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VOL. XVII.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 10, 1SSO. NUMBER 11.
A WOK I) TO FOOLS AM) TO FAKMFKS.
Si-ait. Hock. Coi-i.muia Co.. Feb. 22.
? Editors Chronivtr: The lime is ue?r at
hand for plnuting the crop of 1SSG. Will
Inst year's experience make ntiy changes
for the better ? Experience is n dear
school, but fools will learn in no other.
Now, I would ask, in the name of reason
anil common sense, have we- not been luols
long enough ? No fanning community in
auy age or any country ever got along ami
did well who depended upon one product.
Virginia tried it with tobacco aod failed.
South America tried it with indigo and
failed. The cotton b;lt tried it with cottou
and failed, and the all .cotton plan of
fanning, if continued much longer, will
cat up the plantation, dirt and all. A good
deal, of late, is said and written about tho
inefficiency of labor on the farm ; still the
farmers stick to cotton, which requires
more labor than anything we grow. Cotton
will not do to eat. Labor follows meat
aud bread, and when tho farmer makes
cotton to exchange for all tho necessaries
of tho farm, which must bo hauled a thousand
miles or more at his expense, and
often sold on time at one hundred per cent,
over first cost, is it strange that the cotton
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crop 1:1113 or is exnausicu Dciorc an mo
bills arc paid ? Wo have a farmer in the
Republic of Columbia as plucky and energetic
as can be found anywhere, who has
stuck to cottcn through evil aod good report
for seventeen years?he was strictly
an all.cotton mau. Last year he made fiftceu
bales to the plow, but failed to pay
out by two or three thousand dollars, and
now offers his farm for sale. It is to be
hoped that some one will purchase who has
better farming cn*o to begiu with.
Another neighbor tried cotton for two
years and declared that he got nothing but
the seed. Me did most of the work and
pulled through, until three or four years
ago he changed the schedule and began
making his own supplies. He is now able
to declare small dividends every year. All
that saved him duiing the cotton mania
was, he run on cash, and. as ho described
it, 'cut close and squinched his thirst.'
Another farmer in an adjoining county
mortgaged his farm to a merchant to get
supplies, at SO per acre. He was also a
cotton man. In two years lie ate up tho
farm, besides all the cotton he could make,
and was badly in debt besides. I spcik of
these things to show how foolish it is for
the farmer to continue the all-cotton plan
of farming?which mr.kcs the credit system
a necessity and then loaves him at tho
mercy of the merchant, forgetting that
there 'is policy in war, hut no friendship
in trading.' No legitimate business known
to civilized man can live to pay the credit
prices lor meat and bread and almost everything
used upon a farm. Hotter rub out
aud begin new, and, in ease of death, will
what we have to the merchant, and recommend
our families to mercy. In fact, no
man is exactly free who either begs or buys
his bread, and when bought at credit prices,
he is a slave indeed. It is not surprising
that our Southern farmers are slow to !
catch on to the changed condition of labor. |
The change was wry great, but still the lie- '
gro as a wage working people is tho best I
labor we can get. What race of white |
people would work for thirty or forty cents j
a day. a peck of meal and three pounds of J
meat a week, and retire to his cabin at
night happy and contented, the year round.
If the farmers of (ieorgia would leave the
old rut this spring and plant plenty of
everything which can be raised on the
farm consumed by man or beast, and then
plant enough cotton to keep all hands etn?
ployed when not engaged with the provision
crop ; and then resolve that, all, both
white and black, who are able to work,
must go at it and .-tick to it until the crop !
is ma le and gathered, it would almost raise
(ieorgia farmers from a dead level to a living
perpendicular. 1 believe the old adage
is : 'A wise man sometimes changes bis
opinion, a fool never.' It would appear
that, alter twenty yoirs* sad experience in
cotton, we might learn to he wise. It is
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C? Ml Kid L'll I I Y IIC'IIU VI'U lll'iv tvuuil in IIMvy Hi;- j
low tlie cost of production, even for those |
who can run the farm for cash, soil, labor, j
tVc., considered ; I mean now the all-cotton i
men ; and lor those who arc trying it on j
time?laicwcll vain world.
1 did want to say a lew things on the '
subject of intensive farming, ami although
tny letter is long, will risk one or two
thoughts, and, to begin, let mo say that
farmers are not agreed upon this subject ;
for instance, one of my : eighbors prepared
land and and sot out his potato slips; he
manured highly and got in the grass generally
and when he went to work out the
patch the grass had such a firm hold lie
found it impossible, lie (juicily prepared
another patch, pulled up the slips and
transferred them to patch No. -. This he
called intensive f irming. It is said that
economy :? the mother of money, may it
not he said that l abor is the foundation
stone ' As labor is now, this is a rolling
stone; the bed rock is not steady uor reliable.
hence the farmer can hardly risk
setting al! his eggs in one nest, but had
better climb the ladder a round at a time
?begin the intensive system on a small,
SC\ll<V .Ulil tllftf fur mnr.? nr>/\n
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his own muscles. wrestle on. toil on, aud i
may bo after a 1>u??r, dark night, day may
break in lull view of the promised land.
fit A V Kl.LF.lt.
Tim Last Wumis ok a Drunkard?
The following extracts were taken from
ouo of the lectures of J. J. Talbot, who recently
died from the effects of a drunken
debauch at Klkhart. Indicia:
'Hut now the struggle is over. I can
survey the field and measure the losses.
I had lost position high and holy. The
demon tore from around me the robes of
my sacred office and sent me out churchlcss
and (Jodlcss, a very hissing and byword
among men. Afterward I had a busiucss
large and lucrative, and my voice was heard
in*large courts, pleading for justice, uicrcy
and right. Hut the du-t gathered on my
Looks, and no footfalls crossed the threshold
of the drunkard's office. 1 had money
ample for all necessities, but it took wings,
and went to feed the coffers ol the devil
which possessed me. I lnol a home, adorns
cd with all that wealth couid buy. The
devil crossed the threshold and the light
faded from its chambers ; the lire went out
on the holiest altars, and leading uie from
the portals, despair walked forth with me,
and anguish ligncred within. I had children?beautiful
to me, at least, as a dream
of the morning?aud they had so entwined
themselves around their father's heart that
no matter where it might wander, ever it
came back to theui on the wings of a father's
undying love. The destroyer took their
hand in his aud led them away. 1 had
:i who wnosc cnarins ol mind and person
wore such that to see her was to rcuicmbcr
her, atul to know her was to love Iter
Thirteen years we walked the ragged path
of life together, rejoicing iu its sunshine
and sorrowing in its shade. The infernal
monster would not even spare me this.
'I had a mother who for long years had
not left her chair, a victim of suffering and
disease, her choicest delight was in refleeing
that the lessons taught at her knees
had taken root in the heart ol her youngest
born, and that he was useful to his fellows,
and an honor to her who bore him. Hut
the thunder bolt reached even there, and
did its cruel work. Other days may cure
all but this. Ab. tnc ! never a reproach
from these lips : only a shadow of unspoken
grief gathering on her dear old face; only
a tender hand laid more lovingly upon my
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neau ; only a closer cimging to mo cross,
only a piteous appeal to heaven if her cup
was uot at last full. Ami while her boy
rageil in his will delirium two thousand
miles away, the pitying angels pushed the
golden gates ajar, and the mother of the
drunkard entered into rest. And thus 1
stand, a clergyman without a church, a
barrister without a brief or business, a
father without a child, a husband without
a wife, a son without a parent, a man without
hope?all swallowed up in the inutltroui
of drink.'
A Hat at tiik Oi'KUA. ? Richmond,
\ a, March !>?Raring the performance of
'Mam'/ello' by Alaieo to-night quite a sonsat
ion was created by the debut of a large
rat in the theatre. It was between the
second and last acts and just following the
unusual incidents in front of the stage in
the second act. The orchestra had just
begun the overture when the kettle drum
man was observed to jump from his seat
and strike violently with his drumsticks.
'im. . i.i i _ i l.: .i.
l ik: uww w.^amuu ;a ;i nu^c rut wiiicii
had obtained tree admission IVom the cellars
of tlu* th 'aire and, attracted by the
musie, landed himself in the drummer's lap,
llciug dislodged tberefroui be then made
the eireuit of the space along the front of
the stage allotted to the band. All of the
musicians leaped from their chairs, stamping
and striking at the rat, which then
sprang over the balcony in to the par.piet,
which was filled with ladies. Almost a
panic ensued, i I is ra tship coursed through
the bouse causing the entire audience to
j spring to their feet, while cries ol 'rat! rat!
rat ! rang through the theatre. To the credit
of the ladies, be it. said, they maintained
j their presence of mind and did uot scream.
but many young men jumped upon their
j seats in great fear and trepidation.
The whole theatre was in an uproar, un
I til iiii:iMy a gallant ex-ollicer stamped trie
intruder out of exigence and older was
. restored. The incident was the talk of the
\ evening.
i Duck Hunting in Guoroia.?There
is in Sumter County, (la., a certatn poml
or swauip of 100 acres or more. The water
is very shallow, and grass grows luxuriantly
in it. Hero horses and cattle love
to feed auu ducks to congregate in great
numbers. They do not fear the horses and
cattle, but are very shy when a man is
arouud. Jim Murray thought that by
hitching his horse to a flit bottom boat he
could drive all over the swamp ami kill no
end of ducks. The plan worked well at
first. The horse dicw the boat easily, but
when at the right time Jim said 'Whoa/
and jumped up to fire at the ducks, there
was a hitch in the programme. The horse
stopped, but the boat didn't. It quietly
floated ou aud banged against the horse's
hind legs. The horse jumped, and at that
Jim took a header backward into the water,
is gun going twenty feet beyond him.
.lust where the guu went is not certain.
It has not been seen siuce. The horse and
the boat kept right on. When the horse
wanted to stop, the boat hit his logs and
urged him forward. When the boat wantod
to stop the horse didn't know it.
Finally boat and horse got thoroughly tangled
up, and the latter went down. Thcu
Jim's brother Torn, who had been watch- i
ing the show from the solid land, waded
in aud cut the horse loose, and at the same i
time Jiui waded out. The boat was not i
hurt iu the least. i
A Dor. That ('onsui.ted tiie Clock. ,
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? .vii uiu jarmer irom .vuiooy, v/swego (
county, took great interest in the trained j
dogs which appear in the Grand Opera- |
house this week, as they were taken into
the Candco House after the show last night. (
'I used to have a dogs,' said the farmer,
'which was the most knowing and intellectual
dog you ever sec. He could tell about
what time it was by the clock just as well
as I could. lie would run into j
the house in the afternoon without; aying
a word to anybody, and look up to the |
clock and if it wasn't quarter past five he'd
go off about his business. Then he'd come (
back again and the second it was quarter
past five he'd bark and start for th j cows. ,
'One day my woman thought she'd see
if the dog could be fooled, and at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon she turned the clock to
The dog came in, looked indillerently up
at the clock, stopped shook his head, and
then ran out to look at the sun. He cinie
back again, squatted down and eyed that
clock as if he was waiting for a rat. When
the minute baud got around to quarter past
he started oil'as usual and before we could
stop him he had all them cowa up in the
barn-yard. I drove them back, and a more
mortified person you never see than th at
dog. lie ran into the house, but the woman
had turned the hands back to the true time.
The dog jumped up at the clock aud acted
as if he wanted to tear it to pieces. He
always seemed to distrust the dumb thing
after that.? Syracuse Simulant.
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Cheap monkv Needed.'-Quite a number
of the business uicn of Augusta have expressed
themselves on the financial situation
in that city wi'li reference to the conditions
which prevent a sufficient supply of money
at low rates of interest.
President H ickman, of the (iruuitcvillc
Manufacturing (Company, says : There is
plenty of cheap money in thn country. In
New York it can be had at I to H per cent,
on call, and at to -I per cent, ou time,
with good collaterals. The reason that
money is not cheap and plentiful here is
because we hare nothing to give in exchange
for it. We have cotton, but the money wo
get for our cottov lias to bo spent for meat,
corn, flour and hay, and a hundred other
things that we ought to raise ourselves. No
laws can be enacted that will make money
cheap in the South so long as cotton is raised
to the exclusion of everything else, lie
who raises nothing but cotton can
buy it cheaper than lie can raise it. Then
why raise cotton '! Why not do notiiintr and
buy it? The present banking system is hard
on the South. National hanks are taxed
ton heavily. In our country where there
is so little money to deposit national banks
cannot make money with the nresent hoavv
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tax on them. Capital ought not l>c taxed at
all: to secure cheap money it should be free.'
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A lilo.N Sicki.kd itv ,\ !><><;.?Three
months since two lion cubs were boru in
my incnageri". Three weeks afterward, for
some reason, the mother forsook them?
j probably her milk failed. We found one
1 dead and the other nearly so. My head
keeper removed it. and put it with a female
dog to suckle, and has succeeded in rearing
it to its present age. The stranue fact is
that it refuses its natural food?raw flesh ?
but partakes freely of any cooked food, es?
pecially vegetables of all kinds, and actually
takes tea with relish. It has become
quite attached to the keeper's wife, and
follows her like a dog.? f.icrr/>ool /'ost.
Mind in I-'akmini;.?Tlu? idea generally
prevailed in the past, and possibly more by
farmers lhan others, that for the business !
of fanning but little intellectual training!
was necessary. A willingness to work on
iu the old routine that has been transmitted j
from the practices of the past, was all that ]
could be safely relied on for success. This
narrow view, born and kept alive by ignorance
only, is a mistaken fallacy ol the past,
fast dying out, rather than the sentiment
of intelligent, present thought. The agriculture
of to-day is not based on manual
labor alone. The education of the mental
faculty", as well as the training of the
hand' to work skillfully, is recognized
as an eisential in fitting for the life work
of the farm. Upon those, intelligence and
labor combined, rest the hope of progress
in agriculture. And yet it may be <juestioned
if farmers fully appreciate the value
to their children of a homo training and
education in the work and in the business
of the farm. Ivieh ye r there go out from
the farms young men and women to assume
the work of managing farms for themselves.
Are these young men and women
as well educated and trained in the work
and busiuoss affairs of the farm as they,
the sons and daughters of farmers, ought,
with their opportunities, to 1)2 '! Wo fear
there is yet too much of indifference in parents
in teaching their children the busi??
ness of farming, not only as a trade, but
as a profession. It ought to be kept conihtntll'
in viiui? tlm frniiuiur ? ml n.loivi.
J v.. ,,,,u vuuv"*
tion uecded by the farmer can largely be
learned at houie, and that the practical
knowledge thus gained will be of inestimable
value?so much capital with which
to begin the business of fanning.
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Tim; Man who Wuitks CoNtittKssmkn's
Speechks.?Col. Carter, tIn* charac-ter
wiio writes speeches for Congressmen,
is having a good time this season. The
silver question has bjcn a perfect mine for
hiui. There arc seventy men who are now
ilown on the Speaker's list for speeches on
this question, and it is said that not a few
of them came from Mr. Carter's pen. Mr.
Carter, who is quite deaf, also does a groat
deaf ?TT wbrk' for attorneys. He has probably
written more speeches than any man in
this country. His writing is by no means
confined to any particular set of subjects.
He writes upon all the topics coming before
Congress. The other day in conversation
Mr. Carter said : 'I write speeches
upon all sorts of subjects, but my hobby is
sermons. I love to write sermons. Yes,
1 have quite an extensive patronage in
this line from clergymen all over the country.
A clergyman gets tired, and yet he
knows his congregation will expect a brilliant
sermon from 11iin next Sunday. Ho
sends to tne and I write it lor him. Very
often 1 can givj him some novel ideas on
the subject. I certainly do enjoy writing
a sermon. I do not care much about the
Unitarian and Uuivorsalist variety, but I
fairly revel in the old time Methodist kind.'
Carter is one of the characters at the Capitol.
There are others who write speeches
occasionally, but he is the only man who
makes his living exclusively from this
peculiar and novel kind of work. ? X. J".
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r.\r.Mi.RS WAitsr.o.?Spartanburg, March
? The call for a farmers convention is not a
surprise, as Cnpt. Tillman s suggestion met
with such general approval. The signers from
this county are all farmers, with no other business,
except one, who, in addition to his farm
tli.-'i/ j'l .iviiv/V J iiivin ill*;. I Mtj Itiv 1 nil I
true men, and our county nil lcertainly expect
no harm from a convention of such delegates.
With the farmers of the State united for political
purposes, ami the Free Traders combined
for the same purpose, and the State House
limp." if there be any such concern, there will
be little chance for the rest of the people.
They can do nothing but "lie low and say nothing.
The mass of our people, however, arcnot
aroused to anything like an excited intorest
as to any of these movements. Professional
men without business or means, soreheads that
have healed up since the last election, and those
who aspire to place and power are anxious to
?ce any political upheaval, thinking that they
will come to the surface and float like trash on
a troubled stream. Against such as these our
farmers should protect thetr.solves in their convention.
Such will attempt to run the convention.
their idea being that the farmers need
bold leaders. Our county lias great confidence
In the genuine farmers of our State, hut none
at all in brietless lawyers, bob-tailed politicians,
vu run it vintuorviwr.^ siii'i iiiu iiftv*. ' m mivii
beware. Tbey arc lobe found in every county.
? Cor. Xrii-i on,I Courirr.
A Misi.uaih.k Fati:.?<>n Monday morning
Mr. .1 Burton Smiili brought his grown son to
Spartanburg to have hint committed to the
lunatic asylum. In September last nn earwig
entered bis ear he s tide red excruciating tort
tire. His head became so swollen that it burst
at the temple. Twelve days ago pressure upon
his neck forced the putrid little viper from his
ear. But his sufferings have been so intense
that his intellect is gone his mind is a blank.
?Spartan.
I'kn ami Ink roit Cmi.nnKX.?One
main r.vKnn why p ?or writing is so genera),
is that children do not take pen ami ink
early enough. Children who write nicely
upon slates gotterlly write miserably when
they liist take pen and ink. They hold
the pen in a cramped position, pinching
hard as though fearful it would be jerked
away. They take too much ink and the
result is unseemly blots. They bear on so
that the point of the pen frequently pune
tures the piper an I the ink ilics about in
a shower of small drops. It is a herculean
task to got children. when they first take
pen and ink in the fourth grades, to habitually
hold the pen loosely, assume and
keep the proper pisitiou, and take a little
ink at a time.
The secret of tho difficulty is this. Children
write during the first two years with a
slate pencil, and during the third year
with slate and lead pencil. They form the
habit of bearing on because it is necessary
in order to make a mnik with a pencil.
They are able to write with a pencil in one
of many dliferent positions, and they usually
take and become accustomed to some
position unsnited to pen writing. The
consequence i i, that when they take a pen
they arc confirmed in the habit of taking
that wrong po~iti? 11 ; they are accustomed
to pinhcing hard and bearing on, the
very things they must not do if they would
learu to write well with a pen.
The remedy, it seems to me, is to learn
to write Willi a pen tin* urst tluog. 1 hrv
would have no bad habits to unlearn, and
could easily be taught to hold a pen prop*
erlj. At this more tractable age they
would mere readily follow the directions
given, and form the habits essential to a
good hand.? //. /v. II
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TlIK 11 KATIIKX t'lllSKK DoOMKl).?
Ml l'aso, Texas, March IIn the last few
days a large number of Chiucso from Oali*
foruia have passed through Ml l'aso on
their way to New Orleans and some Texas
cities. Many of them are also locating iu
the tentorial towns of Now Mexico and
Arizona. San Fruueisco is represented as
swarming with Mongolians who have been
dii.fu out ol'Orngou and Washington Territories,
and the pressure, it is elaimcd, is
being relieved by tbo 'six companies,' which
arc shipping them Ivist where the antag*
ouisin against the Chinese is not as strong
as on the 1'acilic slope.
His influx, however, into the territories
of Arizona and New Mexico, has aroused
the latest antagonism there and anlFChi*
ncso leagues have already been organized at
Soearra and other towns in New Mexico,
and at Tucson and Tnmbatuuo, Arizoua.
which places are sulfering from a heavy
increase in their ('iiinesn tiormhiliim nml
which may load to their violent eviction, as
was recently the case in Washington Terri*
tory.
A Dkn or Woi.vks.? Lawrence, Kan.,
March lU.?A farmer in the southern part
of this county discovered a cave on his
farm inhabited l<y about three hundred
prairie wolves. A large party yesterday
scut one or two dogs into the cave a: d they
were promptly torn to pieces. The men
then tlug a hob in the cave hack of tho
wolves. Two men entered and advanced
on tho rear of the mass of animals. After
an ali day's siege the hunters decided to
drive out their prey and kill as many as
possible. All drew hack from the front
and kept (piict and two men again entered
In the rear. A stampede followed and in
a short time the cave was empty. The
shooters did go > 1 work and about a hundred
dead wolves strewed the ground. The
i others escaped. It is supposed the animals
wintered in the cave.
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.lever >U^|K:UI a 11 KJIJII ui uiJiiig ytiu ;i
wrong until the truth is as plain and as
clear as the sun at no m ou a cloudless day,
and then, yes, even then, do not accuse or
censure until you have heard from his own
lips his version and explanation of the supposed
wrong. If you ever were a friend to
hint lie is certainly entitled to that much
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i forbearance and consideration. If this rule
were practiced, many a misunderstanding
would he averted and miiiy a heartache
spared.
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I >i \tii or Tin. I!iv. Mit. hi'i'.vs.? The 1 cv.
Thorna- Lucas, of the ITpiscopal church, died
on Tuesday at tlie residence of Henry Kwbank,
fifteen miles uLosc the city, near Traveller's
llest. Mr. Lucas was about TO years old and
had been rector of the church at J?uinler.
About a year ago lie retired from the pulpit
| and came here to -peri l the remainder of his
: day- villi Mrs. Ihvbank, who was bis sister.
1 II" has been conducting services in the Kpisco
I pal chapel in the neighborhood. His body w:n
j brought l<> tin city on Tuesday night and wn?
sent to llic low country 011 the & 0. It. It
Thursday morning. ? f!r"nrtllr
Lanr'ten ll.vctt* advises all young men tc
get married, but not to marry a girl thinking
she's domestic because she has flout
on her face.
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
1*> ckkthook Koi.i.s.?Take at ll >on
one pint of morning's milk, a pieeo of butter
half as largo as an egg, one tablespoonfni
of sugar ami a little salt ; boil all together
ami when cool add one-half cup of yeast
(or one-half of a yeast cake dissolved in
one-half eup of water) and two quarts of
flour ; knead as you would bread and set
in a warm place to rise. It will bo light
by six o'clock in the evening ; then knead
it again. At nine o'clock knead it down
again, using as little flour as possible.
In the morning rollout without kneading
about hall an inch thick, cut out, spread
very thin with butler, fold over, put in a
buttered pan and after lotting litem rise a
few minutes, bake.
Soft Mi ffins.?Ono ijuait of milk,
three eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, a piece
of butter the size of an egg, four toaspooufuis
of yeast, and sifted llour to make a stiff
batter. Warm the milk and butter (on
get her and add the salt ; boat the eggs very
light and stir thorn into the milk and butter;
then stir in the yeast and last the flour.
Cover the mixture and set it to rise for
three hours or until light, in a warm place.
Hake in muffin rings or heated item irons
until a light brown. May bo mixed at
night and used for breakfast.
Ron. I'i'I>111,\<i.?Rub a piece of butter
the size of an egg into ono <piart of liour
in which has been sil'tei two toasponufuls
of cream-tartar and one toas-poonful of
soda. .Mix w tit sufficient sweet (milk to
make a dough that can bo rolled out.
After rolling it out into a sheet, spread with
any kind of fruit, fresh, canned or preserved,
and then rn!l up, being careful In fold tl o
ends so that the fruit will nut run nut.
Stenin one hour a :d eat with a sauce.
Cook IKS?One cup of powdered sugar,
one-half cup of sour milk, one-half teaspoon*
ful of soda sifted three limes through two
oups of Hour ; one-half of a small nutmeg
and a handful of raisins. Hub the butter
and sugar to a cream, then add the egg,
milk and spic-i and last the Hour. Hull
thin, cut into round cakes and bake in a
<ju.ek oven pressmjyuio raisin into tltc centre
of each cooVy!^^
S a rs.\< iKs.?If fried, it must belong
and gently, but they are much better if
baked in the oven with a little water.
This steams and thoroughly cooks them ;
they should he baked until nicely browned
and they will n >t be as dry as when fried.
Serve with potatoes, eider apple sauce,
plain stewed apples without sugar or sour
pickles.
Kvory housekeeper should have not only
a recipe book but also a receipt book. Have
a bottle of mucilage and a book, and paste
iu tlie latter every receipt given4by
'The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
This will be found a safe and convenient
way of preventing trouble and no bill will
be paid twice.
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?Nashville, Tenn., March ?A remark able
wedding occurred at Chestnut Mound,
Tcun., yesterday. The brido is of a good
family and the bridegroom betrayed her two
years age. lie refused to redeem his
promise, and to escape the vcngoancc
of her male relatives lie lied. During his
absence a child was horn and died. Tho
father subsequently repented and obtained
forgiveness by a solemn promise to atone
by at mice making tier his wife. Tho ccp?
emony took place yesterday morning.
They repaired to the grave of their child,
with friends and the minister, and
kneeling one at each side of the tomb with
hands clasped above it they spoke the vows
which united them, the service being read
by the minister, who stood at the foot of
the grave.
'Al \ ' it time you paid me that live dolars
yo i owe mo, asked a farmer of his
, neighbor.
'Tain't due,' was the reply.
, ,Hut you promised to pay me when you
, got back from New Vork.'
I \Vf4.H I lining lin/iii Hiorn ' lin roi\lin<l
Mns. (Jatnit. (To her worsor half, who
has been pacing the floor with Miss. Catnip
hotat onej?'That child is such a trial, isn't
she,(Jcorge dear V
(jcorge.?lI should simper ! And when
she outgrows paregoric you cau bet I'll
never move for a new trial.
? - -Yorxo
mother, (displaying the baby.)
?'Now isn't she a ilrur little thing, Mr.
I'odsuap V
, Mr. I'odsuap, (father of a largo family.)
j ?'Yes, they're wry expensive. I've got
* six of'em.'
'J>ocs your family play ball ?' was asked
of a little shaver. 'Mo and mother does,'
lie replied. 'I bawl aud she makes the base
hits.