekeeping
Year: 1871

MARRIAGES EZTEAoEDNAEY.-Ihe New
York correspondent of the Chicago Journal
s,vs two rather novel marriages nave been
brought to his attention. Nos long ago -he
head IF a very old business firm in the me
tropoli- died-soon after the wife Of the other
member Of the firm was taken away by death
Tne surviving wilower with nine unmarried
children has now married the surviving
widow with seven unmarried children. The
firm is thus perpctuat-i in the family. and
sixteen children are brought into the family
fold. Not long ago a rich widower border
ing on sixty. without children, married "a
widow few miles up the Hudson River hay-
ing thirteen children, some of the older ones
beng married. lis wife died over thirty
years ago. and during that time be kept aiooi
from society. deyoting himself entirely %
business. When, therefore, be was married
into the bosom of a family all Of whose mem
bers endeavored 10 make it as agreeable and
pleasant as possible for him, be experienced
the most agreeable emotions, and became a
decidedly happy man The other day one Of
his old acouaintauces in New York Jokingly
asked him how it seemed, to be surrounded
with thirteen children. all drawing support
from him. wish the Lord there we're thir-
teen more Of them, was the immediate Tc-
ply.
Year: 1871

starts them at will. His eye is literally on the
entire line continually, making collisions next to
an impossibility, and its immense single track
quite equivalent, so far as safety is concerned,
to the best double track roads Its twelve and
sixteen wheel coaches. admitting of the breaking
OF almost any one Of the wheels without disa-
bling the truck, constitutes one also no small
item in this aggregate of immunity fIom peril.


TERRIBLE DEATH-CUT IL Two BY CIR
cULAR SAw.-Ye esterday afternoon, one Of the
most frightful casualties that has been recorded
in this city occurred in the rear of the Antisdel
House, on Michigan Avenue Four men were
engaged with one of Peacock's wood-sswing
machines in cutting quantity of wood, and IN
doing 50 had placed the saw few feet from
high board fence, over which the wood was to
be thrown as fast as cut. Two Of the men were
engaged in handing up the cord-wood. third
was running the saw, and the fourth was taking
the wood from off the table as fast as cut, and
throwing it over the fence into the hack yard.


About half past four O'Clock this fence sud
denly gave way from the weight Of the wood
that had been thrown over, and falling upon
the fourth man, prGcipiiated him upon the saw.
The other men stopped the saw az soon as pos
sible, and. crowding the fence back, drew out
the body of their fellow wO-kmsn, but he must
have been instantly killed. for the raw hsd cut
through his body below the arms. entirely sew
ering the trunk, excepting mere shell st the
back, and cutting Of both arms below the e
how. The deceased was a oolored man, namel
Daniel Sanders - Detroit Post
Year: 1871

INTELLECTUAL FLY.-Au intellectual fly in
habiting bsr-room in Omaha. is credited with
such wonderful abilities that nothing is thought
OF a mans going to sec his performance. The
account given by the bar-keeper is, that his at
tentlon was first attracted to the prodigy from
the fact that all the other flies flew away when
this fly saw fit to regale himself at the cheese
dish, which is to be found at one end of every
well regulated bar. Waiting humbly until this
superior being had dined. the other flies woult
then dart vorsciously on the dish from which
they had before reverently abs,ained. Having
caught his phenomenon, the bar keeper trained
him an hour each day. Once he fueitived, but
next day returned. Having been interviewed
by reporter, this is what the fly did Being
ordered to brush his head, he rubbed it yiror7
ously with his fore-egs, and then waited the
next commsnd- Shoulder arms, cried the bar
keeper, and Mr.. Fly raisei his len fore-leg
straight up in the air. Then he walked lame on
his left fOre-leg, then on sill legs, then stepped
up on coffee grain and stood there on bis hind
legs, and so on and so on.
Year: 1871

On the authority of two persons of veracity,
correspondent Of the Albany Journal tells
this : " They ssw wasp riding on q green
worm one snd half inches long. How far he
had ridden they did not know but after they
tav him, they watched him until he hsd ridden
all Of twenty-five feet. Occasionally the worm
would stop, lie mo;ionless as though he Was
dead, when the wasp. after a little, would spur
him up, and then the wasp would keep the worm
in as direct course as he could. After while
the worm stopped, and the wasp dismounted and
quickly ian aud removed little stone or piece
OF ground about two inches from where the
worm lay, and then seizing the worm by the
head drew il into the hole. Presently the
wasp came out, put on the gravel top over the
hole. covered the stone over, and seemed to be
getting ready to fly. when they killed him, and
then dug down about Two inches and dug out
TIE worm, which wss dead''
Year: 1871

The DEATH OF SocRATEs.-SOcrates alone
retained his calmness. What is this strange
outcry? he said. | seat away the women
mainly in order that they might not offend
in this way, for have heard that 4 man
should die in peace. Be quiet then, and
have patience. When we heard that, we
were ashamed, and refrained our tears and
he walked about until, as he said, his legs
began to fail, and then he lay on his back,
according to the directions, and the man who
gave hi the poison now and then looked at
bis feet and legs and after a while he press
ed his foot hard, and asked him if he could
feel, and be said. No and then his leg, and
so upwards and showed us that he was cold
and stiff And he felt them himself and


said, When the poison reaches the heart,
that will be the end. He was beginning to
grow cold about the groin, when he uncover


ed his face for be had covered himself up,
and said (they were his last wOrds)-he said
Crito, owe a cock to Asclepius, Will you
remember to pay the debt? The debt shall
he paid, said Critic; is there anything else
no answer to this question but in minute
or two q movement was heard, and the at
tcndants uncovered him; his eyes were set


and Critic closed his eyes and mouth.-Piafo-
Year: 1871

FARNINc As \ BUsNEss.-A man who Is
not smart enough to run a store is not smart
enough 70 1un farm. Farmers are not to
be made out of what is left after lawyers,
doctors. ministers and merchants are sorted
and picked ont: and if man fails on
farm it is not likely he will succeed in store,
for it requires more talent to be thriving
farmer than to be an average merchant. The
one cause of great failure is the disIroportion
between a man s farm and his capital 4
farmers capital is skill, laborand his money.
II he has little cash, he must have no more
land than he can throughly manage by his
personal labor Every acre beyond that is
an incumbrance One acre well wrked IS
more profitable than twenty acres skinned
over. 1t is this greed Of land, by farmers
that have not the capital to work it, that
keeps so many poor. small farms are better
than large ones, simply because they are bet
ter suited to the capital Of common farmers.
Large farmers with large capital, are better
than smaller ones. Farming Is good busi-
ness for all men who conduct 1t on proper
principles, and have capital according to the
size Of their farms Farmer and Artisan.
Year: 1871

BISMARCK As a TRAVELLING COMPANION
bid farewell to my escort at Strasbourg, very
i'll. At Kiel party Of gentlemen made sn IL
ruption on my privacy, which | did not then
know could have maintained by the b-ibe of
few kreutzsrs to the conductor | asked one
of them-a handsome man with a naughty eye
TO be kind enough to change his seat and let me
have compartment TO myself, so that | could
lie down, telling him that vas too i'll to hold
up my head. lie gave me look of blank aston
ishment, but complied. l had nothing to do
but to listen to the conversation. which was in
French, cut of compliment to Frenchman
among them. They were all very intelligent
men Of the world, and Of mark in il | thought


| noticed that my proud eyed friend always
directed a current Of mockeTy at any sentiment
clothed with an ideal Of loftiness, and often
coarse jest lesped to the surface As lay all
day among my wraps and Ii istered dreamily,
this minor tone Of half laughing sarcssm beat
on my confused and rscking brain. In aphoto-
graph album the next day | came across his
likeness. Why that is Bismarck = said ny
friend. So. then. the mocker the greatest
man of the age, and had coolly requested him
to move 10 the other side of the carriage for my
convenience ,-LiPpiaeOtfs Magazine
Year: 1871

In Indianapolis the question is being dis
cussed whether a court has right TO order
chloroform admin istered to n witness in order
to get at the truth Of evidence gwen. A wo-
man testified in the police court that she had
been assaulted by her husband, who had
broken her arm. 4 Aphysician was called to
testify as to the extent of her injuries, but
when he attempted to examine her arm she
began to yelllike a Camanche. Thereupon
the Judge ordered chloroform administered,
and it was found that the woman had lied,


and that her arm was not broken at all. And
now the Judge is objurgated for his cruelty.
Year: 1871

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What is clay farm? It will be i'm.
possible to answer this inquiry to the
complete satisfaction of all, or even,
an overwhelming majority, Sc fer
the present [ shall call that clay land
which has no more than fifty per cent,
sand In It's composition, and so down,
to pure allumina, if such can be found
An ordinary clay farm requires much
more skill, or knowledge to produce
uniform crops than an ordinary sand
soil; the former being more at the
mercy of the elements than the latter,
but with that judicious management
which moderi1 science and practice has
enabled some to exert, the clay is al
ways superior in point of productive
ness to farms composed mostly of
sand.


The secret of properly managing a
clay farm is found IN aCrifying Or infus-
ing air among its particles, by so sub
dividing it that the roots of plants
may easily penetrate and at the same
time have air down to the normal depth
which the particular plant requires :;
attempt the raising of paying crops
from snch soils. There are some farms
whose natural condition, inclination,
or sub-soil, Oh al together, renders their
management comparatively easy, but
most clay farms require large outlay
to fit them to answer their owners ra-
tional expectations.


The most effeetual means to secure
the result desired is In draining


There is not clay farm in the land
that would not be improved by drain
ing, some more, some less, but 0lWoyS
a paying improvement. Air cannot
penetrate to advantage where water is
held III any great amount, or where
water has been retained any length of
time SO that the first important COM
mand to the owner of clay land is,
Let there be air" and let draining do
it. The surplus water is drawn of,
while the life giving air follows; and
such change will be marked as none
but those who have witnessed would
increase the depth of the soil lying. be-
tween and over the drains (premis1ng
that the drains are two rods apart ly-
ing as directly UP and down an incline
possible) with the plow.


Deep plowing on well drained clay
lands is orthodoxy; on undrained lands
-cali it what you will; on sand land
useless. By deep plowing is meant the
increase of the furrough each year an
inch, (or two inches at most, until
foot in depth or two if you will and |
have the power, is reached. All such |
plowing to be done, if possible, in the
fall Of the year, SO as to have the bene-
fit of natures surface and subso1 plow
the frost-to comminute the parti-
cles of earth and warrant abundant
crops; if plowed in the springit should
be only where the earth is in the best |
condition to seed, which is matter of
as great importance as the having or
not having crop Here If any where
the old adage will be verified "great
haste makes waste :" waiting is paying.


1t is of the greatest Importance also,
that fall plowed land should be what is
known as dry, before teams enter the
field to prepare for sowing. The drag .
ng-harrowing- clay land should
be accomplished with as little treading
of the soil as possible, (and the roller
an abomination). A many
toothed harrow will accomplish the
work well and speedily. More anon.


L.
Year: 1871

With many farmers this, perhaps, is
the most perplexing question The
season for gathering fruits and vege-
tables, as rule, is the best time to
market them; then will be the greatest
quantity of them, and their quality
will at that time be the best. Yet we
hear farmers say that potatoes will be
higher. He hears of rot i'll some sec
tions, and puts his potatoes in the Gel
lar to wait higher price. But rot and
sprout and rats and mice and labor and
sorting, and in many instances exposure
to frost, lessen day by day, the guam
tity and quality of this product, and he
holds till spring, and then the market
is flooded with men who thought as he
did, and with ten per cent of loss he
finds himself compelled to take twenty
five per cent in price or not sell at all.
Apples will be higher, another says,
and he holds his to meet decay and
trouble.


Hops too, are too cheap, and the
grower piles up his bales to wait the
moving of market, and thus we might
say of grains, butter, cheese, and of
nearly all the products of the farm,
hay perhaps excepted.


The most successful farmer, as a
rule, is he who can show the best bal
lance sheet at the end of the year,
and markets his produce when it is
ready for market After having prepared
your articles for market, as has been
devised, take the market price and
pocket the money Your neighbor may
in some instances, sell for higher price
by holding, but in the experience of ten
years, you will be far ahead Produce
marketing is done with, all waste
shrinkage, and care of it ceases; and
then again you have the use of your
money, and can apply it where it will
be of use One more reason for this
time of marketing is, that dealers are
in the market, and have made their
arrangements for buying.


It is important to the farmer, in dis
posing of his produce, that he should
meet good demand. This he will be
most likely to find when the article is
yielded from his farm, and is ready for
market. Dealers have then arranged
with banks for funds, and are anxious
to invest You viii always meet poor
market when buyers have closed their
accounts and gone home. You will be
considered out of season, and if you
sell at all it must be at sacrificing con-
cessions in price.


Prepare your articles in the best man
ner for the market Represent them
honestly and fairly in the market, and
then sell at the best price the market
offers. Let the motto be "keep sell
ing" and your cash account will be
largely in your favor. Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1871

AN old farmer in the neighborhood of
Forestville, Conn, who is dubbed by
the Hartford Courant ga cheerful
IDIOT was shedding wood last Wednes-
day morning. Having on heavy load
it stuck fast in crossing the track of the
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Rail
road. SO the old man unhitched his
oxen and deliberately marched off
home, leaving the heavy load of green
wood standing across the track, and
making no effort to warn the passenger
train-due in few moments-of its
danger. The train came on. "Down
brakes" screamed the whistle, and the
train and it's passengers fortunately es-
capped injury; etthe locomotive struck
the load of wood with sufficient force to
knock it and the sled clear of the track.
1t was lucky for the stupid teamstel
that he was just then out of reach of fine
train men,
Year: 1871

THERE was a sensitive young man in
Kentucky who was upbraided by his
father the other day for coming home
III state of intoxication. AS the young
man had never been intoxicated before,
the language of his parent grieved
him, and he ended his sorrows by
shooting himself through the head with
n shotgun.
Year: 1871

uaDitS OF STUDY.


Rev. Charles Brigham, of Ann Arbor.
has an article in the Herald of Health
on this topic which contains good
deal of sound sense. The following is
an extract:


It is not proved either by school
statistics or by health statistics that
there is 'Etoo much" study In the civil
lied nations; certainly the general in
telligence of many people has not
reached the point of redundance in
knowledge. The fault is more in the
methods and habits of study than in
it's quantity. Ministers are sometimes
called "hard Students - and are pitied
because they have to spend so much
time over their sermons. But not one
minister In ten who breaks down pre-
maturely is disabled because he has
done too much or worked too hard, but
only because he has worked in the
wrong way. The amount of study does
not do the mischief-it wearies and
kills only because it is badly adjusted
Some will study straight on for two,
four, six or eight hours, with no relief,
reading necessarily. writing necessarily,





hours day are not excessive in quanti-
ty, but six or eight consecutive hours
are sure self-destruction Few consti-
tutions can stand that strain, even if
all the rest or the waking hours be
spent upon the playground, and a solid
bar of sleep be put between the days.
1t is never pleasant to hear a student
say that he does all his work at a
''single sitting" that he locks himself
IN his room after breakfast and STAYS
there until his late dinner, when his
work is done for the day. If the man
who does that, month after month, and
year after year, escapes organic malady
and keeps his mind clear to old age, it
is a clear miracle, a special Providence.
Such statements we find in the biogra-
phles OF great men, but they are usual
ly exaggerated aud misleading. Toe
many consecutive hours of study are
just as bad for the strong man as fo1
the school boy. One will keep bright
er mind and more capacious and re
tentive, too, who breaks away and
walks in the garden at the end of eacl
hour, than one who plods on without
rest through the long day.
Year: 1871

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 5.-The most
noted celebration of the Fourth oc-
CURED at Galesburg, ILL.,, where Sena-
tor Trumbull was the orator. After
speaking in the usual strain of all
orators On.such occasions, he instanced
the wrongs and insults the American
people had borne during the rebellion
from the monarchial powers of Europe,
and said that when the rebellion was
ended the voice of single Senator
carried terror and dismay into courts
and palaces. The Joint High Com
mission had owned the wrong Of dep
redating on our commerce, and he re-
joiced that the American people had
the patience to await such a consum-
nation.


He rejOiced that we did not go to
war with nation of the same race,
language and religion that is doing
so much for civilization and christiani-
ty. He alluded to the departed
glories of Rome and France, caused
by mad ambition and fierce Oppres.
sion, and then paid glowing tribute
to the laws of the United States that
accorded Justice and protection to all
alike. He expressed himself decided
ly in favor of the elevation OF the Wo-
men and hoped the day was not dis
tant when women would receive the
same pay for the same service as men.
'tThe right of women" he continued,
"to participate in the government of
the country whenever they asked for
it could not be denied, and a nation
would be all the better and purer for
| their DarticiDatiOn,n -


He then spoke of the rights vouch-
saied to the minority and the functions
of the different departments of the
Government, executive, legislative
and judicial, giving review Of the
system of the Government. He ex-
pressed his belief in the power of the
Government to suppress rebellion un-
der the Constitution. it giving unlimit-
ed power in such an event; he, how
ever, condemned the exercise of war
power in time of peace. In times of
peace a man should be tried by a jury;
in time of war an armed rebel should
be shot.


The Senator said that attempts have
been made to clOthe the Elective with
too much power, and that eentraliza-
ton was the great danger OF the Re-
public. Local governments are safe
guards of liberty, while federal gov
ernment is only needed to protect
citizens. Liberal and kindly action
ON the part of the general government
was needed to heal the wounds Of the
South. The fathers of the country had
departed from the principles OF the
Declaration of Independence by tOle
rating slavery, and from that cause
sprang war, desOlatiOn and rapine.
The country, he continued, is now
free from the stain of slavery. We
have race of free men, without re-
gard to race or color, and the COnsti-
tuition is now in harmony with the
Declaration OF Independence, all men
being now entitled to life, liberty and
the pursuit OF happiness. The Senator
concluded by saying that all the evils
of the late war were brought about by
a departure from the principles OF
liberty; therefore, vow yourselves to
teach your children to wage eternal
warfare against ali men and nations
who oppose the doctrine that all men
are created equal.