Ligonier Banner., Volume 13, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 30 January 1879 — Page 3

DON'T STOP MY PAPER. ON'T § my R printer, = | i Dgnmke g?g&he off yet, -~ You know the times are sMa@nt, - _ And money hard to get; : Baut tug a little harder Is what I mean todo, . And serape the dimes together, ! Enough for me. and you. I can’t afford to drop it; o . Xfindit doesn't pay . . To do without a paper, However others may. . : I hate to ask my neighbors To give me theirson loan; i They don’t just say, but mean it, ' Why don’t you have your own? You can'’t tell how we'd miss it,. It "& by any fate, BBhould happen not to reach us, Or come 4 little late: Then all is in a hubbub, And things go all awry, | And, printer, if you're married, You know the reason whly. ‘ I cannot do without it, « : It is no use to try : For other people tgke it, : And, printer, so must L. : 1, too, must keepsme posted.,. And know: what's going on, Or feel, and be accounted, : A fogy simpleton. : Then take it kindly, printer, :If pa.i is somewhat slow; - For cash is not so fplen(ay. . And wantsnot few, you know, ‘But I musc have my paper, * ! P‘(i}oemvm::. Jgk may to me, ; ratner my sugar 4 And do without my tea. B%Efinter. don’t you stop it, ess you want my frown, Por here's the year’s subscription, And credit it right down; And send the paper promptly And regularly on, And let it bnn%gs weekly Its welcomed beuison. ‘ —Detroit Free Press,

, MISS VESTA’S VALENTINE. * THERE is one who indeed loves you well— If you wish who it is you may know, = Search these lines, they in silence do tell, I confess the initials do show.” THESE lines had laid undisturbed for many years at Mr. Gridley’s, in a rude miniature chest, along with other girlish relies. They were written in a bold and youthful, but evidently pains-tak-ing hand, and had been cargfully folded and sealed with a patch of red wax. They lay at the bottom of the little chest under the till, and had for company several old letters from “‘friends and well-wishers,”” a number of tickets for good behavior at school, a lot of silk piece-work which had once been designed to blaze as a ‘‘star,”’ but whose light was .{et in undeveloped chaos, school-girl keepsakes of ingeniously cut paper and twisted locks of hair, with the motto *‘ When this you see,”’ etc., and a few printed ballads and child’s books. This chest had been made and given ¢“To Vesta Gridley, by her friend Hugh Plunkett,” as was indicated on'the cover inlarge capitals. He had long been her father’s hired man, and had never failed to share the family admiration for the abilities of Miss z'esta.. To hear her rattle off the multiplication table, and wade through the abbreviations without a ‘¢ balk,”’ seemet%‘to him nothing short of genius. And when growing into a young lady and beginning to accept attentions from the neighboring young men, Hugh looked on with a jealous eye, for he was sure there wasno one of them ¢‘smart” enough for ¢¢ Vesty.”! ’ In coming through the village one winter’s day he had called, as requested, at the Postoffice for the weekly paper, and was handed with it a misgive addressed to ‘¢ Miss V. Gridley,”’ with a ‘“Paid” in one corner, and a rather obscure postmark in the other. Hugh gave it his careful scrutiny, for it was not often that letters came to Vesta, and finally spelled out the Town of L——. *“Whew!’ he whistled, as that fact -became established. ¢ Yes, sir, it's L——! Must be it’s from that Huxford! And I'll bet it's 4 volentine, too!”” ¢ That Huxford” had met Vesta frequently the past year, and had paid her polite attentions. He was uncommonﬁ,y- fine-looking, was already * fitted” for college, and the presumptive heir to large estates. What more could even Hugh expect in a beau? Chuckling to himgelf at the fair prospects of his favorite, he gave his mind to the matter on his way back, and before he reached the house had planned -about how ‘big” a wedding the occasion would demand, an already in fancy saw ‘“Vesty’’ the mistress of the kingdom of the Huxfords, and the glory of them. ¢“John Dexter has always had a sneaking notion after her, but I guess this 'here-in-my-pocket ’ll settle his hash. Wall,” he concluded, ¢l’vealways said there want nobody in this town good enough for her?”’ sHugh watched for a private opportunity to deliver the imgortant document into Vesta’s own hands. o ‘“ Guess what I've ‘got for you?”’ he asked, his face’ all f,aliva.‘-with anticipation. - - : But. Vesta had no basis for a guess. *“ Well, what day of the' month is it now?"’ e : , ‘“ Why, the fourteenth of February, isn't itP? o ity ot iy , ““Yes, that’s it, and 1 got a volentine for ye at the Postoffice,”” he E’rinned, as he carefully drew it from is pocket. £ f h ' ‘“ A valentine!"’ she repeated, in astonishment, for she had never yet received one. ¢

“"Taint a boughten one with Cupids and such like on thecorner, asl've seen ’em; but I bet it's a nice one inside.” And as Vesta was inspecting the dim postmark, he added, with a.wink and nod, *lt’s from L.——, don’t you see!”’ Yes, Vesta did see, and she began to tremble with ‘an almost painful excitement. At first, the handwriting seemed familiar; but, no, it was better than John could write. And then the postmark settled the point—she knew no one else at L——, it must be from Richard Huxford, and what if it was a real valentine! Co_noealing it in the folds of a garment upon which she was sewing, she h’ui'riedp‘ to her own cold chamber to learn the true inwardness of her letter. Breaking the seal, her quick eye sobnfran‘ through the lines, yet, ere she finished, the carelessness ofufirlhood»hnd left Vesta’s heart. She had . hitherto. persnaded herself that Richard’s attention had ~_;@pn; only out of regard to his Cousin Fapny, with ;val:fm she was 8o ;inﬁm&toa;z;l:aly .E | id never considered them a 8 strictly compum%: herself, and all the insinnaﬂon“ e ﬂt. *oﬂlunm to that effect had o S B e e, S else in Li<« knew her 1o 0 ioye - ner, or could name her to pcdu

as he was as an acquaintance, and as good”*a ** match’’ as%er parents could possibly desire, Vesta recoiled from the idea of viewing him as a lover. Why, she could not exactly tell; but as she slowly folded the sheet, and thouﬁhfq fully descended the stairs, she felt herself newly burdened. s ey ‘Had her brothers not been so ‘absorbed in games that evenitllﬁl, they might have noticed what a dull sister sat, amongst them. And Mrs. Gridley, did she ever know her sprightl? daughter to answer ‘“I don't know,’’ and 1 ﬁuess 80,”” in guch an abstracted way? ut Vesta was keeping these things to herself and pondering them in her mind. Hugh watched her with a critic’s eye as heoiled his boots around the kitchen fire for his next campaign. 'His manner to the rest of the family 'betokened the superiorit;y of ‘“knowing something that you don’t know.” But this was as unnoticed as the othexr’s unusual quiet and deep . self-interest. ¢¢ Shouldn’t wonder if the weddin’ come off ’fore another winter,” thought Hugh, for the idea of rejecting such an advantageous ‘chance’” would have appeared to him preposterous. ¢ Jes let me see your volentine, Ves,”’ he whisi)ered next day, when the first favorable opportunity presented. *‘ls it a Eicture of two hearts with a dagger stuc rip‘hht through, or what?”’ ““No, ugh, nothing of the kind. You are %uite mistaken about it.” - ‘“But aint it a volentine, then?’ he asked, with much anxiety. ““Itis only—only—a few—lines. See there!” drawing it hastily from her pocket and spreading it for a ‘moment before him. e : “Only some writin’, after all?’’ exclaied the disappointed Hugh, as his dull eye failed to notice the poetry form of -the ‘¢ writin’.” “Wallr,) I’'m beat! I'd a bet anything 'twas a regular volentine.”’ 4

The next time that Mr. Gridley’s hired man weént to the Postéffice he was entrusted with a letter directed to the principal of a young ladies’ seminary, asking for terms and accommodations, as “*a pupil from his family” would like to enter at the spring session. This course Vesta had now resolved to take, as her parents were desirous, and it would postpone further advances, she thought—it might be for years, and—it might be forever. Preparations were at once begun for the outfit, and when bashful friend John called one day to invite her to assistin a grand school exhibition in an adjoining town, her mother had answered, in her absence, that ¢ Vesta was as busy as she could be getting ready to go away, and hadn’t a minute to spend.” Poor John! This exhibition had oienied to his gaze a Jacob ladder on which he would travel heights of bliss as he should fetch and carry Vesta to and from rehearsals. Little did Mrs. Gridley susEect the pang . sent into his heart by her refusal. Ah, nmo. No more than she suspected the existence of a ‘regular volentine in the house.” As was predicted by her friends, Vesta. made most gratifying progress: in study, and it was not surprising that before the usual time for graduation she had been offered a post as assistant. This was accepted, a.ndl,) becoming more and more interested in her work, and her service being appreciated, she was further promoted, till at length she found herself ¢ principal and’ preceptress’’—a position to which at first she would: not dared to have aspired. : But meanwhile the years had glided by, and Vesta was no longer young. Absorbed in her school and devoted to its duties, she gave little thought to the change that time had made in herself, but vacation visits at home had seemed to show her its effects on others. The boys were ‘ married and settled’’—one of them with her parents. Hugh had gone West and f&en a victim to the “tgever-neg,” as he had written back. While yet a pupil at the ‘¢ Sem,”’ she had received from _Fa.n’n'y a glowing account of Cousin Dick’s marriage, and subsequently from the same source of his high .standin% in a distant city. This was a relief to Vesta’s mind, though her little episode had ceased to worry her; as she had never seen or heard directly from him since. . £hs

. After presiding for years at the same institution, Miss Vesta began to feel that both she and it were needing a change. She was thinkifg it over as she sat one evening at the old home whither she had been summoned by the fatal illness of her mother. But if she resi%ned her {)resent ll:ositic:>n, what would be her plans for the future? She cotilld not come home and take up life as she had left it., Her mother was now gone and her father would probably soon follow. Old acquaintances were scattered—some were married, some were dead. To her brother’s family she would be only an ‘¢ old-maid aunt.”” Bereaved of her beloved employment, she would be indeed be-' reaved. : ; - .Her thoughts were rudely interrupted by the entrance of two giggling %irls—-— her brother’s eldest and a school-mate —Clara Dexter. . L *Oh, aunty, it’s Valentine's week, and Clara’s got the most beautiful one you ever saw, and we ‘want you to helg us make up something to answer it, and numerous giggles burst from the excited girls. i I—-Igcllon’t think I altogether a.{)prove of valentines,’”’ aunty cautiously replied. L A ‘“ Father says he doesn’t—says I'm too young to have one,”” put in Clara, ‘“but we only send them for fun, you know,” and anothér series of giggles followed. i A, aale o

“ Show aunty yours, Clara, and see if she don't think it's just splendid.” And the fanciful envelope was nfut in her hands with not a sign of maidenly confusion. . ; € ' ¢¢Oh, the girl of the ?eriod;’*. aiﬁhed Miss Vesta, ** and John's girl, too!” It was indeed a'rare :pieceof filagree nopsense, with Cupids: ‘Eromilcuomly scattering darts in all directions, and ‘‘hearts with d:gg‘lrs plngf"géd” in a way to quite meet the views of Hugh Plunkett. These ‘were the lines that the @rlﬂm to ‘“answer’z : ... - Bt ' “Don't you think' it’s hics? asked g;e niece, who thought it failed to éxte suitable admiration, “Didyou ever xve one yourself?”’ shé inquired again, f y;‘“‘ 1‘ ‘ ,-;.H‘««u; 24 v(ﬂﬂu».;},,'.urv-r S

- ¢ Yes, aunty once had ope.” . ““Oh, let me see it; do!” cried the girls. g 0 3 g e ¢ have not seen it myself for manv years, but it is still preserved, I think, in that little chest with my name on the’ cover.”’ L s

‘“Let me get it, please?’ and with a half permission, her niece flew to the little chamber where- she ‘knew it was kept, and it was soon before them. At any other time the girls would have been amused with the otber trinkets the little chest had so long contained, but. now they were only curious as to the ancient valentine. ¢ Didn’t they bave any faney ones in sthose days?’ asked the inquisitive girl, who evidently thought a plain sheet of paper was no valentine at all. ;

] presumge so, but this is the onl one I ever hﬁ” : . y

‘“ Why, it's an acrostic, ain’t it? giggled the girls '%gain. . “Tig I.’ That's real nice. May I copy it, Miss Gridley?’ asked Clara. ¢* Yes—l have no objection.” ¢Did you know who sent it?”’ went on that impertinent niece. ¢I—I suppose 1 did.” ‘““Was it anybody we know,” pursued the perseverin% miss. “No. It was nobody that you have ever seen,” replied her aunt, curtly. The girls went out, giggling asthey had come. : ~ “So gour aunt used to have a beau. 1 wonder why she didn’t get married?”’ s : ' I guess they must have had a ‘fuss’ or something,” replied the young Miss: Gridley, whose own experience with beizux had thus far always had that re‘sult.

. Tt was late when Miss Vesta retired, and still later before she could free her mind from the impressions the contents of the little old-fashioned 'chest had recalled. John'Dexter’s daughter, too; how little while it seemed since she was just her age, and John and she. such good friends! And she had hardly spoken to bim all these years. He had developed much business talent, had John. No trace now of the bashful boy in the President of the village bank and other moneyed - enterprises. He ‘had shot out from his bachelorhood some years a.%0 and brought, unexpectedly, ‘a bride from one of. his Western trips. She had died soon after the birth of this daughter, and he had been apparently too busy to ever marry again. Perhaps this press of business was why he had never called when she was home. It was strange, she used to think, that he never did, but late years she had ceased to expect him. The next afternoon, as she was writing a letter in the little parlor which was always given up to her in the home-comings, the gay jingle of sleighbells in the yard attracted her attention. Clara had come again and her father accompanied her. To Miss Vesta’s surprise, he was ushered into her cozy apartment and grasped her hand with a friendly manner. 'He seemed intent on some errand, yet spoke of the weather, the lon(f; time since they had met and the suddenness of her mothér’s recent death. At length his tone changed and he began: ‘“ My Clara made acquaintance with you last evening, she tells me, and copied an old valentine you showed her. I have called to inquire—that is, I would like to ask if you will let me see it myself?’’ : Miss Vesta hesitated. She ¢ hardly knew how she came to show it to the girls—really—she-—" : ““I would not ask to see it, Miss Gridley, if I did not think I had a right—if I did not believe it was in my own handwriting.” : : Covered with confusion, the little chest, which still remained by her, was reopened, and the L—— epistle was handed him. :

““Just as I expected! Remember it perfectly well. Hadsome trouble with the sealing-wax. I won't look inside, as I don’t need to. I only wanted to satisfy myself as to the genuineness of the document. And so you didn’t think it was from 7Re, eh?”’ ¢ The postmark—is——"" v - “Yes, yest What a precious fool I was! Walked miles one blustering day to get it mailed out of town. -Afraid our Postmaster would laugh at me! And cut my head off by the operation! Of course you thought it was from Dick Huxford?”’ b s I must confess I did,”” blushed Miss Vesta. Oh, the mortification that rushed over her that she had supposed herself the object of a man’s affections who had never given her reason to thus presume! And if she had only known at the time that it was John!

‘“Vesta,” said he, **l was a \green boy when this was' written—l may not be much else now, but I will put\ this matter ° into’ more straightforward shape, at least, than I dared do then;”’ and, taking up the pen, which she had laid aside at his entrance, he wrote beneath the lines, = *’Fis I, John 'J. Dexter,”” with all the flourish to be found on his bank-bills. ¢« There, Vesta,’’ said he, returning it to her hands, ¢‘this paper may be somewhat worn and stricken in years—aB (Ferhaps you and I are—but the record stands as plain to-day as the duy it was written. Even ' plainer,” he added, pointing to his fresh-ink signature. = ¢¢l supposed you went into your ‘school to get rid of me~—l will ask you now to ‘consider the plan of gett.in§ rid of your school—for me"—Mrs. J. W. Griswold, in Springfield (Mass;) 'Republiecgn. - - 0l Gl oraand dern

—An_aristocrat, whose family had rather run . down, boasting to a prosFerous tradesman of his ancestors, the latter said: ‘‘You are proud of your descent. 1 am on the opposite tack, and feel proud of my ascent.” —When people flock into ‘a place of bgsiniess nodt 1'513{ were’ ‘mal;ixlx’g a run .on a savings bank, thére is no occasion for alarm. It is only evidence that the establishmeént = advertises.—Rome' (N. X 5) Sl 1t TU L Tl e S ~The Dallas (Tex.) Herald says that ‘thé body of Philip Dunnell, which was ‘buried in 1862, ‘was taken up a few ‘days ago and found fo have turned to ismo‘ i ) .4 AL { . X speaks for itself, is what & lady said of i Baie Goneh SpFap, e other g for s snglo bokdie qured Iy Cild o 8 Bt drnd-

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. THERE i 8 Rgre profit in‘a small herd of stock liberally fed, than in a large herd poorly cared for.—lowa State Reg‘a‘ef- »0 g & % 5

THE VIRTCES OF CREAM.—Cream is more palatable and healthful than butter, and less expensive. Baked sweet apples, and strawberries and cream—what dish can be ‘more enticing? Butter eating is a habit that grows on one like smoking; we eat itin. our travels even if it has a bad taste, rather than take the sweet, fragrant bread alone; then we eat more and more as the years go by, until we dispose of a quarter of a pound daily without being conscious of it. Add to this the fat of meats, and that used by the good wife as ** shortening,” and, is it a ‘wonder that the doctor is the moneyed man of the town? Try the milk and cream cure. Season it If you will, call it butter if you will, but try it, and see if the hard times and other' disorders do not begin to dHisappé*ar.-'—C. A. Holmes. in Rural Home. ;

WHEN a colt is twelve or fourteen monthsold begin to put the harness on him. In a few weeks he is accustomed to it and ready for the shafts. - But in doing this, do not be in a hurry. Give the youngster time to get thoroughly acquainted with every strap and buckle, as it were. 'Let him see everything and smell everything. The senses of sight, smell and touch are the great avenues of knowledge fo the horse, especially the last two. - The ear and eye give the alarm. These two organs stand, as it were, on picket for the animal’s safety. But if your horse is frightened at anything, let him smell and touch it, and he will fear no longer. If-your colt is afraid of the harness as it comes rustling out of the harness-room, 'let him touch it with his nose and smell of it a few times, and he will soon understand that it will not hurt him. If he' is inclined to kick ior jump, if the breeching: band or any strap hits his:hams or legs, by gently rdbbing them against ‘the sensitive places he will soon become indifferent to them. = By the time the colt is two years of age,-‘ or even less, he should be educated to. go between the shafts, either forward or backward, and be thoroughly familiar with the harness and vehicle, and ordinary road service.— Golden Rule.

Heavra Hints.—Danger comes from sudden straining of one muscle or set of muscles, 8o as to injure their tissue and cause lameness. lkew escape this. Then add to this the injury ofp overwork. Overworkinﬁ is simply working after the strength has been reduced so low that it is painful or wearing to move.’ It is working after the nourishment in the blood 'has ‘been mostly used up. It is like keeping' a' mill going when the stream is low, or when, the water in the dam is nearly out. In such cases not only the muscles suffer, but all the organs of the body. Overwork at last, no matter what {ind it is, produces bankruptecy of the body, which is worse than any kind of bankruptly, bad as they all are. In the care of the muscles avoid colds and rheumatism. These make people stiff and lame. They take away the natural elasticity which gives so much pleasure,: and -substitutes a worn-out, tired, ex-’ hausted feeling, which borders on pain, and is often more difficult to bear., How verK careful the owner of a fine horse is that he shall not' take cold. He knows if he does it will founder, and after this it will never be a good step-. per. Our whole country is full of foundered men and women, who are stiff, lame, rheumatic, old in feeling, inelastic.- Most of them mi¥ht; have preserved their elasticity to old ageﬁt they had taken - prgyer care of themselves.—Herald of Health. o

‘ Bedding for Stock. IN this cold climate good bedding is almost as essential for the comfort and thrift of stock as is good ‘food. Bismarck says the 'latter is inspiration. It certainly puts new life into man, energy into-the horse, strength into the ox, milk into the cow, andlard into the hog; but if half the virtue of the. food 'is required for keeping up animal heat, and the other half in renewing the wastes of the body, greatly increased by every annoying circumstance, from whence is the inspiration to come to stimulate energy or secre-tion-of milk or-fat? Itis a good, but rather difficult, thing to imagine ourselves'in the place of the inferior animal, and consideér how we would - like to be tied up and compelled to lis on bare boards, and to breathe the foul air arisi%;g from filthy fermentation. -Bismarck, with all his genius, and nourished bountifully with roast beef, sourkrout and lager beer, would feel little inspiration ‘‘ to, govern men and guide . the State’’ were he not allowed tosleep comfortably o’ nights. . Quiet, rest and refreshing sleep are essential -not only to the thrift, but to the very existence of both man and beast, Expe,ri-, ments have ?roved that men and animals suffer fully as much from want of rest and ‘sleep as from the want of food, and every man knows that sleep, in order to be refreshing, must be atiended with a sense of comfort. If the sleeper is shivering with cold, or aching way into his bones from lying on rofpes “or hard slats with a thin layer of straw over them, the comfort a‘mf refreshment’ aré small, iy Of course, the inférior animals are not as sensitive to' cold, filth and discomfort generally 8§ 1§ man. Many treat them as thb’n'%}i they weredesti tute of nerves, and had no idea of neats ness and-no need .of repose and comfort. ¢ Get up, you lazy brute,’ has been uttered mg:‘f a time t 0 a reposing ‘cow, and enforded with a kick,'ap’gﬁ‘-" ently with no motive except to show the ‘power of man over -the beast.: ‘Thoughrour doinestic ‘animals may not: suffer to-d like ! Wvgé‘mﬁ man irom: cold and filth, still'it should be remem-: bered that they: discriminate between ‘comfort m&w :and are ¢om‘than either necessity :or ‘economy war» Tants.. In comfort, they thrive even on: et i 'ing from the manner i mggm - = estie anims mi mﬂ&;&t ‘ a oconciude. that - OWRErs. cons ‘'sidered filth as m&gﬁ%’ to their na~. [ares, bat she ot s Shey- Ay al)-the

hog not excepted—naturally neat. We can think of no animal 'that ‘doés not look neat when in its normal condition, Even the. toad, that makes its house in the dirt, when he comes forth from his hi&n§;plm looks as slick as a new pin, and not a particle of: dirt sticks to the eel, though he plows in the mud for his hvxnf The woodchuck burrows in the sand-hill, and though he has no wash-howl, nor. towel, nor comb, nor brush, who ever saw one dirty or with hair disheveled? The whole feathered creation are as careful of their personal" appearance and as nice and tidy in their dress as a bride. It is-only in their domestie, abnormal condition th&t the inferior.animals look filthy, and are ﬁlthy, and here it is not their fault, but their misfortune. They are under the dominion/ of ‘man; subject to his mercy, which sometimes is cruelty. & : e It is perhaps impossible that animals confined in stalls, sheds or other close quarters should not be more or less contaminated with - filth ' and * foul air, but every tidy farmer will seé to it that the contamination is less rather than more. Economy, demands this as emphatically as does humanit‘:fr. He that keeps his animals above boards and filth by a liberal use of straw or otherbedding will keep himself above board by the increased returnsof milk, beef, pork and wool. If we have learned anything from a long -experience of farm life, it is that animals thrive most when kept in the greatest comfort. We have séen pigs making slow growth so long as they. slept on. bare, dirvy boards, and wallowed in mud, take a new departure in life so sopn as their dirty quarters were exchanged for comfortable ones, and: this, with '‘no: improvement in theirrations. . Good bedding is a great auxiliary to good feeding. —Adlexander Hyde, in N. Y. Times.

- Prospects of Beef. EvERYTHING tends to show that there will be a large and remunerative demand for the best beef the coming spring -for European markets. Some of the butchers, not only of ' the large cities, but of the interior towns and cities, are learning that customers are Wantin% and demanding better beef. The well-to-do beef-eaters are gettin dissatisfied with eating scalawags ang old cows, and paying t%e highest price therefor. Most of our Western townsmen are paying from ten to twelve cents for what is called the best cuts of beef bought b% butchers at two cents per pound. The people reasonably calculate that a better article can be furnished at that price. 1f it cannot, they are willing to pay more. A small part of the community demand and will have good beef. And butchers are making limited efforts to supply them. The number will largely increase as they fully test the difference between .the hard and tough meat of the one and the sweet and juicy beef of the other. . This then is making a brisker de‘mand for first-class beef. The American Stockman of Chicago says they ‘have never known a time when more £attle were fatteniag than now, on the -cheap eorn of the West. Manyof them, ‘however, are scrubs and can never either make the choicest beef or by any 'management pay .any profit to the feeder who carries them through the winter. They can neither be s%ipped abroad, nor command good prices at home. : 4

Thus the necessity of breeding and feedi:g pn}iy the best and most improved kind is so fully demonstrated that no one can mistake the true policy. The demands of the present and all future time are fully set forth. Determine to commence right this year. In three or four'years every farmer can have that class of beeves which will command ;good prices either for the palates of lovers of good beef at home, or for shipmentabroad. The man who disregards this system must condemn himself to plod unremunerated for his labor, and with hopeless insolveney for the future. These are solemn truths, and no sneers or sophistry can. change their results. And we warn the unprogressive man that when utter defeat overwhelms him, that¢‘he knew. his duty but did not do it.””—Jlowa State Reqister. : : ,

~A young lady, ‘after passing ' the Cambridge local examination, suddenly . broke: off her .engagement with her sweetheart. A friend expostulated ‘with her, but she replied: *¢l must merely say that his views on the theosophic doctrine of cosmogony are loose, and you must at once understand how impossible it is for anx true woman to risk her happiness with-such B person.t’? i ol j

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