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Year: 1875

1t was held in the discussion at the
recent State Fair at Rochester that corn
in orchards was an advantage, owing to
the cultivation which the land received /;
and it was further mentioned in the re-
marks ehcited, that corn sown for fod-
der, in which case there were no ears to
draw the substance from the soil, i'm
proved rather than depleted the land by
the vegetable matter which the roots
furnished the soil, This is on the prin-
ciple that land improves by grazing.
The grass is fed off without going to
seed. The cases are parallel, as corn is
a grass. 1t is encouraging to those who
grow corn for fodder that this is so.
Good crops can thus be realized for feed
ing green during the summer, or if not
all needed saved for winter feed, the
land remaining the same, or better fit.
ted for other equally good or superior
crops. Clover ia still more beneficial to
land. The two should be more full
grown, especially for the purpose OF
feeding in drought, OF when the grass
becomes rank and hard, and also as feed
during the hot days, particularly tho hot
moons, when cows should be put up o,
have access to shade and then fed. Cows
giving milk should be thus treated, an
exposure to the hot sun begets fever
and the effect is communicated to the
milk. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1875

Beautiful child Ivy thy mothers knee
In the mvsic future what wilt thou be f.?
A demon of sin or an angel sublime?
4 poisonous Upas or an innocent Thyme
A spirit of evil flashing down
With the lurid light Of A fiery crown
Or gliding up with shining track,
Like the morning stal that nc'cr looks back:
Dainticst dreamer that ever smiled,
Which wilt thou be, my beautiful child?
Beautiful child in my garden bowers,
Friend of the butterflies, birds lnl flowers,
Pure as The sparkling crystalline stream,
Jewels of truth in thy fairy eyes beam,
Was there ever faircr face than thine
Worshippcd by love in mortal shrine?
Nv heart then hast gladdcncd for two


sweet years


With rainbows Of hope through miatS OF
Mists beyond which thy sunny smile,
With the halo Of glory beams all the while.
Beautiful child, to thy look i given
A rlcam serene not earth, but of heaven
With the tell tale eyes and prattlmg tongue
Would thou couldst ever thus be young.
Like the liquid strain Of the mocking bird
From the stair to hall thy voice is heard
How oft in the garden hooks thourt found
With flowers thy curly head around!
And kncelng beside me with figure sc


quaint


O, who would not dotc on my infant saint
Beautiful child, what thy fate shall be,
Pcrchancc is wisely hidden from me;
A fallen star thou maycst leave my side
And of sorrow and shame become the bride
Shivcring, ,quivcring through the cold street
With curse before and behind thy feet
Ashamed to live and afraid to die,
No home, no friend, and . pitilcss sky.
Merciful Father my brain grows wild
O, keep from evil my beautiful child!
Beautiful child, may'st thou soar above,
A warbling cherub Of joy and love,
A drop on cternitys mighty sea,


A blossom on lfc's immortal tree,
Floating-tlowcring ever more


In the blessed sight of the golden shore;
And rs gaze on thy sinless bloom


And thy radiant face, they dispcl my gloom
| feel lie will keep thee undetiled,
And his love protect my innocent child
Year: 1875

The latest potato bug story comes
from Canebrake. Last week a gen.
tleman was planting potatoes in that
vicinity, when he saw one Of the COL
orado gentlemen measuring his field
with a stick, and afterwards mount
gate post, take pencil from behind
his ear, and commence to cipher.
This was too much for the farmer to
bear, so he hurled "clod OF the val
ley" athwart the bugs head, and con-
founded his mathematical'calculatio
but from the few figures left on tho
post, it was discovered that Colorado
was calculating how many Of his fam
lily could live without want on the
patch. Next.
Year: 1875

TIE boy that was told that the best
cure for palpitation of the heart, was
to quit kissing the girls, said "If
that is the only remedy, | say let her
palpitate.


UNLESS woman has good stock
Of common sense, it is a bad thing
for to be smarter than her husband.


How MUCH does a fool Weigh gan
efal!y2 4 simple ton.
Year: 1875

WHEN young man is invited to a
party, and goes skirmishing around
the house to see if his girl is there, be-
fore entering its about time he was
paying little attention to the mar
Ike, price c: Il ger rings.
Year: 1875

con, my friends, y exclaimed a tenn
perance orator, chat had a window
in my heart, that you might all look
in and see the truth of what l tell
you y "Wouldn't q rain in your
stomach do Just as well? asked a
small boy.
Year: 1875

To PIE ERvE STRAWBERRIES
WuoLE.-To every pound of berries
take three quarters Of a pound Of su-
gar. Put the Strawberries into a large
platter and put half the sugar over
them, letting them stand over night
Next morning, drain off the Juice from
the platter, add to it one quart of red
current juice and the remainder Of the
sugar. Boil and skim this until no
refuse scum arises, then drop in the
straY berries, (only enough at one tune
to cover the surface Of the preserving
KETTLE and let them simmer for about
eight minutes. Skim them out into
jers, and scaId the rest Of the berries
in the sane way. Then boil uv the
SYRUP and pour it over them. The
tart flavor Of the current ulcs is q
great Improvement to the preserved
strawberries.
Year: 1875

AS these great delicacies Of the sea.
son are now very abundant and cheap,
we give the following recipes for max
ing use Of them:


STRAWBERRY Sn0RTCAKE.-Take
one quart Of wheat -four and put into
it teacupful Of fresh butter mix it
well with knife or the hand until
it is thoroughly worked together
Tut1 o,.. It tea2upful Of lce-cold
water, and work it into stiff dough.
Roll it out like pastry, handling it as
little as possible, and cover two large
plates with it. Score the top Of one
Of the pieces Of paste in squares with
a knife, cutting only lightly into the
paste. Bake in q quick oyan, and
when Drowned to a turn, run q sharp
knife through each Of the circles, max
ing four halves. Lay aside the hand
soonest looking quarter tor cover to
the shortcake and fill each Of the re-
remaining halves with fresh straw
berries smothered in sugar. Place
one layer over another until three are
filled, then lay over the cover, when
it will have the appearance of jelly
cake. Set it into the ovan for five or
six minutes. Sprinkle fine sugar all
over the top layer and serve with
thick sweet cream.


There may be a more luscious dish
for the dinner or tea tab] but if there
is we have never tasted it.
Year: 1875

The massacre of American citizens
in Acapulco, Mexico, which took place
some weeks since, has ever since the
first authentic information of the affair
reached this country, engaged the most
serious attention of our Government.
Proper representations were very prop
erly made to the Mexican Government
through our Minister to that country,
and It is understood that the Mexican
authorities have promised to make a
rigid examination into all the circum-
stances attending this and similar out
RACES that have been perpetrated upon
American citizens temporarily residing
i'm Mexico. Simultaneous with the ac-
tion taken by the Department of State
the Secretary of the Navy ordered
Captain Walter Queen with his vessel,
the Saranic, eleven guns, to proceed to
Acapulco at once and investigate as far
as possible the circumstances of the
massacre, and TO establish a general
watchfulneSs over the interests of
American citizens at that and other
points On the western coast of Mexico.
No one who knows Captain QCeen
doubts for moment but that the deli
cate duty intrusted to him will be per-
formed in manner satisfactory to his
superiors and in u way to reflect credit
upon the country.
Year: 1875




HARPER's WEEKLY finds sufficient
ground for apprehension in the fact
that now, as before the war, the South
is stealing back into power, and the
most important Democratic leaders in
both Houses of Congress are Southern
men and late Confederates. If the peo-
pie will wake up to this fact in time We
have no more such doubtful successes
as that of New Hampshire, but rather,
overwhelming victories. The South
ern politicians have always excelled in
their capacity for manipulating affairs,
and while we have been quarreling
over questions raised by such gigantic
intellects as The Nation such as,
whether Schenck plays poker, whether
Buffers recommendation will secure
the appointment of stevedore in the
Boston Custom House, whether the
failure ofthe Attorney General to reach
the Supreme Bench brought nervous
attack on Mrs. Williams, and the like,
the Southern politicians have been
swiftly and suavely grasping the reins,
until we suddenly find between sixty
eighty ex-Confederate officers in the
next Congress. If this is not a startling
condition of affairs we should be glad to
know how much it would take to
startle this Nation, now Just emerging
from the bloodiest war in all history,
brought on by just such Southern craft
and Northern simplicity. The brains
of the Democratic party have always
been in the South, its stomach in the
North. If its brains could keep its
stomach busy there never was any
complaint from that quarter. If the
Northern wing had plenty of plunder,
the Southern wing might have all the
power. These relations still eXist-the
old firm commenced active business
again on precisely the old footing, as
soon as the blockade was raised, after
having kept up clandestine commu-
nication all through the war. 1t is al.
most incredible that the lovers of Ma
tional Unity should show So little az
prehension of such a state of affairs.
The confiding simplicity with which
we listen to the ''pretty talk" of these
subtle politicians, while they go on
stealing with noiseless steps into pow,
er,,is painful thing to see, while the
land yet smokes with the blood of the
precious lives given away that the Ma.
ton might regain power stolen from il
by the same strategy. How shall the
American people learn wisdom, if they
will not learn in even the FOOLS schoo
of experience 20. S. Journal.
Year: 1875

THE Democratic press is still steadily
ringing the changes upon its old tune
of the alleged failure of the Republican
policy of reconstruction in the South
ern States. 1t may as we'll be said,
once for all, that the charge is not true.
In some States, because of Democratic
obstinacy and the popular ignorance,
the processes of reconstruction have
been greatly impaired. But the origi-
nal purpose of reconstruction was to
reclaim the Southern States from the
anomalous and ruined condition in
which they were placed when the
Democratic Confederacy of JEFE.
DAVIS collapsed, and to assign to each
its fair representation in Congress, and
to place them on such basis that they
could maintain popular government
without the presence of a vast military
force to uphold each State. All this
had to be accomplished ten years ago,
amt is all achieved to-day. The Re.
publican party, therefore, has not only
brought the country up to the point Of
theoretical perfection embraced in the
declaration of the principles of the early
fathers, hut it has actually rescued
nearly half the land from the ruin and
chaos into which Democratic stupidity
and crime had plunged it. This is a
simple, truthful summing up of the
whole matter.-Pitts Com.
Year: 1875

The SEcRET.-Twenty clerks in a
store, twenty hands in printing office,
twenty apprentices in shipyard, twenty
young men in village-all want to
get on in the world and expect to do
so. One Of the clerks will become a
partner and make fortune; one of the
compositors will own a newspaper and
become an influential citizen one OF
the apprentices will become master
builder; one of the villagers will get a
handsome farm and live like patriarch
but which one is the lucky individ-
ual Lucky there is no luck about
it. The thing is almost as certain as
the rule of three.


The young fellow who will distance
his competitors is he who will master
his business, who preserves his integ-
rity, who lives cleanly and purely, who
devotes his leisure to the acquisition of
knowledge, who gains friends by de-
serving them, and who saves his spare
money. There are some ways to for
tune shorter than this old, dusty high
way; but the staunch men of the COM
munity, the men who achieve some
thing really worth having, good for
tune. good name, and serene old age,
all 90 on this road. Moore's Rural
Neao Yorker.
Year: 1875

COURAGEOUS LApLAND G1RL.-The
skill acquired by these nomade people
in throwing the lasso avails them
in making captives of other animals
besides their own deer. On one occa-
sion, when Lapp, in company with a
young female, was driving the herd
through the forest, they accidentally
reused a large bear from his winter
quarters. The girl, very fortunately,
had her lasso in her hand, which, with
great GOODNESS and skill, she threw over
his head as he was slowly quitting his
den, and at the same instant coiled the
other end to a tree. The brute, on
finding himself thus in tolls, dashed at
the Amazon but as she slipped on one
side he fortunately missed his aim, and
on coming to his tether, was, in sailor
language, brought up short and thrown
to the ground. Bruins career was
soon brought to an end, for, seizing
the thong with his paws, and by so
doing tightening the moose, he present.
ly managed to strangle himself. The
Lapp, on seeing the beast charge the
girl, took fright and ran away and,
as the consequence. the bold girl, who
was to have been married to him, sent
him at once to the right-about, very
properly refusing to have anything
more to say to SO dastardly fellow.
Year: 1875

How A WATCH WAS LOST AND How
IT WAS FouND.-About seven years ago
Mr.. Charles L. Hutchison, living on
Federal Street. Allegheny, this State,
lost valuable watch and chain while
hunting wild ducks among the little
ponds Oh the peninsula. After a long
and patient search, which revealed no
trace of the lost treasure, the hunt was
abandoned as hopeless. It was the
gift Of very dear deceased friend, and
Mr.. Fl. felt the loss very keenly. Last
week, while here on visit, he felt a
strong inclination to renew his search
for the timepiece, and he again went
over the same ground formerly traversed
by him, and while sitting down among
the bushes to empty his boots of the
sand that had got into them. be cast
his eyes upward, when 10, there hung
the watch and chain just as they had
hung seven years before, when the
young twigs-now grown quite large
had jerked them from his pocket! The
wood Of the sapling has grown over and
about the chain, holding it in firm
grasp. Mr.. Hutchison carefully cut
off the branch within which the chain
was imbedded, and expresses his inten-
ton of preserving it in that condition.
Mr.. H will, no doubt, take pleasure
in exhibiting this singular relic. The
watch has been cleaned out and is now
keeping as good time as in former
years It is an English hunting case,
and when found bore little evidence of
the exposure to which it had been sub
jected to for such long period.-Erie
Dispatch.
Year: 1875

GOLDEN WoRDs.-The habit Of look
ing on the bright side is invaluable


Men and women who are overcome by
reckoning up what they want rather
than what they counting the
difficulties in the way, instead Of con-
irving means to overcome them-are
almost sure to live on corn bread, fat
pork and salt fish, and sink to unmark-
ed graves The world is sure to smile
upon a man who seems to be success
full. but let him 60 about with crest
fallen air, and the very dogs in the
street will set upon him. We must all
have losses. Late frost will nip the
fruit in the bud, banks will break, in
vestments will prove worthless, valua-
Bile horses will die and china vases will
break, but all these calamities do not
come together. The wise course to
pursue, when one plan fails. is to form
another; to fill its place with substi-
tute, and evermore count what is left
rather than what is taken. When the
final reckoning is made, if it appears
that we have not lost the consciousness
of our internal rectitude ; if we have
kept charity toward all men +; if by the
various discipline of life, we have been
free from follies and confirmed in vir-
tues, whatever we have lost, the great
balance sheet will be in our favor.
Year: 1875

"Always keep truth on your side,
my young friend, if you want to get
along in this world" said Sunday
school teacher to one of her scholars,
as he was just starting for home.


Eyes, ma'am, I will, because I
know it is wrong to tell falsehood."


"say, Billy, just you look here, "
said young urchin, who happened to
overhear the teacher; don't you al
ways tell the truth. if you do you
might feel sorry sometime"


"Why. what do you want me to do?
You don't want me to be liar, do
you?"


"No, not exactly that, but / will tell
you what happened to me the other
day, and you can judge for yourself" !"


"You know my old grandfather. who
lives with US. don't like me just because
I won't mind him. Well, the other
day I went down to my fathers store
and I saw some Cayenne pepper there,
and just then thought it would be
good chance to get even with him. So
put some of it in paper and took it
home with me, and while grandfather
was down stairs to dinner l mixed some
with his snuff, and managed to make
my way down stairs without being dis
covered"


"After dinner was over, We all as
cended to the parlors, as we expected
some friends to CALL"


"About eight o'clock in came party
of gentlemen among the number was
one who was an old snuffer, and having
forgot his snuf-box, of course he called
on grandfather for pinch, at the same
time asking the other gentlemen to par
take, which they did; also one or two
old ladies'


eft was not more than two minutes
before they all commenced to sneeze
and such sneezing party you never
saw in your life Their heads were
bobbing up and down, and the water
was coursing down their cheeks. 1
really thought, when l looked at their
tears, that I thoroughly understood the
definition of the word streamlet, but
some of those old gentlemen would in
sist upon calling it dam"


1.-THE ladies who had partaken had
left the room, for I took particular no.
tice that every time they sneezed their
hair would bounce all over. I tell you
I was amused, for one old lady lost the
back of her head, and tainted outright,
but still she had to sneeze, faint or no
faint. She could not help it."
"Well, my father at last began to
suspect something, for was laughing
SO thought would go to pieces. He
went and got the snuff and gave it a
thorough examination of course he
discovered the pepper. He just gave
one glance at me, and said =


"Who has been putting Cayenne
pepper in this snuff"


"Just then happened to think Of
George Washington. His father pat
ted him on the head for telling the
truth. So up like little man and
says:


II done it, father, with some of that
pepper that you sell in the store"


''You did, did you; I'll pepper
you," and he did.


eyes, sir he just took me by the
back of my neck, and he laid me across
his knees and the way he did lay it on
with that cane of his, I'll never forget
it as long as I live. I've often laughed
at the idea of men having to stand up
to eat, but have had it impressed on
my mind that it was a reality as I had
to stand fer three or four days."


Ever since that l always take time
to consider what the consequences will
be before | tell the truth"
Year: 1875

A survey is now being made of the
tides and currents in the region of the
Aleutian Islands and Behring Sea,
which will add much to the precision
of our knowledge in regard to the cur
rents. temperatures and general physi-
cal conditions of the North Pacific.
Year: 1875

EXCUSE MY GLovE."-Certain kinds
of mistaken politeness, sincere as they
are, are absurd enough to be grotesque.
A common mistake of this sort, with
some persons, even in large cities, is to
say, excuse my glove when they offer
their hand to casual acquaintance, or
on introduction to stranger. 1t might
be inferred from this remark that the
wearing of gloves is extremely rare in
civilized community, or that the
wearer wishes to advertise the extra
ordinary fact that he has gloves. All
he really desires is to appear polite ;
never suspecting for moment that he
is simply ridiculous.


If you offer to shake hands with any
one in place where it is customary to
wear gloves you certainly need no ex-
cuse for compliance with the habit.
You might with equal reason on recelv-
ing visitor at your house, apologize
to him for not removing your coat be-
fore bidding him welcome.


The superfuous phrase probably had
its origin in the days when gloves were
clumsy, and used more for protection
than as an essential Of dress. Then
the naked hand was thought to be an
evidence of good will and cordially.
Since gloves have been universally
adopted, the idea of asking pardon for
wearing them is an anachronism as we'll
as an improperly.


Gloves are now made to fit exactly,
SO that were it courtesy to take them
off on encountering ones friends or ac-
quaintances, an amount of time and
trouble would be required which would
inevitably render social greeting at
once comical exhibition and bore.
Year: 1875

nom him, a. he bad yet scarcely recovered from the
fatigue Of long and tedious passage the Atlantic
ocean; nevertheless while he would not speak aDous
himself or the congregation, he thought they wouiu
IKE 70 hear something Of his visit 10 the Holy Father
In the rst place he thanked then sincerely Tor their
good wishes and the prayers with which they followed
him. In referring 10 his visit 70 Pope Plus TX be saa
that previous occasion had be received 50
warmly in Rome Never before had he become 50 IN
timate with the Holy Father never had he seen so
much OF him or OF his goddess and affection.
He had been with him on public occasions
the garden OF the Vatican. Never had no seen
him more cheerful in better health than on his re-
cent visit lie appreciated of course the persecution
OF the Church throughout all parts Of Europe-more
especially IN Rome-but he nevertheless had confidence
in the promises Of the divine Lord for He had said that
the gates Of hell should never prevail against the
Church He had also given forth that heaven and
earth might pass away but that lbs promises would be
fulfilled


HOLY FATHERS THANKS.


The Holy Father had desired him In especial man
ner 10 return his thanks TO the coagregaon and to the
people OF the archdiocese for the warm manner IN
which they had received his legaes and for the good
and kindly feeling they had shown toward him (;
ana ne sent them, through him lthe Cardna his Pom
tffical benediction


The remarks OF His Eminence were listened to with
profound attention The ceremonies Of the mass were
then proceeded with. The music performed a. the
Cathedral yesterday under the direction Of Professor
schmitz was beyond all praise. II would DO hard 10
say 70 which most credit should be gven-the chorus
OF the sooists The selected oI the occasion
kossini's celebrated production in minor The offer
tory piece was the 20 Salutars,n by the samc COM
poser which was sung with great taste and elect by
NINE BredellL Previous to the sermon the "Veni
Creator" was sung by Nine Ellerreeh in a rich con-
tTalto voice The tenor part filled by Mr.. Bersin
the basso by Mr. Urichs
Year: 1875

The Brooklyn savings institutions have thus far
NAMED unshaken. AS whole, the banks of Brooklyn
are strong The recent movement put foot by GER
tain bank officers, to enlist the cooperation Of their


bg brethren in the proposition TO reduce the rate Of
interest paid deposits from six five per cent has
not proved successful far but has led some un
easiness the part OF poor and women who have
had their htto mite laid m for rainy day. the
savings banks These lattefpeople have in hundreds
OF Instances taken out their boards and put them
deposit in New York, or kept them at home. The
directors OF the Brooklyn South Brooklyn, Dime Saw
ings Williamsburg and other long established banks of
that city opposed to any reduction Of the rate of
interest and they do not agree with the theory
gested in advocacy Of the measure that there mo
investment profitable for the funds deposit owing
the present stagnaton in business They say they
have their funds in long per cent
United States bonds