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FACT* FOR THE I t KIOCS.
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a,ai •r.g A|q.i*.
k ?• common garden * id<r tw
li'kW 2 to live ten month) without food.
f H have h-.Ai IOWI1 to recover af
tor mg I*-, it imatenod twelve i.-itilS
in « mi
P. vfena are fometim so numerous m
Hie f '•-«I I ojrsti’f that the animal cannot
al.u. no Hindi, and ao peri do*.
Ii* ViiMiitr a.ty that he h sari
hgimiiag Parrot rcpal the Lord’* prayer fr**ns
Ut end in the Dutch l»n
A tmck owl life, i.i*on known to hop
al*out tip hi the key* of a piano, ap
)uiroi,tly delighted with his perform¬
ance.
*1 ue '.■-o*.e of smelling is Itiss |s-rf ' t
in the lt<H« than in tu other ani¬
mals. He hunts rather bv sight than
by smell
Cowt'HRSKeo air as a motive isrwer has *
tee, oily G *‘*ii w 'd n. England form, a {
Usilinol. V‘. The. experiment was re- j
gai »' <1 Ua Ji
Ifr Mogfif.h law »Ihiy is /uarrmgeable {
at J l :ui i girl at li A Frenchman
cannot uwny at without the '
<4 1,1* any age
C6fi a I (iHiet.is, ,f living.
A i r es wdt eat ten nines its own
weight **f pio\i-aons in a ilny, and will
dni Iter it a chain ;• hundred times
heavier limn itself. (I ap* a dtsfanc :
of »t leant 2(50 times its own length.
Two hows built a nest in one of tbe
two hue plane trees in the center of the
ed v of Ilondmi, inside the ardiway in j
Ki I mlV. i ii;............ lb.- plane tl-.-H I
in <|U efmn are remarkable ■ I, ...... I
eivlt iiigf.it ‘d from 5,000 to t!,000 of the ]
isireloo Hp irrows, |
N ichvi* impulses are conducted along
the nerve*, very slowly in comparison t.» :
the H|H*d ot I I ctneit v along s es.pjs r I
wire. u i. lattm travels lO/Hkl.lHKI j
the limes as fast as a nerve travels impulse, and yet ]
nerve "npiilw with the spent !
of the faet, at lailroad tram. |
Tub wntdo of material in coal mining !
is enormous It is estimated that only i
two till. Is ot the coal in workable veins
is taken out; there is a further loss of j
25 |srr .a nt, in tie- preparation and de- .
livery lias s(ient The $.l(|.|,iKSl Kewling in Railroad the Company ti> j
utili/.e waste coal by burning attempt it j
constructed m hsio
motives for the purj >oso. i
Trnuiie 60 injurions in-■* '
are M in our
ve • ibh f'liiilcim Mi lit our vine - iids
75 ul luck our »p| I • 1 * os, more than 100
injur * our slmdi* lives und more than Ml
om (.-null litdds. Hcventy-livo millions I
of (Inihue wax Hie damage done to the j
wlii'CI in IItiiio.s in ill**H'MHoD, and III'IIT
Iv ten ictus ago the annual Ion* in the
Itluled States, from inseots alone was !
SlOO,OIHI,O0(t ’
A a,,. r u meeting _ of r n the Maryland , , Acadc- . , 1 *
my of Hei.viii,*, |)r, TheolHihi showed
a apeoifl* of beetle slid gave the follow
iug figuies: Weight of beetle, 2 grains;
weight moved by tiium it, 5) ounces......2,540
beetle. grains, or 1,11‘JO the weight of Mt«
Asniae weighing 150 pounds,
endowed with (ho strength of this insect,
should therefore he able to move 108 -
(KM) pounds, or nearly 100 ton*. ,
In JosMtoinc county, Kv. * *ce* .jJfe jw
the tiuina ot Bowen would never
Ins house leave exig*.|il except by the by hack tbs front.’ .ioorTw* ! j
never He
selected earty in life' the spot fur his *
burial, beneaih an old oak tree, remote
from alt »Uti* K%tves, in an oton field, I
iejtv WI# wtie'ed. *. Mr. ttfaekev lie) I 1
JBmK^ot (tu vm * county, whose
u.ipation, that of a carpenter, is alto- i
gather tiiifNvorahhi to tlm piiixuit of
knowledge, is one of the most learned I ,
men, after a fashion, in America. He
knows th* date of every iinporbint * vent
iu Ilia world’s history, year, month aud |
day, and, whuti essential, the minute. ' ,
His kuowle*h-e of tin* family history of
all prominent |*co|tle is Miinntiiuig mar
▼clous.
Royal Grit.
It was Phil p Hi • -i '-'o.i 1 of Spain who
said lo bis nt.teinlani i, I wish to Is*
carried alive h. Ilm pic* *>f mv s.*i*ul
chef." The | I CC..., ,n .S*nv>yi:,g tile
dying and monarch let 1 1 1 ■* I .Imu* 2 * 1 ,
15!>H, is'<*upi(*il .o (I n * in travels
i»4? Hie distil,, ut oniy twenty ■four i
tulles to the I '.si unal wiiere tin* lui(H*t ial I
tinub was situated Philip Uni sllfited
from gout to* twenty ye. 3 s, and in the
last eighteen inentlis > - ht» life expc
rieUCed uut-iil 1 agony it. assume 1 tin*
form of an minpn ■ isa'-iu thirst -in*l a
tuiueioes eoniUliou ot an inb*uselv nm
(iguant liatnie. Itotly It was even side tupossible
to turn hi* from on * to the
amid otlter, iW to Change his clothing, and vet
idl tldn sulleruig and ji;vii» he made j
arrangements far Ins own burial, ordered
the coffin of hi* Royal lather to be
opened lmn In so similar that he faahioa. might be l ioi«*a finally aft*.>r hi
m
reefed Ins own coffin to in* placed at his
iM'dside. He witricssi'd a! tie's.- pic)ia
rations with iuqieiturhaSilo caliiiuess,
and before passing away i * ■'st, tl that
Ids death body fa* inclosed tu the tyiifio is soon
ns eiiMt. d, and Ilia* (ihtOOvt *u a
leaden liox.
V Ufcttn I net with i DiBbretiPP.
‘‘SiS :
in 1 ■
“ Ain't ywur f*lk*. *■>!*., eonitv,
Indian F* *
v
•• V»« " ;
“ And vow *• *.o,i ,, ».mi . km it h ?' i
■ * shake i You . ** * * last found
your taug-Hx«t biotlim Bill 1 am m
need of mo* i
*’ Ih’ie u. n i, i.i. t • l i . * lodge.'
Tlie l,Mig l*d bioti.e. . 111 ,si >ver tin*
quai te* a ......* ,* so . *d toeu aaid:
’■ Is a quail*', at * * * * a sp«r* Tour
lieetuuu, ’’ ««d the uieudmut
*• I’ll at* 1*1 be* q inter ... A ssiunt of
rel»U,N.*h.,. that faimlv mat- ,
our i.i \ ■
tor; but,cl,ilvmg vonr brother. Fin
» tramp au.t o dead l**at Now l apply
to you probs-s! v**ll x Give mo another i
quarter. ”
..u,.,,. , i, , M1 mltL a,, .!,„ht »” coSg i 1
.
girl, who w „s «t*ont to get o«t of a
wagon that l.sd ,„st come up to tin-
1 from N«' 1 , of a rural tavern She jumped
the wag.e. * and ,u l.-oui Xbv lv «.
claimed : Wl *1 do von m r ask
ing me I .f I want a light* You don’t ,
ffittk smoke, do von U
Hoff**n»1ein on Poor Mem.
“H i.l Hoffcnsteii as he
i ■ hieb he kept
, hoemaker Tot
d 1 ue owe*
H ifetisteia,'' jv
ihihk ii • vill. He
- '•>* !• aS
L hut »n
• ft ;
imp more on ? r*
way uk a man van a i_is
vat hi 5 ; if you d veu Vill I
lo« S*< it .My
grr- tiUJLU. f have.ieen bleufv
uf p it men who (toot 1» *y vould
£*, ' at in v lore on gr.iiit. anJ
, cranii mit hduu: von else.
\ .- ateli lie shoemaker, Merman, I ud been
Lnn elf vo*
'
said • I) ■•hocm* -, Mr. HofTeustein, ”
tie clerk, “would half bad Ixfore
ilt* if he don't baf lie o poor. ’ ;
Hut dou r*' got no (. 1 - 11 . 0 . being
.1.4 wav.” repine usteiu. “A man
Ultias 1 SKII 'himself. if. •«*,,. ’ ,1,'t don't ean blame
von but Vv he gt
.|tv like L-oldes'' * :
v 1^5 (Hlcr ut ,;;.r hel.V’Xnlie If a n-.ati vas
vert anv ling you know. Yen I van j
vent to a v.-ltv merchant to get
Oh-g<H>-l« and < “= gredit. lie don’t let me
haf deni, do!.l him .hit I v(w ho®- }
--I ,i I vas ,i r man \at you dmk, j
*is« Mv fn ut iiell van fo j
Li]j ut Iw-obJi-s in y.»ur fix dafdi rleg* |
va« ahHkin de vmders ond. ’ Dot j
ri'-ure, H •naan, leniu d me dot a |*oor man j
d lit baf get iliviu.-uce .noiigli ill .Us !
voi Id to make de dogs bark at lam, nn.l
, ! m, * t " v, ’ rk ’, VltH ,lM ‘; r I 1 (t 1 i
a
| a hohtie.il a -'x-iatioii. My gr- j
r-a-cious, Herman, indVr vant to be a ]
poor man. De only ding vot a poor man
.‘ail get vas religion, mid lie vonldu’t get
dot <•( it coat auyding. ltccgcrileck dot
Ilers**verunee in pisn. H vill make von
der v.-lty, und dot it in yu»i it. fail Veil in I do righifvay
dail vas money sdore" ill de gouudry, vas geebing
dill! a r. und I vent Suaou Krausmariu, plauess got
to
my vif-’s angle, der im.l I say : ‘Simon, I
dink 1 vill fail, vas no money in de
pisuess any longer.’ ‘ Beut'eii,’ lie say,
’.hubovs vas buying as high as dwenily
cents ilis year, unrl I dink you potter
vait.' 1 .look Ins advice, Herman, und
n«xd year 1 vailed veil dey vas only having den
cents, und made ofer four dou
s*inl dollars. Shust dink uf it. Now
were vas Solomon Oppenlieimer, who put
“ l ™tlc sdore up avny oud iu Argansas,
«ud degountry C**r fifteen miles around
80 I"’" 1 ' dot all de fleas vent avuy.
,u ' !>'«t his s*lor<* d«*r<* und for seex
)’«»>* be vtiihd m pusiness, und now H(d
"’“on owns a goublo of brick wlores in
Houston, Texas. He !uade all nf dot by
Fevs- veranee. Diuk uf it, Herman, und
vll “ you dink uf it, don’t let de shoe
mitond maker ve having vas dalking about get avuy
vat bo owes.”— A r cu>
Uimslaney’s Reward.
A tonehiifj? mile romance illustrating
wifely devotion has come to light on
Mount Ida. Four years ugo a comely
young l idv was accepting the attentions
of two gentlemen, one the possessor of a
fair competence and the other poor, like
hers**lf. Upon the death of her parents
her grandmother assumed her control.
To pream' this relative she consented to
'toito her fortunes with those of the
poor young man, who besides J,j„ iin
Jiovorished fluJ lu<,rt “•’wplhble circumstance suitor was, was a cripple aifv
’ W
•’’'••'wl. -A 'ekq.tjng to enteflnisl
ness iu New iork wa» refused by him.
R*> deelart *1 Ins detevminatiou to In*
wherever his loved one, then the wife of
BUother, was located. \ year after the
wedding the husband tell ill. As disease
made inroads u; on his constitution, and
poverty stalked in at the door, the young
wife was obliged t«> seek employ uieui in
“ knitting mill. After long illness, in
winch he was steadfastly aft uded by
ins bard working eompattion, cripple’s dentil
brought an end to the poor ex¬
istence. During this illness the rejected
lover was the contributor of delicacies to
the sick, which the patient, witli a
knowledge of tin* source from which
U (liia|i|H*inte*l 1PV came, accepted. gentleman A made vow that the tbe
his idol the deceased upon is
marriage of to
(yu-ihlv lUemled with pros|*ects of re
,
("'.'■ ..'iiiu .!'-r ‘ll'.r /trill 7f''til, ah h-!l
Imrdlv settled an interview 1ms been
requested, LtU-irt and two hearts unitedly separated by
probaldy be love. A
Aaron Burr as a Borrower.
It was in the summer of 1812, when a
member of tin* class of 1815 in Harvard
College mi a \ isit to Boston of a Saturday,
that 1 was called upon by a Mr, Fessen¬
den and intrusted »ith a letter addressed
to my father, reported to have been re
reived from Aaron Burr, landed in Bos
foil that morning after a four years’ resi
donee ut Europe, which letter requiring
mi immediate answer l delivered the
aann afternoon to my father at his eouu
try seat in Brookline. My father, open
mg and handing it to me to read, seri
^TZZZSliSZ.
I "' ut .............>v li "“' ,0 ,l “‘ i ...... » ,r ‘‘ sau ■r’v ! ' la k J '"v sixty
ntue years with , oueexireption, hereafter
recorded.
1"* U,, ‘ or <’“utaiued a request of Ve.
txm Burr for a pnvat, interview, with a
a *;u,of luonev on a pi. tge ei some x, s
- M) *»!>.■, s ..us»er. wmeo lie
i * ■ 11 p v v a 1 w * Is. i i hTYi.'w J \ K ' .f l 'is ■ ds's 'V *i
. 1iy i
"' K 1 ‘ V
w H^rv , . , ,, ,,
a WmlThri New
, ^ ; i lig siU .. iri ,p
^umVm^aftr X a^ririug mother™ from Furanr X
'V U J 1 ’ at t her motUer on
Dttdson, 1 . was told ,,, by some officious
fviend that a Mr. Davis, a ineud of Aa
rou Burr, had spoken disparaging Iv of
mv father for no! allowing Bun an'-.a'ter
view, Burr probably never mentioning
anv midil mvumarv- Xhi'^n! assistance a^nevtr^d^ I gave no
U again. A short time after wtarning
to Boston I communicated to a highly
este, mod and respected friend, the late
President .losiah Quinev. tbe above in
. idem ot mv life. Mr, Quincy advising
uo further notice of it, coming from
such a s..tree. .. ; .t Jr ser.
FARM NOTES. ?
1
Ttre American crania rry is now faked
with •ticceas at A.-dibur ■ ham Fark, flkis
sex, England.
It I S COllbl *me
f, .
iu .1 *j at ota -nftjjpof
corn lots th - *’igh cattle ua.l.
i' -aid that in Great Britain mere
I* ere killed last year 1A J e. 'll. -
Hu. Very . railways l««l of the Ujiif.i
ns. lagi-uifiit some
iiete.
la: oxygen of the air aids and taeils.
late* the germination of d nd ae^ds
buried i deeply in the ground as to !
>ut of reach </f the atiuo spheric . aif will
i'iiiii»it no signs of life.
% Animals when first con8n*;d, a-.id suj -
fcdy Tate iueteZ
k>, after which the ot
Ln inisnes toconsiderable exten
Tfx ,,,' is I. is'five 1 milf!™ mil lion b. head i of t ,' honied
.
" Jt ,!lPUhaIHlh t loroughlj educated
1 ; tt " j d ~i vlctor/ram if
d 1 teathem '’
Iron.
C iv
*»• i>«imm ot iiavunile rr lohi Co., „
, to*eight’vet^ddd*
^ra^erus ‘ from four fortv-A
tM1 wlli(:li h , lia , rai ,ed ?• }*?**
Joa(ls f)l t f
^ the *
mnl £ast. *
f said that of the w
r is one best sprinkinir- rH m^L . a
for the cabbage worm is to
slacked ame on the plant m the motuing
t r .*'' "' ! f U ' 1 d V ! ’ >1 f“. t * ■*» whit * with
. who has trust it for several Jjgyr*
ay* that at most two applications are
sufficient.
It mosi: farmers whose farms are soils
underlaid with cl.>y would sell one
quarter or one-lialf of tlieir land and nut
tin- proceeds into the judicious tile
drainage of the rest, they would make
more money front the one half of the
original farm under improvement than
they How do fiom the whole area. *
pon general pur( os* s on the farm cas
tnr oil, with a little kerosene added, is
the best lubricator and preserver, i’or
saws, mixture mowers, buggies, and the like, this
furnishes more body with le-s
,.uiii than most other oils. The amount 1
of kerosene, if any, to be added muslbe
governed by Uie purpose for which is
designed. * !
Op.sioss upon practical agriculture
should never (jp formed from books or
papers alone. They are excellent-tor
suggesting ideas, and for comparing
notes with our own tife practice. We »»hv
be able to endorse opinions at sikht !
but generally Baking new practwes
should be verified upon our own lafids
before we either adopt or endorse them. 1
Rbpkrkiso to the scales which form I
the rSSSg! following table of the
her of scales the linear average num , !
to inch in dithr
ent wools: East India wool, 1,000 scales !
to linear inch, China wool, 1,200, domes- I
tic wool, 1,400, Leicester wool, 1,400 1
Houthdown 2,000, and Saxony wool, wool, 1,500, Merino wool]
linear inch. 2,200 scale* to
F 1 '
Manure sliould be forked over occa¬
sionally iug, then to make it loam tine. If it in hud
nmek or should be
with it to abnarb the ammoni* whu^WftjJ
foinied dnriiiL' the
.tion. ti(iniikimgAt.lie»m'«TOtf?ff)ile
ground plaster is advisable. Tw* ])la»ild' ;
will absorb any ammonia which eaaup.-B j
trom Hie pile and save ft for tin* use of
giowing plants. Ammonia istoo vaiua
bio an element of plant food to allow it j
to bo wasted. Again U]kju soma lauds j
juaster is an excellent fertilizer j
Tunin', is probably no feed so good for i
raising milk with good a mixture dairy animals of moderate as warm quant- skim- j
ground scalded. ;
itic* of oats The milk 1
and oats contain n largo amount of
lniisi (e and bum* material, and, as a
consequence, we have a cow with an ex- j
eelient constitution ami a good-sized
frame Corn meal does not contain *
enough of the requisite materials for*
giving a good-sized and at the same time ,
a well-formed animal. The oats might j
i»o altfiimtca with Jiriseea and cotton j
seed meal. j
'nlkosuTlUj 1 1 i' 8 " 1 ^ ‘^T’linuCf''’ t0 KI *j
; , t j sJJlYin^liis^k , i*olffi°tl
i„dieartom of
am ladius ot the fact, and also to post
notices m public places. It the disease
is not stamped out witlnn ninety days,
the diseased animals must he killed.
Tlie result has been that scab has almost
entirely *' '*' disappeared from Australian
s '
An iNcoitponATF.n company for sheep
breeding 1ms been formed in Southern
Missouri, one hundred aud fifty miles
i from St. Louis. The incorporators pro
pose to locate drt.rtOO acres of iand ou the
, side of the Ozark Mountains, and tu
start with 4,000 sheep, fenced in at a
'.' ..■'b 5
■'! a *i ......fr” u .ntti hvt for the tineas, ^ with other
. necessary ,,' improve seusibie ut-mts than as. t: d'd. Tin's
) IS uu>r the Color do
. vs * t ., Ut *(., u , ; 1( , ou ' ..nsturiug or '
starvation in the winter.
|, ,. a*v. 1 , 0 -.have n s„.vi d ,.„w..r
. f
fa.v soil, and are hence of ti.e greatest
value ia a rota!.on. li I clover is the
, inos: striking inst nice of this action
, Its net- extend further twrhiqx, than
auv other tarm ^ crop, and being biennial
* - * - ^ «.
,u ™ m " ,!tt,ou o{ at the V’ rh ^
vegetable “ matter, "*?***■' . is ^ tu the canddeeayed case . of a
g, K *d cwp of clover so considerable, that
the whole ot the above eronu.l trrowH. "*
: ma >' rfmove . i as h , ^> , . !; , lnd
i ,H ' '.
^ remain greatly 1 enruhed comhtion wtth nitro
geu \ !U1 ' ,n an , for
J a -P of wheat.
As to the mauunal value of ffifVerent
<'attle-foods. we Hu.1 that the oil cakes
vlt ' ld th * nchr,t man ur *) « th *>' «»:
- amount of and
taut the largest , nitrogen
P^pbonc acid with a considerable
! ! and * m . ountof pess, malt-dust P 0 *?^ and bran. k ' Clover
hay yields a richer manure than oats,
wheat. cy or corn, while meadow
i 1 > low the cereal grain!*. The
ins and the roots, like tnr
ps, carrots and Swedes, contain about
-i:. proportion of nitrogen in their
ico ; the roots, however, sup
ply mu. te potash. Potatoes stand
below other roots in marmrial valne.
HI raw ti the lowest ice as a ma
beio -yielding valuable food, beau a uid pea sin«
£? in. .re fur this purpose
than the straw of the cereal
Improved Harness.— V recent writer
calls attention to the fact that with all ti*#-*
inventions and improvements that have
been made, we are by still driving and guil
our horses means of appliances
jiractieally the same as tu by-gone ages.
Horses still ran iwav, as in years pa-t
they has ran a av, and the appliances
‘" r T l Z l l tht ? ar 1 “ a f” at “f.T
rXvXl . ‘ v, * 1le ™ t *: r
h> makes the suggestion tuat instead ,.f
: *th*-lang the lines direct, as now, they
might pass over a pulley on tie- head¬
statl * one end to l* held in the hand as
now and the other fastened to some
^ ^ accordance .«***• well
m with
known lawsofmechames.wouldexaet
ly double the power exerted by the
I lri T r ' ' W1 I xmsib1 '' “thirds should
b ‘ t hrow “ srMU J d the liability of ac.-i
dent , to hie or limb, es[>ecialiy as the
handling the reins is often entrusted to
timid or hu xperieneed ijersons.— Atner
iran Cultivator.
Timc/thv rox Dairy Mbadows. — One
of our principal meadow grasses is tim¬
othy, and tiiis forms a tuber or bulb
just above the surface of the ground,
and ls injured or destroyed when this
bulb is cut or eaten off Pasturing
meadows of this grass is likely greatly
to injure these bulbs, and this explains
the serious injury that occurs when these
meadows are pastured in the fall. Cut
ting too close with mowing machines
often injures it. Timothy is, perehanc ',
the most, valuable meadow grass, as
with proper attention, it will easily cou¬
finite teu.\ears iu succession to yield
Fug crop*. If onr meadows consisted
Kentucky blue grass, wire grass,
urc "“ m grass, red-top, etc., pastur.'ng
w °ubl not be fatal, although not advisa
>u‘ ut ! except e t on alluvial what or the overflowed iaiiil.
’’ * us see real value of
*‘ lu aftermath of timothy meadow is
worth. Take the case mentioned of sev
c and coin meal
1 '^‘Kv . to . aeh cow- woul. have pro
fore milk and let the cows in
'^fter comliUon. during the live or six
wee ** th ?F the J are allo Tf d to T'“ “
P? rtlon ot the ,iuY u ' wn the meadows,
Tins would have cost at most, only about
60 l H>r ht ‘ a,1 > ' vhilHt «*" dauiag • to
the meadow was at lcllst ten times as
milch. Mi adows require generous at
? 1 h ° h '*' 1 ’
should be to P dre#8ed wltli some com
tn '' l ' < ’ lal fertilizer every few years, und
tl,us dairy ke full P l * u ful1 through produettem. and your
fed the winter.— Xa
tional Lice Stock Journal.
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H0USE1101.il HELPS.
,......... cijjtiv.uor.i
Flaked Fish.—M ake a sauce bv
nonie tionr into tivo ounces
.. . ^ bal*»*
of cold fish, nicely flaked, one
omu*.- of cold butter, a dessert spoonful
each of anchovy sauce and mixed mus
till'd, one teaenpful of cream, some peii
per, salt, and a few bread crumbs. Make
hot and serve as it is, or you mav pour
it into a butterdish, with the addition
,,1 n few bread crumbs, and iirown the
top iu the oven,
Boss.—Two cups of scalded milk,
cooled to blood heat; one eup of yeast
or equivalent of compressed veast; isix
with flour rather stiller than fritters, let
it rise, then add two cups of sugar a id
one cup of butter beaten to a cream;
one teaspooniul of soda: mix with flour
f u (] as stiff as bread ; mo) 1 it well: let
it rise, then cut out aud lay in pans, and
after it has stood for rising bake it.
These taste better when eaten warm. If
liked, stir in l>efove molding n cupful of
lmcklebmiies or tlie same quantity of
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° S '"* N **"' *' " \ *"'*1' IQ ' 1 **‘' I**'’** 1
onions is regarded bv the debility French as an
exceU ® nt restorative iu of the
dozen sliced WW&eXiSTlSS onions
a in sufficient but
ter to to prevent burning, witli a tea
spoonftil of sugar; «‘Wed two quarts of clear
* ou P are next to the onions, to
gather with a bouquet of sweet herbs
antl a palatable seasoning al'tber of salt and
T to 'aliliner sunnier gently "ui-itK- t t! gctlmi ft £oi id -dvin out ta a
quarter of an hour while some slices of
bread are being toasted and placed in
the soup tureen ; the bouquet of herbs
is then removed, and the broth and
onions poured upon the bread, when the
soul* is served hot
Ui sruit* Souffle.—T wo scant table
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nulk come foabotl; beat the flour and
butter together, «nd add to them gradu
ail v the boiling milk, aud eo *k tight
minutes, stirring often ; beat the sugar
and cooked yolks mixture, of eggs andset together; add to the
away to cool;
vhen stifl cool, beat the whites of eggs
: ' a froth; add to the mixture ; !
ik* in a buttered pudding disli twentv
minutes, and serve immediately with
creamy sane,. The materials can be
prepared in advance, but should not be
* *• -««<
L*nseousr..-L*b s e 0 use is a dish that
V;a . ts ].men mar s„m,-time-find valuable, sea!
»* it is warranted to 0 ure a nine of
™ (' itamlv rm-mv a a person person who wno conn could
eat it at all „ could not be suffering very
^'rtousiy Take four from slices that of malady pork or or tbe any same other of
bacon, and almiit as much ot salt beef,
and soak the beef for a couple of hours
m tresh water; fry the bacon aud slice
up four onions and brown tnem in the
or bacon fat; then peel and shoe the a
dozen potatoes; put in the beet,
j>ork, onions and potatoes m a stew-pan
wanted if tlie beef ^ is well corned : T the
W. J. POLLARD,
NO'. 7 t AND 7 5.; UEYXOLl>> STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant.
AND DEALER IN
MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS.
Also Disston’s Ui liar rows Rubber and feather Belting, Steam Pipe. Water and
>i win Gau - Connections. Whistles. Oil Cups. Pop, Globe and Cheek
, a lies. . Governors, W renelies, etc., together with ererv article of Steam
anil V\ ater Fittings, Finding., etc.
GENERAL AGENT FOR
TALBOTT A SONS.
lii.'.Mi. S Acrn-aiima! Engines ion wheels.) Portable Engines foil skids,) StationarA
h - n «' n r s - tubular an'l Locomotive Boilers. Turbine Water lVheela. <;orn and
\\ r heat Mills. >awifills. Shafting, Pulleys.
Sjiark Boxes, Ilangeis and Patent
Arresters.
Watertown Steam Eiiaine Co.
Watertown Agricultural Engines (on wheels.) Portable Engines (on skids.) Dairy
Engines (for small btiililinus.) Vertical kiigises. Stationary Engines (with
and without cut-off.) Return Tubular Boilers (with two Hues.) Loco¬
motive and Vertical Boilers Saw Mills, etc., etc.
C. k. (i. COOPER & CO.
Cooper’s Portable Self-Propelling Engines (traction) -kids;) Engines. Farm Agricultural Locomotive Engines (on w heels.)
Boilers. (on and Wheat Stationary Mill. Engines. Portable Mill (with and Return bolt Tu¬
bular Corn portable
attached.) Smut and Machines. Weed Extractor. Hustle-- Saw Wheat Mills Separators .and
i tat
(double and single.)
J. W. CAKDNVELL k CO.
Cardwell Wheat Threshers. Seperators and Cleaners. “Ground Hog” Thresher*
Hydraulic* Cotton Presses. HorsePowers Feed (mounted and down.) Power
Corn Shelters and Cutters.
JOHNSTON HARVESTER COMPANY
AND
Emerson, Talcott & Co.
ltf spei s ami Binders. Reapers and Mower-Combined. Single Bind ers, Reapers, and
....... Mowers. Cultivators and Grain Sowers.
FAIRBANKS & CO
Fairbanks’ Standard Seales, all sizes and patterns. Alarm Cash Drawers
Manufacturer ot the Following Machines.
Neblett& Goodrich Improved 1XLLotton Gin Reid’s Patent Automatic PovtvrSerew
Press, (steam or waterpower.) Smith's Improved Hand Power Cotton and
llay Press. Cotton Gin Feeder. Cotton Condenser.
New Virginia Feed Cutter.
Uuiglnes, Cotton Gins, .te., repaired in a workmanlike manner.
(h'ders solicited and promptly executed. For further particulars, circulars, gen¬
eral information, etc., apply to
W. J. POLLARD, Auusta, Ga.
Or J. V. Andrews, Crawfordville,Ga.
Feb,25, *8I.j-y,
1881 FALL 1881 ,
G-rand Opening
» f -AT TIIIV # *
Dry Goods Eporiuxn
—OF—
C. MATERS,
TAKE this method to most respectfully* call the attention of my former customers
and the public, to my stock of
beautiful spring goods.
Every Depart men t is full of all the New and Beautiful Styles of the present Season,
and 1 can confidently-say to those who favor me with their patronage, that I have
">>' shelves the
Best and Prettiest
stock that 1 have ever brought to this market, amt 1 defy competition in Price or
Quality.
(< IMF. A N D SEE MY ASSORTMENT!
1 am determined that no house along the Georgia Railroad or its bnmelies shall ex¬
cel I me in QU ANTITY, QUALITY, PRICE, OR STYLE.
Ladies’ Dress Goods, Domestic Goods, Etc.
"i this ] )c]>artmciit have taken the utmost care to select the most beautiful as well at
t j |ie most useful, and 1 flatter myself that I can figures,beautiful,brilliant,ami give the Ladies the fullest satisfaction,
have a large assortment of Calicoes,of new fast colors
Piques, Pekins, Poplins. Delaries, Suitings, Muslins, Swiss, Tarletons, lawns, Triiu
tilings, Laces,Edgings,Ribbons,Hats, (trimmed Domestic and untrimined) Hosiery, (all grades)
Shoes, (of all grades, Tickings.Linens, prico.and style). and article Goods,White that Goods,Towelings,Sheet
ing>. shirting*. every is of use or beauty, and which
S°'* s t0 "> ake «1* a lady’s toilet or furnish the house. \\ lieu yon do not see what you
want, call for it. 1 have it. HHH^H
Ctenttoea’s, OooiK Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
mtteni- and prices.; Mv stock of Boots and Shoes is large, and 1 ean suit tlie
public in any quality they want, from the finest Dress Boot to the coarsest Brogan.
S' ~ Gentlemen, Youths and Boys an be furuished with a complete outfit of every
thing necessary, aud need go no further to make their purchases.
1\/TTOmnT _ .T . A IVTI^riTTCi _ ^
MiseeHaneous Department, lliave all the little articles which go to make up a
s;oek to supply the needs of the public, among Etc. w'aieii In are Notions, in Needles, Pins, Cut
ierv, f r.X'kery, Tobacco, Sugars, Hardware, fact, making up my stock, I
omitted nothing that you ean p.-ihly call for. Come and see for yourself.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
I keep always on hand Fine Family Groceries, and Plantation Supplies, and I shall
keep a full and fresh -tuck on hand at ali times. 1 am prepared to clothe the naked
and feed the hungry.
1 hear a great deal about Low Prices, but I am determined to sell at the very Lowest
Figures tlie markets will admit, and I defy 1 any You merchant requested on the to Georgia call and Road price to seil for
tin* same quality of goods for less than do. are
yom -elf.
To my Friends and Patrons.
•-*»“ In conclusion, allow me to return mv thank- for past favors, and to a-k for a
continuance of the same-! C. MY'EID. Crawfordville, Ga.
MaTch24,18$0.i-y.
