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VOI,. XVII ? New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTII CAROLINA, MA.ROU ft, 1SSO. NUMBKU O.
SETTING THE SPECKLED HEN.
t?V TRNMB mmrF.lt ARKOLO.
All (lie good people of 1'ogannac would have
old you that Uncle Joel I'otlee was one of the
beat men that ever lived : but even those who
liked him most were forced to admit that he
was 'jest a little slow.'
Ilut to his wife he was far beyond the 'little.'
As ahe emphatically asserted. lie was as slow
hb molasses in January.'
It must have been one of nature s strange
laws of 'attraction of opposite*' which brought
this couple together ; for while I'ticle Joel was
slow, plodding, dreatuy. Aunt llannnh was
quick, enegctic, ambitious?a notable housekeeper,
who could do the work of two women,
while others would be planning what to do ;
whole washing was on the line Monday morn- ,
ing, looking like rifis of snow, long before most
of her neighbors had finished breakfast. ^
To licr energetic nature, her husband's slow
movements and lack of nmbiiion were thorns in
i iic nesn noi unwortliy. pet Imps, to be compared
with those of tho Apostle 1'aul.
The fifteen years more of life which Uncle
.loel had seen, and a crippled liinh?tho result
of nn accident in bovhood?may have had
1
much to do with his lack of energy: but more of ,
it was nature, an inheritance frotn his mother,
an intensely religious woman, who, the neigh- f
bora said, ' could work all day in a half bushel
a' novcr git out on t.'
And Uncle Joel's highest dream of happiness
was to sit in his arm chair by the south window ^
in the spacious old kitchen and read aloud to j
himself by tho hour from tho big ltiblc lying
in his lap, his low droning monotone driving
Aunt Ilanuah to tho verge of distraction.
'Here, Joel, 1 want a pail o' water?" she
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called one morning when he was thus reading, |
and she was elbow-deep in the tloury mysteries
of tho bread bowl. ? an' don't be all day about ^
it, I'm in a hurry.
Yis, yis, Hannah," Uncle Joel remarked,
reading along softly, his finger following his
eyes over the page. 4 And they that wait on
the I.ord shall renew their strength, they? '
4 An' tliev that wait Oil their vriU..? ol.?!l .?
new their youth, I reckon, Aunt Hannah in- c
terrupted sharply. L*in eeraiu sure you'd 11
hate to he horn agin afore you d do it. t.'ome. 0
git that water, I'm in a hurry, 1 tell ye.' s
* Vis. Hannah, I'm a-coming.'
* An' bo'b Christians, nn it'll git here first, 1 11
reckon. 1 wonder if there ever was another aich '
a slow mortal in the world.'
And rubbing her hands free from the dough, ^
she caught up the pail and lind drawn the water
and returned, before I'nclc Joel hal finished
his sit tmpoitnni chapter, ami rising slowly
from the chair limped across the kitcheu.
* Why, the pail s full, Hannah, he euid.
' Full, of course it's full !' Aunt Hannah
snapped. ' Hid ye s'posc 1 was a goin' t'wait
all day ? 1 rather guess they'd be a lot o'
work done in this house if a body was to wait
for you.'
' But ye shouldn't be in sicli a hurry, Hannah,'
Uncle Joel interposed, mildly, ihe Lord
took six days t'inakc (he heaven and the earth,
an' taint the best t try ami do everything in a
minute.
I should think he took six years to make
you, an then didn t finish ye off till Saturday
afternoon jest at night. You've been behindhand
ever since yc was born. ]
Well, well, llannali. wc won't quarrel about r
it ? *' I V hud v run I l.fi ?|1 anrv v?n lm n.,.l
the race isn't allu.- to the swift?'
' Hut 3*0' 11 find 1 lie battle'll be t' the strong?
and right here in this kitchen, if ye don't stir
yer stumps lively.
' Hut what shall 1 do, Hannah?' and Uncle
Joel looked around in helpless bewilderment.
' Do 1 Why, just go out and set the old
speckled hen. I've told ye to luorc'n n do/en
times. She'd a had time t'sct and hatch whilst
ye was gctlin' ready to do it.
And Aunt llnnuah. catching up the first thing
that came handy, which proved to he Uncle
Joel's old soft felt lmt, proceeded to fill it with
CKK"llcre
they Le ! an' don't be all day about it.'
she called, coining out of the pantry, holding
the lint with both hands and depositing it
in the soft Huffy depths if the leather cushion
in the big rocking chair.
Murryirg back into the pantry she returned
to her baking, while Uncle Joel hunted around
for his hat and cane which were always missing
when needed.
tiood mornin', Miss Hotter, came the next
moment to Aunt Hannah's cars, as her next
door neighbor walked into the kitchen without
L.: ?1 .1-- 1? .1
IV II uv r\ 4 II ^ . .11111 tilllll' IU IIIL JI.IIII IV uuur, (>117 v
a?< ever '.' What a master hand you ho i work !
I wonder if you ever stop long enough t eat 1
and sleep '
Well, somebody's got t work where there's 1
eight mouths I feed and eight hacks t'keep elo's 1
on,' Aunt 11iiiimih answered, without stopping 1
a moment in her rifling of sugar and meaanr- '
ing of Hour for her cake.
' Did ye hear what a muss they hail over to
Moae Totter s, last night
' No ; what's up now '' They're alius havin' '
a time there. 1 wonder how that woman enn '
be sicli a fool as t'live with sirh a man.' 1
' So do I. Hut this time it was wus'n any o'
their quarrels. Didn't ye know bout the fellers
from DobVs factory a eomin up to tar an '
feather Mosc ?'
My goodness gracious. Miss Drown. you
don t mean it ?'
A And \unt Hannah slopped in her work of '
breaking eggs to raise her hands in astonish
ment. 1
Do take a eheer and set down, and lako oil
jour liunnii,' leading (lie vny into I he kitchen
arid setting fl chair for her visitor.
' I>o tell ui all about it.'
Aunt Hannah deposited her two hundred
pounds rather heavily ou the soft feather cush- i
ion of the huge rocking chair and commenced i
heating her eggs in a mulberry crock bowl? *
she could not stop work even long enough to
gratify her curio-ity?an 1 the two-lined steel
fork, with which she was doing tlie work, had
not lite cfliciency of :i modern egg-beater.
Wo!I. \v tee. Mrs. Brown began, flushing
the iinge framework of paste-hoard and ginghams
back tr. in her fr.ee, ' Mose s wife took her
tailor work home yesterday an got her money
for it. Ye know Mose use l'carry it. and he
wouldn't let her hcv the money for t, just spent
it jest's he d a miiiler, an' she and the children
had I go hungry half o' tlie time?for
Mose never'd hr ng nothing in t' speak on.'
1 know it ? and 1 toi l her tinic'n agin she
was a fool to work sonn lot that la/.y lummox
git lioM o' her money,' said Aont Hannah, beating
her eggs more briskly in her indignation.
He'd set behind the stive all last winter and
sing, 'the Lord 11 pervile." and wouldn't lift a
finger to pervide for his younguns himself.
I'lie hypcrcrit !
1 Well, yc see. Mrs. Urown resumed, she
Ic'rnt better n to let him cany home any work :
<o yisterday she nn 1 Jane look a big bundle out
to tbe city, and when she got back, Mosc told
her to give him the money, an' she wouldn't do
it. lie was mighty high over it, and threatened
what he'd do if she didn't let him have it?but
she'd got her back up, and ye know Sally's
pretty kinder sot when she sets out to be, and
Mose couldn't scare her wutli a cent. She jest
old him the money was her n, she'd earn't it,
ind lie shouldu t tech one penny on t. Then
die soz he jest grabbed In r by the arm nnd
liroat, and tried to git it, and she kicked and
pulled till she got away Irom him. but her
liair d come down in the tussle and he grabbed
her by that, and afore she could get away he'd
pulled out a lock as big as my thumb. Her
head looked just awful when she came over to
>ur house and told on t, ami her arm and throat
ivas black and blue where he'd pinched her.
told her I'd go straight to Squire I'caso, and
uakc complaint against him. And she started.
>ut afore she got there she met Have Tuttle, an
ye know what a high flyer Have is. and as soon
is she told him bout Mosc, Have soz?sez lie :
' Mrs. Hotter, yc jest go right straight buck
ind get the young'tins and yer clo's nnd if
Mose s</. anything jest tell him you've made
iomplaint against him and lie dasscut tech ye,
in t I 11 git my tc \ui an' meet ye here iu half
>11 hour ami fetch ye to my house, and ye can
toy with inc till ye can make a shift some way.'
So she got the youngling and tilings?and
nighty few things there was, too?and l>avc
etched them home with him.
What did Mosc have to say for himself when
lally went hack ?
Never said nothin', only asked er where she
ras goin. and she told him twas where she'd
ie better otT than she <i ever been with him.
the says Mosc hauled iu his horns, as if lie was
i little afeared, an he let er go without sayin
to*hin more.
The mean scampi Lucky for hitu I wasn't
lis wife 1 said Aunt Hannah, fiercely. I'd a
earnt him whats what afore this lime.
Well, ve see. Have went an told them factory
ellows how mean Mosc had used his wife, and
hey'd alius hod kind of a grudge nginst him,
,D(1 didn't want no better fun 'n to scare liiin
mlf to death : so thoy just rigecd up in old
:lo's and turned their cuts wrong side out, an
slacked ilieir faces so's lie couldn't tell none on
tin. Then they get a big bag o' feathers auJ a
little o tar an come up there nn tried to git
dose out. Hut he smelt a lat and they couldn't
aisc him. They pounded on the doors an told
lini they d break em down if he didn't let em
u, but he never let on he heard cm. Himeby
otne of cm got I lie hog trough and threw it
hrough the winder
Good for cm ! said Aunt Hannah, chuckling
.villi delight. That's the most sensible thing
hey ever done ! A hog's trough is the best
hing they could find for such a ling.
They staid round there purty nigh haif an
tour, and one or two on c*n got in through the
iroken winder and looked high and low but
bey cobln t find hide or hair of Mosc. Ar'er
hey d been gone a spell. I.ish went over and
tollered to Mosc an told him they d all cleared
tut, an nobody shouldn't lei.li him if he >1
tonic out. l?ut he never showed himself, and
Jsli lit a candle an went all over tlic Iioiiso
ro'n garril to stiller, l?nt lie couldn't funl
lothin o Mosc nowliere : I'ut just as lie was
i-goin to give it up. lie lietif.l Mosc call in a
tiiul of a seart whisper :
l.isl., is it you l c tliey ali gone V
An as true as yo live there was Mosc down
>n all fours?a-criiwlin' out of a hogshead way
n under the stiller stairs, lie was ali covered
with ashes and dirt, and he shock jest like a
popple leaf, lie was senrt all hut t death, an'
lung on t I.isli so, not to leave him alone?
.hat he had to fetch him lion.e with him. lie
put hiin in the bed up garrit, n I never knew
lothin about it 'till morning, or there'd a been
anisic, yc better b'lcve. I jest made I.isli lake
dial are hod out inter the yard, an it s there
low, nobody'd never wanter sleep on t arler
hat nasty critter'd been sleepin in it.
Well. 1 declare for'I, \nut Hannah said
spitefully, at the c'ose of the narration. *1
ivish t' goodness they'd a kctchcd him. an
arrc 1 an feathered liini an riide him on a
rail out o' town. If I owed the Old Scratch a
do/en sinners an he w? iildn't take Mosc Hotter
n' call it even, I d cheat him out o' the hull
ui l ' lie s the biggest obi hypcrcril that ever
I SC'1.'
Time, there. Hannah! I'nclc Joel interposed
mildly, coming out of tlic pantry. win-re.
luring ('no ret iml of his neighbor!* misdetnean>rs
iic hod been hunting high and low for someihing
he could not <juite remember :
Judge not. 1cm ye be judged.'
I'.y their finds ye shall know 'em, Aunt
llnnnnh retorted sharply, An if a man don't
show ntiihin but h< ggishness 'n hypocrisy. I
lunno where s the sin in enlling him n hog and
r hypercril. on you needn't stand up for him,
neither, lie's g-u more devils in him t inn ever
caM out o' Mary Mngdalin,' anyhow.
Well, Hannah, 'twas a woman tho Lord cast
'em out of. The l?ib!e dou't say as he ever j
cast seven devils out of a man.'
No ! he left mi all in (he men. an 1 they are J
there now,' was the triumphant retort.
Under this scathing rebuke. Uncle Joel retreated
to the pantry and continued his search.
What in the world nrc you sputterin' around
that hutt'ry for? his wife called, as the clutter
of pans and dishes first drew her attention to
Uncle Joel's trespass upon forbidden ground*
Why, l'n? lcokin' for them eggs, Hannah.
Ye told ntc t' set the old speckled hen, didn't
ye? and 1 can t find the eggs nowhcio.
Mercy oil us. and you've been all this time
faruiin^ does not depend so much upon
what a man has, as upon what a man is.'
There is a world of good seusc in that an- 1
swcr. Now a mnu is what he makes himself.
Intelligence lies at the base of all
success, whether in farming or in anything
else. We mean practical intelligence, not
a knowledge of the classics, languages, etc
Said the wisest ????* !?- liwn 1 ; ?1?
Sharpcncth iron, so a man shatpeneth the
countenance of his friend.'
And after all, tint is the true idea of
practical intelligence. Wo gather lioin
each other the ideas, strength and purpose
to become successful. No one person comprehends
all the phases and methods leading
to success. K.ioh thoughtful man has
O " "" |
good ideas and plans, but not on all subjects
and ways. A gets from 15 a good '
practical idea 011 managing live-stock, and
H is no*, quite up with the best method of
some other department of farming, and so
he gets a better idea from A on that. And
. 1
thus it is through all departments o! active
life. Whenever you iind a man that be*
lieves he 'knows it all,' and has nothing to
learn from others, you can put him down
as an egotistical nobody, and always a miserable
failure 011 the farm. The successful
man you will find to be bright, quick, looking
here and there, and laying all men and
all nature under tribute to bis work and
purposes in life. We have in mind scores
of such men. Recently one of
them remarked to us that, no odds
what kind of times wc had, while
he might miss it this year or that, in his
farm plans, yet taking any period of five
years in the last 10 of his farm life, he
had averaged during such period a profit
of more than ten percent, net on his farui
productions, after deducting interest on
amount invested in land, taxes, labor, seed
and marketing. That man has left. 110
stouc unturned to acquaint himself and
OUalitV himself for all his farm duties and
tlmt too before we had agricultural school-,
lie says that he takes and roads six agris
| cultural periodicals and papers, devoted to
his own interests, and cousidois it the best
annual investment he ever makes. In this
way he becomes thoroughly conversant with
the thoughts and methods of all engaged
in the same pursuit, for in these periodicals i
and papers he finds the contributions and
current writings of thousands of other successful
farmers who have been wide awake !
like himself. And thus he utilizes in his
own plans all that seems good to him
which he has not already adopted.
And so we conclude with the sensible j
I quotation above : 'Successful farming does
: not depend so much upon what a man //<?.<,
as ti|M)n what a man for one must be |
intelligent in order to turn to good account ;
what lie lias. ? /mtiaiia harmir.
...
Men realize as tliey grow older that they
are the dependent ones, and there is nothing
like a true, honest, friendly woman, who
knows til his peculiarities and foibles, to
| lean upon. Husbands and wives change
places in measure when they grow old,
atiu she who clung as the ivy to the oak, in j
youth, becomes the corucrstoue of old age. |
How to Strengthen tho Momory.
l)r Hull r<> <!?, i t his February number >
of tho J/'rahi <t.t l Il alth, says there is t
one feature of the memory which has uot ;
before been considered. and that is its ex- j
nltution in some fortes of disease c
An exaltation is where a multitude of c
recollectious spring up involuntarily on c
every hand. It has its cause in an in- 1
urease of the circulation of the blood in
the brain. It frequently appears in acute f
about it. 1 thought you d set her half an hour
ago.
And rising front her chair. Aunt Hannah
started hurriedly lor the pantry, when au exclamation
of
O Mis Totter, do see ! recalled her.
And what a sight !
There, in the feathery depths of the chair
cushion, was the old felt hat crushed ns flat as
a pancake, and all that remained of the dozen
eggs was a mass of broken shells, whites and
yolks mixed in a manner not common in cake
making. Her dress was plentifully plastered
with the mixture and every movement sent
drippings of it down to the floor.
In her eagerness to hear Iter neighbor's sl<>ry,
she had sat down w thout looking behind her,
and the soft depths of the cushion had given
no warning of the mischief she was doing.
M_> goodness I was all she ccu'd say. as she
stood looking upon the horrible mixture.
Well, Hannah, said Unolc Joel, I never*
thought ye was in sich a hurry to hatch them
eggs that ye'd set on 'cm yourself.
And for the lirst time in her twenty years of
married life, Aunt Hannah had no retort
ready, and the old speck led hen was not set
that day.
Tiib Succkssfi'i. Farm h.u.?The practical
inquiry in every farmer's utitnl is :
What docs it require to become a successful
farmery One very intelligent and
successful farmer has answered that fines
disease.-8, especially fevers. It is common 5
in uianiaeal patients, and it sometimes ap- t
pears as a feature of hysteria ami in the .
early stages of brain diseases. >
This subject of exaltation of memory a
will be best understood by some simple i
illustrations. There have been many accounts
of persons saved from imminent \
death by drowning who all a^ree that at \
the moment of asphyxia they seemed to t
see their entire lives unrolled before them, t
even to the minutest detail. Some "0 so i
far as to say that every instance of former o
life seems to flash across the memory, not n
as an outline merely, but with every detail
filled in with the most remarkable min- 1
utia?every act i I life, whether right i?r t
wrong, comes back with great vividness, f
Kibot cites the case of a clear-headed |]
man who was in the act of crossing a raiU road
track when an express train running c
at full speed appeared close at hand. The p
man had barely ti:nc(to throw himself down t
in the center of the road, between the t
two lines of rails : and as the train rushed b
over him, the feeling of impen ling danger p
brought to his recollection most vividly c
every act and iucidcut of his former life h
in such an array as to suggest to him the u
opening of 'the great book at the last great a
Jay.' w
There is no doubt much exaggeration (i
in these statements ; yet they show an nor- ii
inous temporary increase or ?x illation of a
the natural memory. o
J)e Quinccy, in his 'Confessions of an f;
Kuglish Opium lviter,' gives an experience p
which shows how the in Mnory may be c\s
ilted by intoxication by the use of opium, c
lie says: "Sometimes I seemed to have o
livc^ f'ouj 70 to 101) years mi a
uigliJ. The aiwiutest incidents of childhood
or forgotten scones of liter years '
were often revived. I e odd not he said
to recollect them, lor if i had been told of
them on awakening, I should in>t have
boon able lo ackuotv lodge t!*. :n as a p:rf ?>f I f
my experience ; but plaecJ before mo in I
ircam like intuitions, and clothed in all II
their evanciiccnt circuui&tanoi s and aecoin- .<
panying feelings, 1 recognized tbein iu- li
stantly. w
Such augmentations of the memory h
may be regarded as abnormal and undesir- ji
able, being indications of disease; but they a
teach one lesson to those who would t<
strengthen their memories, and that is the a
value and necessity of a perfectly healthy f
and vigorous circulation of blood in the ii
brain. The same lesson is taught by an t
opposite condition from that of an exalta*. r
lion?a diminution of the normal memory i
by a decay or withering of the brain cells I
and a diminished supply of blood to the t
parts. I;
The loss of memory iu the aged is a fa miliar
example, and can only he accounted '
for by a determination ol the brain clc- n
menta and a diminution of blood supplied 'I
to them. One of the worst features ol I
such casi-s is the fact that an old person is r
not, for a long time after decay has begun, c
aware of it. 1 am now treating a case of I
loss of meuicry in a person advanced in a
years, who did not know that his memory c
had failed most remarkably till I told him
of it. Ilu is making vigorous efforts to 1
bring it back again, and with partial sue- 1
CCSS. i
The method pursued is to spend two I
hours daily, one in the morning and one c
in the evening, in exercising this faculty, t
The patient is instructed to give the closest
attention te all that he Icarus, so that it
shall he impressed on the mind clearly,
lie is asked to recall every e . cuing all the j *
facts and experiences of the day, and |
again the next maming! livery name ^
heard is written down and impressed on
his mind clearly, and an effort made to ret
call it at intervals Tell names from among
public men are ordered t.? bo committed to s
memory every week. A verse of poetry c
is to be learned, also a vet so from the f]
Ibldo, daily, lie is asked to remember the > (j
number of the page in any book where any ^
interesting fact is recorded. These and
other methods are slowly resuscitating a . '
failinc inemorv I >
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The aged should all ] *<>k to this <1 :i:ij
in their lives, and resolve to combat it from j
the very first. My so doing they will make j
their declining years more enjoyable |
ami give much greater pleasure to their \ a
friends. I'needing self-culture, cspcc. ;
iaily in preserving the memory ami intel | v
Icctual faculties, should constitute a con- I
siderable part of the life of every aged 1 ^
person, even more than of the young.
Only by it can this period of life be rendered
pleasant and profitable. 5:
Til K K\i;.M sridN OK TilK l'fBMC Ibl
iain. ? Wo think the faets stated i 11 an nr
io'o in the .lanmry ^ISS(J) number of th
\'artft Auk r,', iin I\t rine, entitled 'Land
rrdistn in America,' demand thegravoam
arcful consideration of all who have beliov
id in the possibilities of a hotter governmeti
in this continent than any yet attained ii
hj it rope.
It will he a matter of almost startlin;
urpiise to most people, atid to many wh
ire inueh hotter informed than the average
hat out of 2a.500,000 acres of' arahl
uiblic lands, which could be cultivate
vithout irrigation or other artificial appli
inces,' possessed by the government in 1ST',
lot more than ."?,000,000, acres remain.
Hut this rapid absorption of the lan
vould not lie so serious a matter?in fact
vould he a suhjeet of congratulation ? ha
he fertile regions so rapidly taken u
)ass? d into the hands of industrious farmer
n plots i f 100 acres, as the govcrnmctt
>rigitially intended. I nfortunately, this i
lot the ease.
It seems almost that the gospel of greet
las taken fatal posses'-ion of the people o
his oountiy. l ln tricks, subterfuges, am
ruuds by which laws intended to lie heno
icent have boon wrested from their purpos
?for instance, the timber culture, pre
uiption, ami desert laws ? and made t
lay into the hands of uuscrupulou sspeculn
ion : tin; laxity of public administration
ho careless and unscrupulous legislation
y which territory large enough for an cut
ire has been made over to irresponsibl
orporutions, form a chapter in Atnerieai
listory which will not shed a halo of glor
pon our institutions in future ages ; tin
II the more will this darken the pane, sine
re had the example of Koine, Knglaml, an
ierinany to warn, and that of France t
astrnet us, both as to the danger of th
bsorplion of small holdings by land mon
polistsand the creatioi of a class of tenau
irutcrs, and the value to a nation of n rura
opulalion ofactud owners of small farau
The author of the article shows lrorn th
ensu.s that live \ ago 'the total numbc
f persons engaged in a;;, culture was 7,070,
.on, of oUl.u o..tj ii.oss'i,are registere
i? tho nominal owners ot their holdings
fho rest are 'tenants paying rent to laml
ord.-, or agricultural laborers.' It is we
mown that th next census will show
iwjii; iiii-iv?su in mo unmoor 01 icnai
aruicrs. Contrast this with the status <
Vane \ which. with a |iojiuI.itii 11 of 12
00.ODO less than that of the I nile
tates. has 5,000.000 rural jifoprutot
dding less than 20 acres aj>icco an
rorking their holdings with their owi
ands, and 2.000,000 jiroprietors of hold,
igs ol inure than 20 acres apiece. Ai
rray of most iinjiortaut facts besides lliusi
j which we have directed especial attcntioi
re presented ; but the most unsAniericai
nature of the entire business is the obtain
ug through indirect methods of largi
racts of lands by foreigners who do no
cside in the country, and some of whom d
lot even pay taxes here, these lands beiu
ct out to t?nants with all the jilensaut lea
urcs of landlord sm in England and Ire
and.
(>ne notable instance is cited?that of ai
Irishman who lias earned an unnlcasan
oturicty as a landlord in his own country,
'his man owns over SO.000 acres of land
0,000 acre- bring in one country, ami de
ives over ?1 0').(MMI cash rental from th
state, whieh is sent to him to spend i
higland. where ho resides. The tenant
re required in their leases to pay the tax
s on the property occupied bv them.
We cannot give space to further coin
nents upon the important and timely pub
ication of these facts nnd figures, whic
how. however surprising the statement ma
?e that America possesses now the large!
lass of tenant farmers of any existing na
ion ?A>W' udjir ?1 hurhdn.
Nor IOntiitkijy Ai.onk in His Akfi.k
ion. ? 'Well well, .Jonathan ! Is this reel
on.' Never would o' knowed you ! Don
hink I've seed you afore in ten year
How's the world sarved you, anyhow
loiiuthnn''
'Had enough, had enough,' replies dona
lian, shaking his head sadly. 'Seuco
ee you last, I've lost my wife an' thre
hildren had my leg broke, my house tul
ire an' burnt clean down, my .Jarsey bul
lied, the brink I hod my few savins i
m-ted, an'1 i?t year I got married again
've lied my full s ic-.r of affliction, I hei
'ills.'
You liev, indeed,' says Silas sadly, as
ink, sharp nosed thin-lipped woman pu
icr red bead out of u window and cut tli
ir with these words,
'You come 'long bore an' git me soni
rood, Sile llixoii, or you don't git a bite t
at to-day ! Mosey right 'long this minnit
Lou bear me"''
'We've both bad our inisfortins,' sail
Willis gloomily.?Detroit 1'rcc IWss.
k DOMESTIC RECIPES.
, I MM an Toast.?Miko n toast jxravv of
e one i|ti:ut of milk thickened with a spoonfill
of flour or corn starch. addimx :t small
J lump of butter, :i tablespoonful of su^ar
ami a little ualt. Have roaily in a deep dish
t several slices of li^ht corn bread or brown
11 broad toasted, l'our the gravy over them
and serve hot.
i; (11M.i* I'akk.?Otic cup of sutxir, oneo
hall enp of butter, the yolks of three eg^s,
i...ir ........e ...;ii- n
c teaspoonful of crenm-tnrtnr, one-half tend
spoonful of soda. Fruit tnay he added if
- liked.
>, Kmii.y's Hum. Cakk.?Two cj^s, oucs
half cup of powdered su<:nr, two .thirds eup
d of llotu in which a teaspoon I'll I of l-akin^
t, powder has heon sifted. Watch closely
d while baking. Turn out on to a cloth
p spread with jelly what was the under side
s of the cake when in the pan and roll up
it at anre.
s I'oykkty I tot ?j it n ri's.?One cup of sour
milk, one eir*.', two teaspoon fills of suuar,
il one teaspoonful of soda, a little salt. l>o
f not mix hard, roll thm and out in siju ues.
.1 To be eaten while warm.
. Cook iks.?One ejr}?, two-thirds cup of
o suj/nr, oiiothird eup of butter, two-thirds
_ cup of sweet milk ; use flour in which bako
ing powders h.\.- been sifted (in the propor
tion of three teaspoonfuls to a ?|u.irt of
, flour) until still'enough to roll out. Carai,
way seed may he added if liked.
h Kitoirv lint't it ? 1 io.? , c ! .. .1: ?
.r.?w .1 Mtri.U-, \ 'Hi; I'lllt 111 IIIUIIIII
0 meal, one pint <?l rye meal, oneMr If cup of
11 molasses. one teaspoon In 1 of soda, one-half
y teaspoonful of salt, one and one-hall' lints
J of eoltl water. Mix. ami steam three
e hours, a d hake one-half hour.
1 Ili'Ns. ? Three cups if new milk, one
n cup of sugar, one-ball'cup of yenst. Make
e a still* batter at night, ami lot it rise until
- morning, then add one-half cup of butter,
t one and one-half cups of sugar, one-half
I cup of c urants, and flour sufficient to roll
i. out. A little cinnamon may be added, if
c liked. Cut out like biscuit, and let rise
r very light before baking.
, SlMiMii; t'.\KK. ? Heat throu t'n^s and
a one eup of powdered white sugar well
.' together. Sift into one heaping cup of
I- flour; one teaspoonful of cream-tartar and
II one-half teaspoonl'ul of soda. Sift the seea
ond time, ami add to the sugar and eggs ;
it lastly, stir in a tablespoonful of hot water,
?f a.id one-half to'ispoonful of flavoring.
Soi.lt M ii.k t'ociKlKS?'J'wo cups of sud
gar, one eup of sour milk, live cups of flour,
s one teaspoouful of soda, spice or flavoring
1 to the taste. Itoll out, cut in shape and
ii bake.
?woo cup 01 sour milk,
ii ouc-halfcup of sugar, two eggs, one small
a tcnspoonful of s<)J:i ; flavor with nutmeg or
1 cinnatn in.
i? LkmoX .1 ki.i.v (JaIvK.?Two large eggs,
well beaten, one-third cup of melted hotter,
ii one eup of sugar, oiicshnlf cup of sweet
t milk, one and one-half cups of flour, a little
0 salt, and two leaspooiifuls of hakim; poWg
der, or one tcaspoonful of soda. Hake in
- jolly cake tins. When done, spread the
:*> following mixture, after it Ins been cooled :
(Irate the yellow rind of one lemon ; add
n the juice : one tahlcspoonful of water, one
t half cup of sugar, one egg, and a lump of
' butter the size of a walnut, bet it boil two
'? minutes.
c Hk (l.w and Mmrnii :i,.-Toall the young
n that are coining into this church I say :
s He young, he gay, he hopeful, he mirthful.
H If ( od has given you a sparkling disposition,
thank (I oil and educato it. While it
_ is not the end o! your life to have the joy
_ that comes from these qualities,it is the priv1
ilnrr? nl' vnlir lifn t;i iinrli.rni ??11 .1.
II w. j"* "V I'V? ?vi III Mia j\j\it UUVIUl '
y under its influence, ami thev can bo
performed in no other way so well.
_ The world needs just such a development of
Christianity. The world is full of sorrow;
it needs cheer. It is full of despondency;
it needs hope. It is full of cowardice; it
y needs courage. It travails in pain; it wants
' a healthful atmosphere, sweet balmy and
s radiant. It wants a singing Christianity.
? It wants the messenger of' Christ to be ft
light-bearer, and no man has a right to
' make himself a dark lantern to go home aud
f
1 upon the ligbt to himself ami family alone.
0 They that carry a burdensome woe-smitten
v face dishonor Cod. It is contrary to His
' saying. It is saying substantially to the
" ; world that all the promise of the divine
1 ; presence, all the iovo which is poured like
!> ' an atmosphere around about us every day
j from the bosom of Jesus Christ, is false and
I wrong. The man that carries a doubting,
1 I wearied, saddened face misinterprets tho
l' ' religion of Christ.?llmry ll'ii rd Hercher.
- ?
,? ! I'ium i' Kf.MKI>v.?Powder a piece of
o alum the si/.e of a marble, and mix with a
! little molasses; This gives instant relief.
Have given it to my children when about
,1 gone, aud it gave immediate relief. ? Kill
LilUi.