Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1877 — Page 7

The Drover and Two Nice Young Men.

testes and unlettered, and bore every appearance of being a successful cattle-drover. Two approached the desk as he stepped away from it, and icatelessll Ipanned the list of arrivals, therf slvlledj wway through the offlap tor >li^n*nt ( anA ut the ibapnrT«pw> One of thf tp —iU3Jtfotlweot.fr appeal:® >om hlkcOffvormrfoa tjaflla was tMUKphew bf- dm CimhieH of (be I n t Brchham jtbd riad casually made the Texan’s acquaintance while on a visit to his ■Ss&asMs® cumstances of their previous friendship to his mind. His companion, he said, was a young and wealthy stranger from pl£UiM»ZT«M^<a go out and have a little fun with the boys. The Texan admitted that, as befitted a cattle drover, he did not object to long horns —in fine, that they would have a long horn, a strong horn, and a horn all together, before they parted; “but,” he IwT, inyDvn. 11 Ol DUV what I have in my day and generation slung a whole herd of steers —hoofs, hides and horns—■on a little pair, when I knowed the other cuss was drawing to three kings, which was only what any other gentleman would have done under the 3SEWHI disgrace on so I’ve sworn sahi ttat be they respecteq conscientious ssassttssK zourl was at Kansas City, ana when I was sobering up next day the cusses I had been spending the evening with came round and told me I’d lost $37,000 to them in a little game of draw. I’m a gentleman, and so, though I didn’t JTSGoI1 exit a thMaboultemWllWlW hauled out my sub-treasury and paid them then and thar.” Both of the young men said that he was an honor to his sex, and shook hands with him warmly. “ How much’ll it take to see this yer Arctic Expedition through?” said Mr. Stockdale, “Oh,” replied the nephew money.,. We’ll just have a x cpuple of 1 Irinki.ajnd adn>foarateaaf<md red 7 an. bekr" the pL a hot lemonade, and go to bed.” The Colonel said that was all right, and therefore he would leave his wealth with the clerk, which he did; those two nice young men. About midnight those two nice young men brought him back. He was very drunk. Next morning about nine, as the cattle-drover came out from breakfast, he was encountered by the young Philadelphia millionaire. “1 called, Col. “ to“seltle a debt of honor. Here are the $650 I lost to you. I hope you will give me my revenge some time.” “ I won $650 offn you, did I ? I must have been drinking a pretty considerable few,” replied the honest drover, “ for I disremember touching akeerd. I’qj sorry I went, Mbwsmssw uncle’s second son. Come ancfliave someJ&GCfc nephew cameln, and, greeting them cordially, said: “ Ah, Colonel, give you any sort of luck at the cards, and I think I would backvou as a where/ 1 ' The Texan assented to this most axiomatic proposition. “It was fortunate for me that the luck turned, or you’d have got away with me worse than you did with my friend Perkins, here. But them four kings left me a little ahead.” “ I remember,” said the Texan ; how much was I behind when we quit?” and he hauled out his pocket-book. “Well,” said the Cashier’s nephew, “I don’t know. You said you’d make a memorandum, and I’m not quite sure whether it was ” “It was,” said the Cashier’s nephew, ‘LS96O up to the last deal, where you wanted to raise him $500,000, but he 670,1 think.” “ No,” said the Cashier’s nephew, “it was only $2,570, for the Colonel pointed out a mistake of SIOO in it. ’ ’ “ ThaVg sa^ l“ I nephew said he had to go and introduce Mr. Perkins to the members of the Board of but he would see the Texan at a later hour, and the two nice young men hurried away. A few minutes after Mr. Perkins said: “Jemmv, I gllfififl Wfl’-Ye-shopKiiQMMttMfIMNNNMMNNHMKMMK' “ Keerect,” answered htsr companion • “I was afraid he was going to ring in some of your flimsies on me.” To make an equitable division they had to break one of the SSOO bills, and the Cashier’s nephew stepped into a bank tor that purpose. He reappearedin about two minutes, with an alt «^Ss l rW*Pl^ a 9^n d: “WJtf biiW —CkioapaTribune. * •

Mr. Bostwick's Own eater.H

It occurred to Mr. Bostwick, of West Hill, who is much given to pondering over and manner, at the real solution of the problem how to keep more heat in the room than escapes up the chimney. Mr. Bostwick said that a series of hot and cold air pipes was all well enough, and so was a serjQgQf drams «nd ,tDffIM|BKWDHraOK simplieftywae-the thing £>■ be aimed at, ~ and the principle was this: By the time the heat got to, the top of the chimney there wasn’t very much ofjt fcft. .Ilgßk away so*3ry|p <OO way ujf WeWjlkyßi coCBMy ItffeagL in tle’TOorn, elm make a great enough distapce beforHt got toUfeofaejit would all star-fir ffij Horn instead QO a wretched little per cent. All that you wanted W^L S sufficient length of pijfe, supply by the time tht smoko-got to the cMmhev it would be cold as a spare room bed, and every degree of heat generated in the stove

IwoulJ-be dlssentinated in the worn, andja mar codkl vdnter ■‘his famfly on th||e con}# of wood, &•< p (very wtaxlow aJTearly Mongol February. Mr. Bostwick put bis theory lutoimmi and el ghljr fire feet~rf stovepipe, andeVerybody thought he had gomt*ad. Men hofifid put up eight fee* ofi stovepipe evtfy year since thqy had >efc married CaiJc % their eyes begged idiitomre j nfylMput it gjg them, or board at <Wei, while the work was being done, assuring her that it much stovepipe. Between the two a comand up and help Then he had a carpenter cut the necessary holes through the partitions ana floors, and they went to work. They coiled the pipe around the room, protecting the partitions and floors with earthenware collars where the pipe passed through them, until the house looked like an immense still. Mr. Bostwick put the terminus of the pipe into the flge bnu,“pipe with as much pomp and CBTSmbfiy as though he was driving the last spike in the narrow-gauge railroad. “ There,” he said, “ open the windows and look for summer.” And he lighted the fire in the big wood move, closed the dampen^all alony dm sfte&Wro gers away froffijiim, and looked with wot rl SfiioEe. *~- E> "around fire store aoor ana plate Tit curled up around Jhe collars and wound up the tinted wuHpaper like so many snakes; smoke; pale, thin blue smoke; cloudy white smoke, streaked with black, so greasy that you could fairly smell the creosote; long wavy folds of mouse-colored smoke. It grew less frequent and smaller in volume as it emerged WtiW# flue, it ceased to come out of the pipe, and the man said he guessed there was no waste heat escaping up the flue, and Mrs. Bostwick, with a horrified look at the wall paper, sat down and wept. The more they experimented the more smoke they got, until at last Bostwick reing the dampers only haflgsitoe effect of pelled, late in the afternoon, to ordenlhe pipe in the upper rooms taken ouk. 'rats left him with about 150 feet of pipffdoWn stairs, which he knew would work like a c&p. It worked like a creosote factory. Sfifewnonly effect of shortening the pipe was to increase the density of smoke. It came out of seams and joints and places in the stove and pipe where the man said he never knew there was a joint. The children, coughing like freight engines, had been sent over to a neighbor’s, where wMl'Alttrm Of-nF® WWr body went prowling and panting around in closets, attics, bed-rooms and halls, hunting for the fire, before the little innocents had been in the house five minutes. Mrs. Bostwick, between crying over the wall paper and picture frames, and goug-<ace-into on ergrest rwl Bostwick was so blind and Md and nil] cession. He took down joint afHMWIrtJ of pipe, but the more he shortened itwiel worse it got v until at last, in deSpmtifti, hectare down the whole thing, threw it outnf the window and fitted the stove ibnrW" its place with the old eight feet of pipe and one elbow, and yelled out to Mrs. Bostwick to bring the children home and get supper. And moodily remarking that there was no use trying to do anything with a woman in the house, which appeared to give him a great deal of comat a loss what to call the present manifestation. It came puffing and rolling out of the chimney, out of the pipe, out of the stove, in clouds that you could have hung a hat on. Bostwick could take his oath that curling columns of blue smoke came time he drew a breath he could fflM|■M smoke curl out of his ears. He felkanß fell his way to the nearest winuoW ior bhakk amazement, and tumbling out of it, loß>d up and beheld the cleanest, purest xeMmey top he had ever seen in his life, with not a line of 'smoke within 400 miles of it. “Goodness gracious,” he exclaimed; “ somebody waste me up.” Just then Mrs. Bostwick came weeping out on the front porch! looking ftroypq. with the things she was using for eyer. “ I believe that precious man of yours,” she sobbed, “ ran away with my butter-jar.” “What jar?” snarled Mr. Bostwick, who was too mad and bewildered to take much interest in household affairs. “Why, mv he went slowly into the house, put Si-JiWl buckskin gloves, felt his way to the IpvA climbed on a chair and pulled tneytip" OU M- the h°lc. Then he seized the rim collar and pulled out Mfs. Bostbutter jar, intact, sound as a nut, uncracked, and purified by fumigation. He went out of the house with- it. Mrs. Bostwick said, “That’s it;” but he heeded her not. He strode out to the Hgurpeuea the gate mntwent out lnto tKb' middle of the street, set the butter jar down and held it down miieß miles. But his foot slipped on the snqw and the jar fdi out of his hani, sprained his wrist, and dropped on a talk with Mr. Bostwick about heaters.— JBurlington Hawk-Eye.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

M -Carrot a large catfotfn Kited waldt ufitil tender, chop it fine, THth two nardWled eggs. Pour over them a mixture of one tablespoonful of R Mufljps .—An excellent and jlvt ll tiled recipe 0 One quart sweet milti* I— if it-yg howa —Maitre d’ Hotel Potatoes. two h/Xd%,ihS sliced potatoes, purhack on a slow fire, stir for ten miutes, mix in one teaspoonful of finely-chopped parsley, the yelk of two eggs, and serve very hot. —Lyonaise Potatoes.—Taste ha.* something to do in the preparation of this favorite dish. Much or little of onion may be used, chopped or sliced. Use cold boiled* potatoes. Put two spoonfuls off *OT ofiions*asliked for one quart 01 potatoes, sliced, and two spoonfuls more of butter, and salt and pepper. Stir and toss gently till all are fried of a light brown color. If the potatoes absorb all the butter, use more. The French use oil instead of butter. ana eWs; n you them young iwix? awti uic jjafwo wen worn,with long use™ Tame rabbits are nitlebrown, then add half a pound of salt pork cut in slices; stir, fry a few moments, and then add a large spoonful of flour; shortly after add half a pint of good soup stock, a gill of vinegar, a dozen small onions and a bunch of seasoning (tied together), consisting of three sprigs of parsley, one of thyme, one bay leaf and two cloves. Throw away the bunch of seasoning when done. made !h this style: fiave two thin pieces of pine wood or heavy card board, one fourteen inches square, the other fourteen by seven inches. Round the corners off a little, ornament the smaller piece heavily with a cluster of nuts and leaves, or flowers and sides with bronze leafier, in triaqgplajr than the measures given above. The cost of the materials for leather work is trifling; the purposes to which it can be usefully ana ornamentally applied are innumerable, and as a pastime, to employ leisure moments, we have found it very pleasurable and satisfactory.

Table Manners.

’yPewff miveourvarious views as to what it is that constitutes fit and becoming behavior at the table. Perhaps none have quite the whole body of the law at their command; but everybody has a little manual of the chief points, and in that life where is any material atto eat witntheir rorks, to Keep theiwhms “nutter meiroreaxT On the plate instead Jofths tjjiw *f .lyA liKea conjurers ribbon, to forbear the use of tooth-picks, to drink their tea from their cups, to keep the plate the hostess sends them —these and other similar small observances every body knows and practices. Yet further refinements, moreover, are in the possession of others; the knowledge of how much or how little it is proper to press a dish; the manner of speaking to a servabsolutely alone, and Keeping one’s fingers off of so much as a salt-cellar. But there are other points of behavior at table quite as valuable as these mere points of etiquette; for etiquette is, after all, but the result of a convention of pose preserved by any sheer of “ncffgreedy ovOTeachmg: these are aft-, flier* ot character, and conducive or otherwise to the comfort of those about us. Thus we have heard people who thought well of themselves, at a table where, owing to unfortunate circumstances, it was impossible to have other than plated silver, enter into a conversation upon plated ware, and the vulgarity of its use; and we remember havlngheard a person, at a neighbor’s from a cup of stone-ware, that it made no difference to her what kind of tea she drank, so long as she drank it from china. Of course that may be forgetfulness, and is Just as likely to happen in the parlor apropos of the furniture; but nring»about a fi&ther breach iof Mmwi cCTnmg or the fact that the supply is not unlimited; and consequently that individual obtains, through the very necessities of hospitality, the delicacy passed and pressed again and again, something much more than a proper share. Or else the very opposite course is maintained, to the ruin of any nimnlo nr fniffal tohlft <1 Thftnlr VOU I scan get tliat,” is a speech we have all of us heard repeatedly, and'sometimesmade without ever thinking what it entailed dlfr (■ JraJflmtint. .yjo fljjrlrqjra uuw because one Is ‘ T riot fond of it,” of course something else is equally * objectionother articles upon which one can satisfy such hunger as sits down at those

table's? antflo d£llne> th<mann&r tioned, or to 'State }&onv«kient preferences, |»n>mething tfe|t cantfit hetf talking sevejxl ofter people at the ttfle uncomfortable. Truly good manners would always take the undesired portion upon the ulate. if only to, trifle with ik w a» •ot to hwtthefeeiinUof those provide? It; and If the providing party were equally agpod-mannend, it would be M*a served that the artlole was ißw sented on other days, if a seasoning continue to be used, or a flaupring that is noh stating dislike and preference, a person second one, it would seem as if the dislike were too slight to justify its statement at all, and the person stating it were utterly inexcusable, and should have no notice taken of his objection. But perhaps the greatest indecorum of all is voluntary instruction administered as to the becoming conduct of host or c hostess by any one sitting at their table, been in the habit of seeing this at such and such a distinguished place,” implying a superiority on the questioner’s side, and an ignorance on the other side that, if one haa any respect for the questioner, might become unbearable. Of course, amqiUk. families where one todindual the others, this may bb not only all very they choffse at their own tables, and after ] gsswsss everywhere else, that tLp. obeyed to the letter is too ohiy. ®fc standard of behavior; itejwei* servant nor host wants any of your interference in his duties, and the rest remains with yourself.— Harper'e Bazar.

Requisites in Dairy Farms.

In the fW place ttte land shbWU. well adapted to grass,-and sufficiently undulating or rolling so that surface water will be readily carried off. Land that is naturally wet and full of swales or low swampy places may possibly produce grass plentifully, but such grass wffl be inferior fQUpasturage. The beaU.milk gh clay in its composition to be retentive of weather approaches, and the feed in sumto be too scantj’ jjl thk*tock. A clay loam is perhaps as good soil for dairy purposes as can be had, though any soil where grass is enduring and is not subject to the objections we nave named will be well adapted to dairying, providing it is supplied with springs or streams of never-failing water. In our remarks we have had especial reference to pastures, but it will not be necessary that the whole be used for growing hay, may be more moist or wet than the pasturage. Not unfrequently large crops of hay are produced from low and rather wet lands; hence, if a portion of the farm is of this description and can be used for ferent character. water are, of course, tneoe'st, though we have seen good dairy farms where the water supply was obtained from wells. In this case windmills were erected to pump the water from wells that were unfailing, and by arranging the vats *or reservoirs so that the overflow could be conducted back again to the well, a constant supply of good, fresh water was kept within reach of stock. a operation, requiring but little attention. Still, it will be seen that all such artificial means of procuring water are much inferior to a living spring or stream, to say nothing of the extra expense entailed to keep up the needed Isupgly. T^£l ceß9i, 7 f or a gOO^^ > |]y toe tannjSly be TaCK one or themost essential requireWater is sometimes so located on farms that a good supply is furnished in pastures remote from the stables while little or none can be had at the latter place for stock. This will be a serious inconvenience even in summer, but in winter it will prove an insuperable objection, because cows that are obliged to travel long distances in the fierce blasts of winter. Northern climate cannot be expected to be carried through the season without heavy loss. In choosing a dairy farm then, look well to the winter as well as the summer supply of water. Another essential requisite in a good dairy farm is that the farm be got so ’fhanrecesucnuairy farms are objec?onable

A Valuable Hint.

A Missouri farmer writes: “Of all the wasteful habits of farmers there is none so far-reaching in its effects as that of wasting manure. How shall we stop this immense wastage of farmers’ capital ? We cannot reach the greatest offenders of this short-sighted policy, take the case of a farmer in my neighborhood. This farm is capable of producing seventy-five renter is to take everything off apd put so fqU pf manure that it is a difficult task to get to the stable in a wet time. The renter --three doßars dollars second year and its effects would be felt for four years or

num. Yet, the vftmmw lies wasting In the yaio, because of the earetaMneas of the owner of the land, and the indifferelements of fertility;’and the farm will not pay. one per cent, on the tavtstmeitL I know a farm not a thousand miles from St. Louis, that oqqe paid the enterprising German—a fair income. Nlns years ago the farm was sold and rented out, and the farm has so run down that the present owner had to send money last year to pay the taxes. The farmer that will let a farm run down on his hands has mistaken hIS WHing, and ought to hare been a ditch-digger or the owner of a buck-saw saw-mill, or President of a railroad company, or driver of a ‘ hosecar.? If such fanners would take Greeley’s advice, and ‘go West* about 5,000 miles, and plbw vasty deep,’ the world would be the better for ft.” f 1

Remember e ofl and remove all dust from A black garment every time It is worn. ? Nothing sooner defaces a black silk, poplin or> woolen than to wear it shopping, aiding, or even for a day in the house, and’then hang it up without removing the dust. The gritty motes with which the air fa fHled; particularly in regions where coal is constantly used, grind , and. wear out any fabric., First shake both skirt and overdress faithfully. . A back window is a good place' to shake them from. Then take a soft old handkerchief and brush the drete with that instead of a clothes-brush. Bee that all the dust that settles in folds or pleats is remcjved. Stand by an open window and shake the dust Offthe handkerchief out of the window eveiy little while.—CTrti'irh'an Union.

Sore Threat Cough, Cold,

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