Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1878 — Page 3

The Itensselaer Union. KENBBELAER, . - INDIANA.

IF THE SKY IS DARK. If the sky in dark. You can make a rift. By giving yonr comrade A nearly lift: . Then don t sit down .To think how you feel, , . But put your weight Toalagging wheel. If your heart is wul. Cover up the ache: It is nothing new For heart* to break; Helping will bring The best relief: . For the brave and kind » All pain in brief. . Then come down the rain. Or come the sun, We’ll work together Till work is done; Thin be our motto; Love and forgive. And help each other A* long a* we live. -Mrs. M. F. Butts.

THE KERAMICAL KRAZE. Of all the disease* that ever were known Hinoe Noah's unfortunate days, The strangest that yet has afflicted mankind Is the present keramikal kraze— Ke-rarini-knl— Oh, yes; the keramikal kraze! 1 Yon may spell it oeramical craze, if you choose To follow illiterate ways; But modem Kultcha kommanda that it should Be spell-ed keramikal kraze— Ke-ra-mi-kal— You know—the keramikal kraze. Whoever is seized with this kurions komplaint, very soon all the symptoms betrays— And, by gum, every pot, mug and jug in the . house With birds, bugs and Japanese blaze! Ke-ra-mi-kal— For such is keramikal kraze. By-and-by, when this kueer epidemic is o’er— The ashman will stand in amaze To find all the barrels so full of “ ould pots”— ~ The remains of keramical kraze— Ke-ra-mi-kal—— —“ Then adieu to keramikal kraze! —Boston Commercial Bulletin.

MANTY’S VALENTINES.

“ Did I have any valentines? Why, of course. I always do. I had one beauty, from, I guess, Ned Rogers. I don’t know for certain. But, oh! Auntie, I never told you about the splendid time wo had last year, did I? Well, you shall hear all about it; forl-don’t believe 1 ever did have such a nice time in mv life. _ “ Let me see. What brought it about was, we were going home from school one day, a lot of us girls. It was three of four days before valentine’s, and the windows were full of just beautiful ones. We were looking at them and picking out those that we’d like to have, when Belle Howard (she’s dreadfully proud and stuck up, I never did like her), she spied one of these horrid coiflie valentines, with a picture of a little hunchback on it and some funny versos, and said she was going to get it to send to Manty Wheaton. “ He’s Tuimpbaclced, you know; but he’s just as nice as lie can be, and so smart! Mr. Raymond says he’s the best scholar he has in his school. And we think lots of Manty, and never notice that he’s lame, or anything. And we begged of Belle not to do it; for we knew it would make him feel dreadfully to get any sneh t hing. He’s awfully sensitive. I knew he is, for his mother says so. She lias a school for little bits of children, you know; so Manty didn’t have to go away to school till lie got to be big. And then he zli’eaded it so at first. But Mr. Raymond was so good to him. He’s just splendid, I think. And we didn’t think anything about his being lame. So his mother said he didn’t mind it a bit, after awhile. “ Well, you see how it was. We thought it would lie dreadful for Bello to send that to him. -But all we said didn’t make one bit of difference. She said there wouldn’t anybody else send him a valentine, and she was going to, and it would be such fun to ask him the next day if he had any, and see what he’d say. She was going in then to get "it, only she hadn't the money. “ I was real glad, for I thought I’d ask Burt to go down and buy it before she had a chance. He always does

everything i want him to. And, do you think, he did go. And they lmd half a dozen or so of the same kind: and he bought them all, and said if he saw any more down town he’d get them. But he didn’t see any, I believe. “Belle was awful mad because it was gono; for, after all we’d said, she was bound she’d have it. 1 more’n half believe she said it, at first, for fun; and then, when we teased her not to, she was determined to do it, I told the rest of the girls what Burt did, aq# they were real glad. But somehow—l don’t know how—Belle found it out, and what do you think she did? The very next day she sent Burt one of those comic things, just the hatefulest one she could find. Of course, he didn’t care a bit. Ho knew she sent it, for she told Annie Allen she was going to, and Annie told me. “ Well, about the valentines. Somebody suggested—l believe it was Hattie Foster— that we should each of us girls send Manty a valentine. That would make just eleven, leaving out Belle; for we knew she wouldn't send anything pretty, so we didn't say a word to her about it. But all the girls fell in with it, and they came down to my house the next afternoon and brought all sorts of papers and everytiring to make them with. I think it’s a great deal nicer to make them; don’t you? “ I can’t think what they all were. But some were beautiful. Marie Stanton bought a lovely ono in a box; and her sister made an acrostic on Manty’s name and wrote it inside. Wasn’t that niceP Little Mabel Montague got one of those raised pictures—l don’t know what you cqll ’em—of the cunningcst little kitten you ever saw; and her mother pasted it on some lovely giltedged paper, and wrote underneath: ‘ With Midget’s compliments.’ You see Midget is the name of his kitty, that he thinks everything of. Ain’t it a funny name. - ——*-————— “Then Bertha Ryder brought lots of this beautiful lace paper, and we past ed lovely pictures on it—doves and dowers, cupids and everything you can imagine. “1 wishl could remember what Evelyn Barnard wrote on hers. There was a picture of two little-doves—on it, and: undedit she wrote—why can’t I think? I believe this was it: “ * Thf"* i ittle df > ve "- ’ti* plain to gee, ■■' ~ They love eaoh other well; And, if you 11 slop awhile to read, My love for yon rll tell.' ‘ * I love you as I love the roae, The Violet, pink and lily • My love for yon—ah! well I know It never will grow chilly.' “ Wasn’t that a funny w&y to end it? But Evelyn said she couldn't think of anything to rhyme with** cold,’ and so, as ’* chilly’ went so good with * lily,’ she thought it would do just its well.

Of course, it wasn t very good. But then Evelyn ain't but eight years old, and she made it all up heraelL ••Oracle Blanchard wrote some real rretty poetry, but 1 can’t remember it. wish I could. “And what do you suppose Julie Granger put inside of hers P A lovely blue silk necktie. Wasn’t that queer? But it was nice; wasn’t itP She cuCjMit a round piece of paper, and then cut it all around in slits—you know how they're done; and she pasted it on a sheet of lace-edged paper, and fastened a cunning blue tassel Sn the middle, to pull it up by; and she pul the necktie under that. Wasn’t it cute? “ Burt came in and saw her making it, and, after she'd finished it, he askea her if -he could take it a little while; and wo couldn’t imagine what he wanted it for. But pretty soon he came down-stairs and gave it back to her. He wouldn’t tell us anything about it, only said he wanted to see how it was made. We found out finally; but I shan’t tell you now. You must wait, as we did. “What was mineP Why, I put two decalcomanio pictures on some white cards. They were just lovely! One was a bunch of violets and the other a cluster of autumn leaves. They came off splendid and looked for all the world as if they’d been painted right on. You sec, there were going to be so many of the real valentines that I thought those would be better. “And what do you think Edith Chandler brought? You know her father makes confectionery. Well, she went down to the store and picked out just the loveliest box of French candies you ever saw. Wasn’t.it good of her to think of it?

“ Well, we all met at Marie Stanton’s, right after tea, because that was nearest Manty’s. And we took our sleds, for we thought it would be such fun to tic them together and have some of the boys draw us. So Burt, and Evelyn’s brother, and Mabel’s, and—l don’t know, there were five or six of them —all went up to Marie’s with us. And oh! we did have such a jolly time! “ Well, we all got there, and waited and waited for Ethel, Raymond. She didn’t come, and it was after seven o’clock. Will Montague was just starting to go ofter her, when the door-bell rang, and in walked—who do you think? Mr. Raymond and Ethel and Belle Howard! Weren't we astonished? I guess you’d have thought so, if you’d been there; for we didn’t suppose Belle knew a thing about it. But it seems she had found it out some way and hinted something about it to Ethel; and, when she told her father, he said he thought the kindest thing would be for them to invite her to go with us. So he went over there, with Ethel, after tea, and suggested to Belle that she should buy a valentine for Manty. And they went with her to get one; ana that’s why they were so late. “I was real glad, on the whole; for, to tell the truth, I’d felt rather uncomfortable every time I’d seen Belle. And she was just as pretty as a pink all the evening and seemed to enjoy it as much as anybody. So I suppose she wasn’t as bad as we’d thought slie was. And the valentine she bought was just lovely. Of course, she’d get a good one, if she got ifhj. ;- — “But what kind of a valentine do you suppose Mr. Raymond brought? He’s so funny! He said he wanted 4o give Manty something, if he wasn’t a a girl. So he’d got a beautiful volume of Longfellow’s ‘Hanging of the Crane,’ all done up in pink tissue paper and marked ‘A Gift from St. Valentine.’ You know Manty is crazy about poetry. And I think it was just splendid of Mr. Raymond; wasn’t it? “ Well, at last we got started. The boys tied the sleds together, and there we were, twelve of us in a long row, and the boys to draw, with Mr. Raymond ahead. Wasn’t that a jolly party ? Oh! didn’t we have fun! “It's quite a way. to.Mainly’s house. Don’t you know where he lives? Way down in Chapel street, in a little brown cottage. It’s a real cunning little place. And they aren’t so dreadful poor, tor Mrs. Wheaton owns the house; but I guess she hasn’t much besides, and she has hard work to get along, mamma says. Well, the windows in the sittingrOOtrr It 1 c l ultl cvtitfr rfitJj cM WHj N keep the curtains up; though we were awfully afraid they wouldn’t be that night. But they were.

“We were just as still as mice when we got to the house. I didn’t hardly dare step, for the snow creaked so. It was real cold. But Mr. Raymond faxed the sleds for us under the window, and by standing up on them we could just see in; and he held Mabel in his arms, so she could sec splendidly. “ Mrs. Wheaton was •sewing and Manty wasreadingaloud to her. Wasn’t it fun to be there looking in, and they sitting there as unconscious as could be? “Well, the arrangement was for the boys to take turns, and to leave only one valentine at a time, so that the rest of us could have the fun of seeing him open them. Burt left the tirst one, and gave the bell an awful pull. That was Marie Stanton’s. . , “Manty laid down his book and went to the door: and pretty quick came back with the valentine in his hand. He seemed surprised. We couldn’t hear a word they said. I wished we could; but we couldn’t get near enough to the window for that. Well, when he opened it he looked so pleased. And he read the acrostic to his mother, and then they both laughed. Just, thou the bell rang again; and wheu he came back that time he looked so funny and acted as if he didn’t know what to make of it. He sat down and they both laughed when they saw the cat" “Mabel was so pleased that she gigfled right out; and Mr, Raymond put is hands over her mouth, for fear they’d hear her. And the boys came around to the window, to look in, too: for they said we were having all the fun. Then Will went back to leave another; and do you think—he’s so full of fun—he rang the bell, and before Manty got back into the sitting-room he rang It again. And he rung it like that four or five times. He’d just get into the room when he’d have to go back to the door. Finally, Will came racing around the corner ot the house, just as Manty sat down, with his hands full of things. . my Edith's box of candies. You 'dbn’t know how funny he looked. He acted as if he couldn’t understand it. They’d take up one nnd look at it, and then lay it down, and take up another; and they talked as fast! 1 did wish we could hear what they said. But Mr. Raymond said it was better that we couldn’t. I don’tseo why, though. “Before they’d looked those all over Burt ran around to leave the rest. He said he was going to leave Mr. Raymond’s book tho last thing. Well, be rung the! bell two or three times, end

then came back to the window. He told Julie that he'd left her necktie. Mrs. Wheaton went to the door that time, for Manty acted so excited when the bell rung again. Ho got up, and then sat down again; ana finally his mother went. “ Well, they opened one. That was Belle’s. Then the next one had the little round slitted paper, and Burt said: “ ‘Now for your necktie, Julie!” “Manty read what it. said on the outside and then took hold of the tassel; but, as he raised it up, I saw something shine and I heard Burt say, under his breath: “ ‘ Oh! I made a mistake.’ “ And then ho ran off just as fast as he could. “You see that was Burt’s. He made one just like Jalie’s and fastened a tendollar gold piece under there; and he meant to leave it till the rest had all gone, so we shouldn't know anything about it. But he make a mistake and took the wrong one out of his pocket. “ And what do you suppose Manty did? He aetually cried! He did. The tears just rolled down his face. And then I looked at his mother and she was crying, too. ' “‘Well,’ Mr. Raymond said, ‘we mustn’t have this.’ “ So he sent Joe round to tell Burt to hurry up and leave the rest. Just then we heard the bell ring, and Manty started up as if he was shot. I guess he thought he’d find out who it was. And Burt didn’t think as he’d be there so sobh, and he had to scamper like fun to get out of sight. “ Well, he left the rest of the valentines and Mr. Raymond’s book, and the boys went to fix the sleds. But two or three of us girls stood up on tip-toe and peeped in, and Mantv’d got the book undone and sat there holding it in one hand and his handkerchief in the other. “ But Mr. Raymond said we hadn’t better stay any longer. So we got on our sleds and we had a splendid ride home. We separated when we got to Hyde Square, and nobody went our way but Mr. Raymond and Ethel, Belle went home with Julie Granger and Joe. “When we*left Ethel and her father, at their corner, Mr. Raymond put his hand on Burt’s shoulder, and said—these were just his words: “ * Burton, you did a noble deed tonight, and it was none the worse because you meant to keep it secret. Goodnight, my boy.’ “I know it made Burt glad to have Mr. Raymond say that, for he thinks lie’s just about perfect; but he only said it wasn’t much. But wasn’t it nice of him? I do think he’s just the best brother in the world. “ Well, we got home at last, and it was after 10 o’clock and I was tired enough to go to bed. But I never did have such a nice time in my life.”— Mrs. M. C. Dowd, in N. Y. Independent.

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—Kerosene is a bad drink for children. It killed a New York child the other day. —A New York man partook of a pailful of boiled cabbage and died from a rupture in his stomach. —A woman fifty-nine years old, with her son, arrived in La Grange, Ore., recently, having walked thither from lier home ifi Indiana. She" carried a pick. —A young man in New York has been amusing himself by calling out the fire-engines; and the worst of it is that to the Penitentiary, where he is going for ninety days, they won’t let him laugh. —About eight weeks ago LauraDesch, of Macunglc, Lehigh County, Pa., was bitten in tne finger by a pet Maltese cat, which died the next day. The wound Inflicted on the girl’s finger healed, but a few days,since she grew worse, and after suffering several hours she died of hydrophobia. —Some Canadian lumbermen, by way of joke, convinced one of their number, after he had recovered from a spree, that he had murdered a Magistrate. The poor fellow took to the woods, wandered there for ten days without food, became a raving maniac, —An Oshkosh, Wis., lady of color recently revenged herself on a procrastinating shoemaker with whom she had left a pair of shoes for repa'r, in a novel manner. After repeatedly calling for her brogans and being put off, she lit down on the unfortunate son of St. Crispin and smothered him with kisses, to the great amusement of his shopmates/ The next call brought the nhnaa. .. —A young lady while returning from prayer-meeting m Middletown, N. Y., recently, lost her bonnet, and would have gone as far as her father’s door without missing it ifa handsome gentleman walking behind her had not picked it up and rim after her. When she had gone half a block he overtook her and handed it to her, whereupon she clapped her hand to her back liair and murmured: “Thank you; that is mine!”

—The Aiken (S. C.) Courier-Journal says that one John Palmer, after having imbibed too much whisky, went home one day, recently, and to frighten his wife, with whom he had some unpleasant words, procured a rope and attached it to a beam overhead, got on a chair, placed his neck in the noose, and requested her to pull it from under him, as he did not want to live any longer. On her refusing to assist in the execution, and after she had left tho room, he kicked the chair from under him and found himself swinging in ~Tlrer sensation was not agreeable, nor the result what he expected. After considerable exertion and some tall climbing, he succeeded in getting out of the scrape a sobered, if not a wiser man. —A few days ago, in one of the most careful households in this city, where fenders guard the fireplaces and safety matches aggravate the strange visitor, smoke was discovered in a room adjoining the one where the family were at breakfast. Investigation snowed that a chair in the room was burning. How it could have taken fire was a mystery, until it was noticed that the sun's rays falling on a large magnifying lens, used to study photographs with, had been concentrated through it upon the chair, and had set it burning. If the family had not fortunately selected for breakfasting an hour when the sun is pretty near the zenith, and so prudently fixed it to have someone in the room at that dangerous time, the whole house might Have been mysteriously destroyed.—Hartford (Conn. I Courant. The future greatness and destiny of this country depends upon the virtue and intelligence of tho farmers:—Exchange. - , , _ The new King promise)! Italy un- ■ Humbert blessings, * '» .

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Nearly all farmers follow their vocation as labor and pot as a study. It is both.— Exchange. —The object of the farmer should be to raise, from a given extent of land, the largest quantity of the most valuable produce tit the least cost, in the shortest period of time, and with the least permanent injury to the soil. —The lowa Sfote Register says a farmer should throw so much intelligence into all his operations as to almost make the plowshare a living idea, his hoe-handle a calculator, and imbue his spade with the spirit of philosophical investigation ana research. —Yankee Cake. —One and one-half cupfuls sugar; one egg; bit of butter size of an egg; one cupful of sweet milk; one teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar; one pint of Hour, flavor to taste. This cake I always bake in a four-quart pan. —There is use in beauty. It makes home attractive, its exterior more respectable, our lives happier, our dispositions sweeter, and our social and domestic intercourse more refined. By all means plant some little thing of grace to temper the rugged surroundings of the front yard.— lowa Stale Register. —Meat Pies.—A good very dry crust, one pound of flour, half pound of butter, naif pound of lard; after making the paste, proceed in the usual way. After rolling in the butter and lard once, let it stand a half hour; then roll as above, and let it stand ten minutes in a very cool place. Roll in the remainder twice without letting it stand. —Wheat Griddle-Cakes. —In using sour milk for griddle-cakes, care should be taken to have the milk just “ lopperod;” if it is too old, the cakes will be sticky in spite of all you can do; if not sour enough the taste of the soda will be perceptible before sufficient can be put in to make the batter light. This can be remedied.by using a small quantity of cream of tartar, or, instead, enough vinegar to counteract the effect of the alkali; it is better, however, to have the milk just nicely “ clabbered.” Into a quart of this stir the same quantity of sifted flour and a tablespoonful of corn-meal; add salt to taste, and mix all into a smooth batter. Put in a tablespoonful of melted butter, add two tablespoonfuls of soda dissolved in a little hot water. The mixture must be beaten until it is perfectly smooth and light, theri dropped in spoonfuls on a hot griddle, baked to a beautiful golden brown, and served immediately. Two eggs added to the above will make them still nicer; the whites should be beaten separately and stirred in the last thing. Buttermilk can be used in place of sour milk, in which case a little more shortening will be needed to make the cakes tender, and care must be taken not to put in too much soda. To use sweet milk, mix the batter in the same proportions, but instead of soda sift one teaspoonful of bakingpowder with, each cup of Hour used, and add two eggs for every quart of milk. — Prairie Farmer.

Putting Up Butter.

Iff packing - butter it is essential that it be well stamped together, leaving no fissures or air-cells. This can be well done only when in a mellow condition, and by putting in small quantities at once and stroking it lightly a number of times with a ladle; never rub it but give a direct, positive impression at each stroke. The butter Should never be placed against the edge of the package, but always in the center, and be kept there all the time a little the highest. In this way there will always be both a perpendicular and lateral pressure on it, whieh will exclude the air and close up all fissures. By so doing the brine, or excess moisture, will also get to the edge of the package, where it will finally be taken into and keep filled the pores of the wood, thus rendering it constantly air-tight, and preventing the butter from getting into 'the wood, and so causing it to adhere to the package. If this is allowed to be done there will be a loss of afnumber of pounds to whoever undertakes to use it by a little that adheres and by hand, when the pores of the wood are entirely closed with the salt from this ( brine, not one particle of butter will be either wasted or damaged; it will cleave from the package perfectly clean and sweet. Two pounds of butter wasted is equivalent to one cent a pound on the whole package. Retailers and consumers generally understand this; and when they find a package that really costs them two or three cents a pound more than they expected, Inreason of wastage, they are very apt to try another dairyman s butter, or if they are compelled to buy more of the same kind, to do so at a reduced price, A poor churning of butter sandwiched in between two good ones will condemn a package of butter in almost any market, and the whole package will* bring but very littlo if any more than if all was equally poor as the poorest in it; or a churning of good white butter between two of fine yellow, will detract from the price fully as much as would be equivalent to throwing the white away altogether. It is, therefore, far better to pack such churnings separato ly or to use them up at the dairy whilo they are new and in their best condition. Such butter is useful if it is used soon after it is made, while if kept a short time, it will become nearly worthless, and so detract from the good, which, had it been packed by itself, w ould have commanded k good price. I have known a dairy of butter to bring more package that hail a poor churning in it than was offered for the entire dairy. If a churning of butier does not fill a package it should be covered with a damp, clean, w hite cloth with salt on to protect it from dust and air, until; another churning shall fill it, when damp cloth and salt may again lie put, on.— N. Y. World.

The Safety of Farming.

Farming was the first vocation in this country to feel the effects of the causes that produced the prostration of 1878. The shadow of that day fell on it first, and the murmurs of agricultural discontent were the premonitions of the hard times through which the country is now passing. When tho farmers bejjan to suffer InAhe decline of prices of all kinds of farm "produce, "they iifiagined they were the special victims of misgovern rnent. They thought they alone were to bo sufferers, anil Unit'the cities were to escape—that farming was a poor business, and that those classes iu cities and towus who were engaged in railroading, manufacturing, merchandising and speculating bad an easy time of it. But they must think differently *as they look to the cities now, and see, the toppling of old firms, and tho crash of banks, insuranoe wrnpa-

was, railroad companies and manufacturing houses before the storm. The havoc is greatest in those oitles where wealth and luxury made the most ostentatious display. What were supposed to be colossal fortunes are seen to shrivel up as in a conflagration; .stocks, bonus and securities''which were once Valued at millions, are turned into worthless bits of paper; and dividends vanish like a morning mist. During tho year 1877 there were 8,872 mercantile failures in the country, involving liabilities of 9190,669,000, and during the four years from 1874 to 1877 inclusive there were 91,534 failures, with aggregate liabilities of 9788,085,000. In the presence of the mercantile disasters indicated by these figures, farmers may read the superiority of their vocation. They are not bound to take the hazards which every merchant and manufacturer must face. They can keep out of debt if they want to—and even when they incur a debt, they are not compelled’to pay on a given day on pain of being sola out. When times are prosperous, they sharo the prosperity in good prices for their crops; when times are adverse, they can, at least, make a living—which is more than one . out of ten merchants and manufacturers of the country can say at this time. They are never thrown out of employment; they are never forced to close up their farm, like a blast-furnace, because it does not yield them a living; they are never compelled to accumulate one crop after another because there is no sale for them. They know nothing of these harassing incidents of mercantile experience. The farmer may be compelled to retrench at times, but he does not impair his credit nor degrade his social position thereby. His farm may be made to increase in value with every crop taken from it; his orchards grow ana their fruit ripens while he sleeps; and ‘if he only has the good sense to keep out of debt, and avoid cumbering himself with superfluous land that he cannot cultivate, he may bid defiance to the panics and monetary disturbances that bring wreck and ruin to the cities and towns.— St. Louis Republican. - Some ladies seem to have about as much use for their muffs as policemen do for their clubs when idling away the time—twirling them about by the strings.— N. Y. Graphic.

Honor in His Own Land.

Says Comity in his* recenUy-issucd work, The History of New York State, “The day has passed when the lienefaetors of humanity were allowed to live in Ignominious poverty—their sacriiiees, their labors, unrecompensed. To-day, the benefactors of the people—the men who devote their lives and energies to the interests of hunntnlty—these arc the men whom the world delights to honor, and whom it rewards with princely fortunes. As an earnest worker for the welfare of his fellow men, Dr. R. V. Pierce lias won their warmest sympathy and esteem. While seeking to be their servant only, lie has become a prince among them. Yet the immense fortune lavished upon him by a generous people he hoards not, but invests in the erection and establishment of institutions directly contributive to the public good, the people thus realizing, iu their liberal patronage, a new meaning ofthat beautiful Oriental custom of casting bread upon the waters. Noted in both public and private life for ills unswerving integrity and all those sterling virtues that ennoble uianhood, Dr. Pierce ranks high among those few men, whose names the Empire State is justly proud to inscribe upon her roll of honor. Ambitious, yet moved by an ambition strictly amenable to the most discriminating and wellbalanced judgment, ids future career promises to be one of unparalleled activity and usefulness, ably supplementing the work he has already accomplished, by a life at once noble in effort, enviable in its grand resutts.” While Dr. Pierce’s genius and energy have won for him so enviable a position on •the records of a Nation, having been elected Senator by an overwhelming majority, his justly-celebrated Household Remedies have gained for him a yet more desirable place in the hearts of a grateful people. His Golden Medical Dfeoverv and Favorite Prescription have brouglWiealth and happiness to ten thousand households.

VEGETINE. VEGETINE has never failed to effect a cure, giving tone and strength to the system debilitate I by disease. SHE RESTS WELL. South Poland, Me., Oct 11,187®. Mr. H. B. Stevens : Dear Sir—l have boon sick two years with the liver complaint, amt cturinjr that time have taken a great many different nu didnea, hut none of them aid me any good. I was restless niglits an 1 liad no appetite. Since taking the Vegetine 1 rest well and relish ray food. Can „recommead the Vegetlue for what it has dune for me. : Yours rospertfiiUv, MIW. ALBERT BICKER Witness of the above: Mr. Oku. M. Vaughan, Meilfoi-d, Mass. VEGETINE. Thousands will bear testimony (and do It voluntarily) that VEGETINE is best medical compound yet placed before the public for renovating and purifying the blood, eradicating all humors, Impurities or poisonous secretions from the system.invigorating and strengthening the system debilitated by disease; In fact, It Is, as many have called It, ' The Great Health Restorer.” Safe and Sure. Ur. H. K. Si'kvkns : In 1872 your VEGETINE was recommended to me. and, yielding to the persuasions of a friend, I consented to try It. At the time 1 was suffering from general debility and nervous pnetratlon, superinduced by overwork and Irregular habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative properties seemed to affect my debilitated system from the first dose ; and under Its persistent use 1 rapidly recovered, gaining more than usual health and good feeling. Since then I have not hesitated to give VEOETINE my most unqualified Indorsement, as being a safe, sure and powerful agent In promoting health ana restoring the wasted system to new life and energy. VEOETINE Is the only medicine I use; and as long as I live 1 never expect to find a better. Tours truly, W. H. CLARK, 120 Monterey Street, Alleghany, Pa. VEGETINE. VEOETINE thoroughly eradicates every kind of humor, and restores the entire system to a healthy oondi tloo. The following letter from Rev. G. W. Mansfield, formerly pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, and at present settled In Lowell, must convince every one who reads his letter of the wonderful curative qualities of Vegetlne as a thorough cleanser and purifier of the blood; Rev. 8. W. Mansfield’s Testimonial. : HIDIPAJtk. Mass.. Feb. 15, 1876. Mr. H. R. Stivkns : “V r Dear Sir—About ten years ago my health failed through the depleting effects of dyspepsia ; nearly a year later I was attacked by typhoid-fever In Its wont form. It settled In my hack, and took the form of a large, deep-seated abscess, which was fifteen month. In gathering. I had two surgical operations by the best skill In the State, but received no permanent cure. I suffered great pain at tlnm. and waa constantly weakened by a profuse discharge. I also lost small pieces of bone at diuerent tfiws, ~—>. " 9 . 1 Matter* ran on thus abort seven yean, till Mar. 1874. when a friend recommended me to go to your office, and talk with you of the virtue of VEGETINE, I did so, and by your kindness paused through your manufactory, noting the Ingredients, etc., by which your remedy U pnMuned. liy what I saw and beard I gained some confidence In VEGETINE I commenced taking It soon after, but Mt worse from Us effects ; still 1 persevered, and soon felt It was benefit Ing me In other respects. Vet I did not see the results 1 desired till I had turn it faithfully for a little more than a year, when the dtlficultx In the back was cured ; and for nine months I have enjoyed the best of health. I have In that time gained twenty-five pounds of flesh, being heavier than ever before In my life, and 1 was a 7hirimctb?pwt tn few r w*» l IhKl aSCTOWIWM swelling as large as mi fist gather an another part of my body. I took YEGERTNE faithfully, audit removed it level with the surface in a month. I think i should have been cured of my main trouble sooner 11 I bad taken larger doses, after having become accustomed to its. effects. Lct^^^rotwjL^juWed^wUhWTofuUorWdu^idla. Yoot g^ViW' Pastor of the Methodist E Church, s PREPARED BY If. E* STEVENS, Boston,Mass. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.

1 have sold Hste.h’s Universal Cough Syrup for four years. I keep in stock all the cough remedies considered standard in this section. None sell so rapidly, or give sock general satisfaction, as •* The Universal.” Hadn’t yon better try a remedy that la commended so highly by your neighbors 1 Edwin p. Faiuno, Oswego, N. T. Bold by J. Blocki A Co., Chicago, 111. Wo there, Mothers, Mother*. Don’t fail to procure Mas. Winslow's Soonmo Strut for all diseases of teething in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind eolie. regulates the bowels, and, by giving relist and health to the child, gives rest to the motives. “ It I* Perfectly Splendid. “There’s nothing like it” “Never eo*M use baking powder till I tried yours.” “Can't speak too highly of it” That’s what they say of Doolbt’s Ykabt Powdkr. TIME TESTS THE JMERITS OF All THIJIdA IB4o_to J 877. For ThirtyMeven Year* Perry Davis' Pain Killer I Has been tested In every variety of climate, and bj almost every Nation known to Americana As an External and Internal Remedy it stands PreEminent. Cwrea Cholera end Bowel Complaint*.

A FAMILY FRIEND I No family should be without PERKY DAVIS’ VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. It can be given to the Infant for colic and to the adult for rtieuma. Own There la scarcely s disease to which It may not be applied. It contains no laudanum or deleterious drug, but may be used for the various ailments of mankind. Curem Cholera When All Other Remedies Rail. It gives Instant relief to Aching Teeth.. In sections of tbs country where FEVER AND AGUE Prevails, there is no remedy held In greater esteem. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM. f - REMEDY for CURING Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, And All Throat and Lug; Affection*. Indorsed by the rross,Physicians and Afflicted People. TBY IT I CONSUMPTIVES READ I Would you Cure that Distressing Cough, and bring back that Healthy Vigor till lately planted In your cheek? P you would, do not delay, for ere you are aware It will be too lata. ALLEN S LUNG BALSAM Si your hope. It baa been tried by thousands suet as you, who have been cured. ——= = JT. IN. HARRIS A CO., Prop*., ~~ ~~ ‘ CINCINNATI, OHIO. Sold by all Medicine Dealers. UA l’EK’yi mill £l6 iPPUU Sli. lu-tratcd l'r etkal Guide.—: minim? an I rifle-shoot. Ing; making ami using trap* an Hies ami nets: baits and tiait'ng; preserv ng, stretciilnj, <1 e-*:mr. tanning and dyeing skint ami furs; lishing. etc. \t i h fitly on waring*, an cents. XaiiuL-rmist's Manual, f, . Dos Training, 25, of bunk«*ll'TS or by mail. jessk iianev & co.. no Kaaian su n. y. Hershey School of Musical Art, At Hersliey Miwlc liabl eIII* All branches of MUSIC, MODERN LANGUAGES r-nd ELOCUTION taught Unusual facilities offered. Concert*, Clasfcis la Harmony, S!g- t- lij.iig, itali.m, Elocution. etc., free o all pupi *. S. nd for llr^ular. * r'njarrTTwßli a. ««- sf-T *i £a & a

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