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Year: 1875

Wishing to get few articles in the house,
furnishing line. rather outside the ordinary
run Of things obtained "through the grange"
| wrote to Mr.. Crosby to learn If he thought
there might be a saving made by calling up
on hlm--as mos. Of the things were such as
one would not care to order without seeing
them. Mr.. Crosby answered that there
conId be a handsome saving made, and also
that could see the things 1 wished to get.
"PIease call up and see me-" was sent with
his answer.


In response to this invitation, left North
field on the early morning train for st. AL.
bans. The iron horse was a little tardy in
his movements, SO that was not able to
ring at our agents doorItil about the hour of
noon. My call was answered by Mr.. Cros.
by, who welcomed me very cordially into his
office, aud introduced me to his able and
efficient clerk.


A few words in regard to the office, which
he has extemporized out Of his parlor The
walls Of the room ere almost completely GOV.
cred with various kinds of Illustrations
pictures Of numberless agricultural imple-
ments as well as mechanical contrivances too
numerous to mention in detail. These have
been sent to the agent hoping thus to extend
their sale. The Office contains, also, samples
of different articles and products which the
agent is pleased to order for any who wish.
Mr.. Crosby is in line with Wholesale dealers
in most kinds of products-not only of the
farm but Of the shop and the factory as WELL
But people should not delude themselves
with the supposition that our state agent
rests as on bed of ease, with nothing to do
but order things and pocket the per cent al
lowed him. Far from this are the true facts
of tho case. Everything about the office is
suggestive of buSiaess-of labor. No place
here for man who wishes to take his ease
for one who has not energy and good
back bone. There is immense care, and no
small amount of perplexity, in doing the
great amount of business which is done
through the agency and, worst of all,
after ones best endeavors have been used
there will still be encoun tered much dissatis.
faction. No one after spending day or
two here would ever after allow himself to
be suspicious that the agent was getting too
much for his labor and trouble.


A few words to the different oranges in
the state The agent is entitled to your
patronage, and you are under some obliga-
tion to grant it TO him. He needs it, to
enable him to hold contracts which he has
secured, and which it is for your interest as
well as his, that he should be able to hold.
DO your business through the agency, unless
you are sure it can be done some other way
at greater saving. The agent claims to
have the inside track in making purchases.
My visit to our agent resulted in hand
some pecuniary saving to myself and in Gu
hancing esteem for him. He is what may
properly be called live man, cordial and
cou rteous, and, better still, feel safe in be-
lieving man ofintegrity.


Northfeld, Jan. Is. d. T. AvRRILL.
Year: 1875

HumJug Pis.-One cup of molasses, one
cup of sugar, one cup of chopped raisins,
two-thirds OF cup of rolled cracker, one
cup Of cold water. one-half a cup OF vinegar
spice like mince pies and piece Of butter
the size Of walnut.


Light Corn Bread.-Four quarts of corn
meal, half teacupful Of sugar, one saucer
Of flour, with yeast, and enough warm water
to mix. Bake one hour. Do not put it to
bake till light


MIX Toast.-Make and butter the toast
keep warm. Bring pint Of sweet milk to
the boil put 10 piece of butter the size Of
q small hens egg. Then make a batter of
one heaping tablespoon Of -four in little
cold milk stir into the boiling milk let it
boil up, and then pour over the toast. This
is excellent.


Sauce for PuddiRgS. tablespoonful
of -four, sugar and butter, each; mix well
together with any spice or essence you
choose pour and stir boiling water in it till
it is the thickness of cream.


Apple Snoi0.-Paro the apples, halve and
core them pat to boil with little water
and one cupfu white sugar. When the ap-

Piles are cooked, lift them out without break
ing boil down the sirup and pour over.
On the top place few spoOnfuls Of whites
of eggs, beaten to a stiff froth and seas oned
with lemon.


White Cake.-Two eggs, two cups Of
white sugar, one cup sweet milk, one.half
cup butter, beat 10 a cream two tablespoon
fuls cream tartar, one teaspoonful soda, three
and one-half cups -four. When baked,
sprinkle the top with white sugar, and place
spoonfuls of jelly on top.


Johnny Cake.-Take one quart of meal
and a cupiul of -four add sugar, raisns and
spice, aud a small piece of butter then stir
in enough hot water to make stiff batter
add teaspooniul of baking soda. Mix it
we'll in, put it into creased cake tin and
bake one and half hours in slow oven.


Crum6 FritterS-Put crumps of bread
into sour milk. When quite soft, mash with
q spoon, aud for quart add one beaten egg,
one teaspOonful Of soda, one teaspoonful Of
salt, and -four to make stiff batter. Fry
on a griddls.
Year: 1875

"Mr. Farrant, have seen those apple
trees you planted last spring on Prospect
Hill for Mr.. Raymond. They are certainly
magnificent; they do not appear to have
been checked in their growth the least. L
should like to have some Of them, but it is of
no use; we cannot get them to grow with US.
We have tried them repeatedly from differ.
ent growers, but all with the sams cffect,-a
complete failure" a4E


"Indeed; what IS the trouble 2"


"Well, we have clay subsoil (St. Johns
bury. have dug the clay out and filed
it up with stones, and all to no purpose"


" Indeed, sir; | saw this plan recommend.
ed two or three years back, and said at the
time it would never succeed but for very
short time; the reason is, you dig out a
basin to catch the water to kill the roots.
Even though it is filled up with stones, there
is plenty Of room for water, and had there
been drain put to each tree leading to a
main drain, should not have advised dig.
ging basin in the clay. My advice is, clear
the surface soil off the clay subsOil and cover
the clay with good large fat stones to about
twenty feet in circumference, making the
joints tight with cement SO that the roots
cannot find way down. Then pat back
the soil, mixing with it at least one square
yard Of compost containing plenty of chip
manure, 50 that your young tree sPlanted a
foot above the level or lay of the land
There is no guessing about the success Of
this method Of planting, it having been
proved hundreds Of years ago, and is prac.
Year: 1875

fectly arranged, the machine will almost run
itself, and six inches of water will produce
more clean money than large farm. l
said certain kinds Of fish will replenish a
pond without any trouble whatever. At
the same time their market value may be
eight to ten cents per pound, while brook
trout average, fiat, fully 81 per pound.
mean Long Island trout, for il is notorious
fact that our trout bring about double the
price in the market in New York that any
others do.-A. J. Hinds,
Year: 1875

l noticed that one speaker made the eX-
preston Mt the board of agriculture here last
week that light gives color to cream. May
not that be one reason why butter is winter
in winter than in summer? In winter there
is every pains taken to keep out the outside
air, and very often the milk room is made
quite dark. NJ. A. IL.


Hermont. ~ II.


We hardly think that can be called the
cause, though it may be cause. We have
seen white butter made when the milk was
kept in the light, and rice UerSa.
Year: 1875

SAVING FLOWERS. A lady writ.
ing to the Rural Nev Yorker, tells
how she saved her plants after they
had all been frozen eff l tell you
how Jack Frost, that hoary old fel-
low, came slyly around here, and
left his mark ON stand full of rare.
ly beautiful plants, and then tell you
how l treated them, it may be use.
full to some of your readers. 1 left
them at night quite unsuspici ously,
not thinking an enemy was so near,
as there was no rumbling of car
riage wheels, not even the rumbling
of old Boreas, which we do most Of.
ten hear in these parts. your
plants are all frOzen!' greeted my
unwilling ears this morning. was
obliged to succumb peacefully. But,
said 1, you may take them down eel.
lar, and sprinkle water on them, and
see if thawing in the dark will not
save them yet. An hour since l
thought l would 60 down ani see
the result of 'sprinkling' in the dark
and found them, all but one in good
health-fresh and green. A tender
foliage plant did not survive.
Year: 1875

Most houses are kept to hot for
the beautiful English ivy to thrive
in them-just as they are too hot for
the people who live in them. Care
should be taken also that ivies are
not enfeebled by excessive water.
ing, they will thrive whether the
sun shines on them or not.
Year: 1875

AN Iowa woman ends her views
on female sufferage with "You may
look this matter in whatever light
you will, but simmer it down and it
is but a quarrel with the Almighty
that We are not all men,"
Year: 1875

A MAN unconsciously got himself
into trouble on Monday evening.
His wife asked him where he was
going, as she observed him pu utting
on his overcOat. ~ am going to
sally FORTH" lie replied. "Let me
catch you going with any Sally Forth
and there will be a first-class oppor-
tunity for your fire company to
throw themselves on a set of obitu-
ary resolutions"
Year: 1875

Just come with us. II you want tosss
Our big snow man, out under rhe tree;
jack. and Ally. and Tom, and I,


We tried to build him over so highl


Hes the uEliest monster In the land;
But II he had legs he never could stand;
We couldn't mako arms, and you'd never


suppose


The trouble 1t was to form his nose.
We finished him of the best We could,
And We tried no hard to do 1t good;
Aud when he was done, then Ally said,
"Papas old hat will jnst fit his head.".:
So We put it OH for mamma to SEQ;
They wanted to call her, and SO sent me;
Aud when she came, the baby spoke,
I'VE must have pipe for the man to smoke."
Lift me, mamma" the baby said.
"Way high up to the snow name head"
Then baby laughed, and 90 did we,
As happy rs boys and girls could be.
We made our man on winter day;
But We know full well that he will not stay
Wait till the warm south wind comes on,
And before you know 1t he will be gone.
Poor old man the gentle breath
OF soft warm wind will be your death;
You could always live in u colder CLINE,
But only with us in the winter time.
Dear old man you must really 60,
Or we never could have the spring, you know;
What would VIC do without the flowers,
And tho sunny softness OF summer hourst
We must say good-by, FOR it would not do
To lose the spring for thing like you;
But still we'll keep you as long as we can,
King Of tho Winter, our own snow man!
Year: 1875




II has been mismanaged; all it needs
is only decently good management
TO enable me to still live as / formerly
did"


Well, that is our national road to
better times, and the only one. II we
follow that we cannot help but recover
our prosperity, and that in very short
time. In point of fact, we have al.
ready made important steps towards
It, Personal and business indebted.
ness has been immensely lessened in
the last three years. Farmers and
planters owe but little money. They
are generally poor; but good crop,
sold at fair prices this year, will. make
them prosperous. OF our. gbusfnes5
complications the greater part has,
been Strengthened out by tho Sheriff
or by private arrangement between
debtor and creditor. An immense, an
almost incredible amount of ouriatch.
mulated capital of the people during
many decades has been either lost, ci
as good as lost, being temporarily un-
productive; hence new enterprises lac
and speculative improvements get no
encouragement. But any one who
carefully looks over the country will
see that really sound and valuable en-
terpriscs which can be carried on with
moderate capital and will bring mode
rate but also quick returns do not lack
support. Our condition just now Is
that of man who has handsome in
come and lives in small house. Such
a man has not long to wait before he
Is master Of the situation. He is al
ready prosperous. And so is the coun-
try at the present moment. 1t is SUBJ
stantially in sound cound condition.
1t could bear losses to-day far better
than three years ago. Ii is richer now
than it has been since 1851. A bad
crop would distress us less this year
THANH it would have done in 1871 or 1872.
We have put a stop TO the outgo, and
our income is SO great that only pru-
dent economy and sound business
are needed to bring us
bach to wholesome prosperity. 1t
Will be some years before we are ready
to enter on another career of wild spe-
and those who understand
by prosperity notions of living at the
of others will have to wait
while. For them the times will con-
tinue 10 be hard; but for legitimate
industry the present promises to be the
last hard year, and if we could be sure
Of certain wholesome and needed re-
forms i'll the Government, which would
give rest and good government to the
SOUTH and sCurd currency to the ma
ton, our period of hard ,;,,a would be
at the end.
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: Allow me to
make a few corrections in your ac-
count of the fire yesterday. The
boarding house was not owned by
Stack, but by me. Mr.. Stack only
rented few rooms ON the ground
floor. Although the fire was quickly
quenched, considerable damage was
done, as ] lost in bedroom furniture
and bedding about $500. In regard to
the fire being held in check by the
depot hose, prior to the arrival of the
fire department, I beg to state that
the fire might have been subdued
without its catching the roof of the
building at all, if the watchman at
the depot had not positively refused to
give up the wrench for connecting the
hose with the hydrant, thereby caus-
ing the loss of valuable time. Great
praise is due both fire companies for
their promptness of arrival and for the
efficiency of their services.


Yours Respectfully,


GEORGE r. STANSFIELD.


Los Angeles, August 29th.'
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: Will you permit
me to say, through your columns, in
reply to what l find in your issue Of
yesterday morning, from the San Die
go World, in reference to my CONVEX
sion, that instead of getting into or
aiming to enter the Republican fold,


my attachment to the Independent
party and to its principles and its
aims, is too strong and unwavering
to permit me to sustain and vote for a
man of whom l have, to me, convinc-
ing testimony that he is not as we'll
disposed to further the most impor-
tant interest of his independent con-
stituents as is Mr.. Houghton, simply
because he is the ostensible nominee
of the party which / am anxious to
see obtain the victory at the coming
election. J.J. WARNER.
Year: 1875

If young girls would spend as much
time in improving their minds, cultiva-
ting their hearts and caring for their
physical health as most Of them do in
thinking about and preparing clothing
in which they hope to he attractive they
would acquire an attractiveness which
would be elevating in its character and
lifelong in its duration. Tho attrac-
tiyeness which comes from youth and
freshness is at best but temporary. In
order to hold her own ''a woman must


possess q cultivated and well-stored
mind" She can acquire this by reading
mot novels, by study, by thought and
by conversation with the most cultivat-
ed people that she meets. Let her early
learn that she can acquire something
useful from almost every one that she
meets. There are few people who, il
drawn out" will not DE able to teach
her something upon some subject. While
the mind is being cultivated the heart
must not be neglected. Let this heart
cultivation he real and not assumed.


The woman who does not love and treat
gently and lovingly father, mother, sis


ters, brothers and friends, especially the
aged among these, cal never be perma-
nently attractive and loveable. The


kind and loving heart, taught to express
itself in low voice, u gentle manner,
and real regard for the comfort of all,
will win the real prizes in life, whero
the most dazzling beauty, ii unaccom-
panied by these qualities, will reap no.
thing but disappointment and defeat.
Year: 1875

The DANGER OF PRoTRAcTED SLEEP
Sleep protracted beyond the need OF le-
pair, and encroaching habitually upon
the hours of waking action. impairs
more on less the functions of the brain,
and with them all the vital powers,
This observation is as old as the days of
Hippocrates and Aret@us, who severally
and strongly comment upon it: The
sleep of infancy, however, and that OF
old age, do not come under this category
of excess. These are natural conditions,
appertaining to the respective periods
of life, and to be dealt with as such. In
illness, moreover, all ordinary rule and
measure of sleep must bo put aside.
Distinguishing it from coma. there are
very few cases in which it is not an une-
quivocal good; and even in comatose
state the brain, we believe, gains more
from repose than from any artificial at
tempts to rouse it into action.-Edin-
bnrgh Recielc.
Year: 1875

A DouBI.E TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK.
in New y ork, ON Saturday morning,
a German baker, named Jacob Young
was found dead IN Evergreen Gene
terry, the body lying across the grave
of his first wife. He had committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head. The police took charge of
the body and the officers upon reach
ing Young's house found everything
securely fastened. The doors were
burst open and blood on the walls and
floor indicated fearful struggle
After a thorough search the murdered
remains of Young's second wife were
found in the cellar Her head was
shockingly mangled, nearly chopped
off with an axe, Young had murdered
her and then gone to the cemetery and
suicided.
Year: 1875

From the East Boston Advocate,


More than fifty years ago a boy some 16
or II years of age was at work one after
noon ON the old bingham Station packet,
which will be remembered by some of our
citizens as for years occupying berth at
the head of the dock where State street
block now stands.


1t was an afternoon when there was ne
school, and girl, somewhat younger than
the boy alluded to, was passing the half
holiday in play near the store of her father
Venturing too near the edge of the dock
she missed her footing and fell overheard,
and it being high water at the time she
disappeared, no one saw her fall, but by
accident the lad noticed some bubbles in
the water, and having just before seen the
little Miss on the wharf, instantly took in
the situation. Springing into the water he
succeeded in bringing her to the surface,
and calling for aid she was taken on shore
and restored to her parent.


This act of heroism saved the life of one
who has become the most distinguished
American actress of the age-a lady as
highly respected for Eer moral worth and
irreproachable private character as she is
renowned all over the world for her eminent
histrionic achievements. Her rescurer is
to-day one of our most estimable citizens,
and less than year ago acquainted the
lady with the circumstances of her deliver
ance from watery grave through his
instrumentality- fact she well remember
ed, although till then ignorant of the name
of her preserver. Cornelius Lowell had
saved the life Of Charlotte Cushman.
Year: 1875

The House that Bowen Built.
From the Graphic.
I.
Plymouth Church-This is the house thai
Bowen built


Grace, Mercy and Peace-This is the
meal that lay in the house that Bower
built.


Paroxysmal Kiss-This is the mouse thai
hid in tile meal that lay in the house that
Bowen built.


Gossip-This is the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the
house that Bowen built


II. V.
Dissimulation-This is the dog that wor.
ried the cat that hunted the mouse that
hid in the meal that lay in the house that
Bowen built.


VI.


Vicky-This is the COW with the crum-
pied heel that kicked till the dog was aus
ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted
the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in
the house that Bowen built.


VII.


Sir Marmaduke-This is the swain all
tattered and torn who soothed the COW with
the crumpled heel that kicked till the dog
was aus &c spiel that worried the cat
that hunted the mouse that hid in the
meal that lay in the house that Bowen
built.


VIII.


Elizabeth-This is the maiden all forlorn
who Tilted the man all tattered and torn
who carried the COW with the angry heel
that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel
that worried that cat that hunted the mouse
that hid in the meal that lay in the house
that Bowen built.


H. W.-This is the priest all shaven and
been born when he kissed the maiden all
forlorn who Tilted the swain all tattered
and torn who coaxed the COW with the live
ly heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge
spiel that worried the cat that hunted the
mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the
house that Bowen built.


X.


Mrs. Moulton-This is "Slice of the
Judgment Day." whose downright truth
fulness" carried dismay to the naughty
priest in the "cave of gloom " who "sat on
the ragged edge" Of his doom when he
kissed the maiden all forlorn who Tilted the
man all tattered and torn who soothed the
cow with the vicious heel that kicked till
the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the
cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the
meal that lay in the house that Bowen
built.


Ny Dear Won Moltke. This is the
name of the Mutual Friend who carried the
secrecy through to the end for the sly old
priest in the cave of gloom who kept dam
SOAoGo Cup al ulo IOOiu, Wucu uG kiSSeu Glc
maiden all forlorn who Tilted the maiden
all worried and worn who coaxed the cow
with the versatile heel that kicked till the
dog was aus &c spiel that teased the cat
that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal
that lay in the house that'Bowen built.


XII.


Mrs. Morse-This is the typical mother
in-law with the terrible tongue and flexible
jaw, the eagle eye and avenging claw, who
told of all that she heard and saw, who in
dulged in various comments aloud and made
it sultry for all the crowd-for the Mutual
Friend who dared to refuse to let her get at
bis budget OF news; for the priest who,
caught in what he had done, said, "Moth-
Or, / wish You would call me son y for her
aesolate daughter all forlorn, who Tilted
I. (Tattered and Torn) who carried the
cow with the frisky heel that kicked till the
log was aus ge spiel that worried the cat
that hunted the mouse that hid in the
meal that lay in the house that Bowen
built.


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