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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



As soon as you put the water in, stir it up quick- 

 ly ; and having sprinkled flour on your board, 

 turn it out, sprinkle flour on the top, and roll it 

 out, pressing the rolling-pin equally, so as to make 

 it of equal thickness. Cut the butter in thin 

 shavings and spread over the Avhole surface ; di'edge 

 with flour and roll it up. Roll out again ; and 

 proceed as before, until all the butter is used ; but 

 see that you have taken it all in thi-ee times — for 

 that is enough. This makes an excellent paste, 

 and can be used to advantage in other dishes, 

 where a like article is required. — Oook's Manual. 



Stopped Worrying and Began to Laugh. 

 — A clerical friend, at a celebrated watering-place, 

 met a lady who seemed hovering on the brink of 

 the grave. Her cheeks were hollow and wan, her 

 manner listless, her step languid, and her brow 

 wore the severe contraction so indicative both of 

 mental and physical suffering, so that she was to 

 all observers an object of sincerest pity. 



Some years afterward he encountered this same 

 lady, but so bright, and fresh, and youthful, so 

 full of healthful buoyancy, and so joyous in ex- 

 pression, that he questioned himself if he had not 

 deceived himself with regard to identity. 



"Is it possible," said he, "that I see before me 

 Mrs. B., who presented such a doleful appearance 

 at the Springs, several years ago ?" 



"The very same." 



"And pray tell me, madam, the secret of your 

 cure ? What means did you use to attain to such 

 vigor of mind and body, to such cheerfulness and 

 rejuvenation?" 



"A very simple remedy," returned she, with a 

 beaming face. "I stopped worrying, and began 

 to laugh ; that was all." 



Scalds and Burns. — The best, most instanta- 

 neous and most accessible remedy in the woi-ld, is 

 to thrust the injured part in cold water, send for 

 a physician, and while he is coming, cover the part 

 an inch or more deep with common flour. The 

 water gives instantaneous relief by excluding the 

 oxygen of the air ; the flour does the same thing, 

 but is preferable, because it can be kept more con- 

 tinuously applied, with less inconvenience, than 

 by keeping the parts under water. As they get 

 well, the flour scales ofi", or is easily moistened and 

 removed. If the injury is at all severe, the patient 

 should live mainly on tea and toast, or gruels, and 

 keep the bowels acting freely every day, by eating 

 raw apples, stewed fruits, and the like. No bet- 

 ter and more certain cure for scalds and burns has 

 ever been proposed. 



The English girl spends more than half of her 

 waking hours in physical amusements, which tend 

 to develop and invigorate and ripen the bodily 

 powers. She rides, walks, drives, rows upon the 

 water, runs, dances, plays, sings, jumps the rope, 

 throws the ball, hurls the quoit, draws the bow, 

 keeps up the shuttle-cock — and all this without 

 having it pressed forever upon her mind that she 

 is thereby wasting her time. She does this every 

 day, until it becomes a habit which she will foUow 

 up through life. Her frame, as a natural conse- 

 quence, is large, her muscular system in better 

 subordination, her strength more enduring, and 

 the whole tone of her mind healthier. 



THE CATTLE MARKETS FOB MAT. 



The following is a summary of the reports for the five weeks 

 ending May 24, 1862 : 



NUMBER AT MARKET. 



Cattle. Sheep. Veals. Shotes. FatHogt. 



April 25 1015 1778 150 2800 300 



Mayl 1728 3984 500 2000 700 



Mays 980 2470 250 1600 1200 



May 15 1518 2113 400 400 400 



May 22 1200 1535 250 1300 500 



According to these figures there were at market during the 

 last five weeks 6441 cattle. Of these, 4846 were from the West, 

 or purchased in Albany, leaving only 1595, or less than one- 

 fourth of the whole, as the number from New England and the 

 Northern part of New York. Most of the cattle from the West 

 are well-fatted beeves. Some thirty milch cows are, however, 

 included in the number of Western cattle reported for the last 

 three weeks. 



PRICES. 



April 2i. Mayl. MaijS. May 15. May 22, 



Beefcattle, 4? lb 5 (g7 5h's^ 5537 63fl7 SJS^J 



Sheep, wool on, live wt.4.|g5J 4.^06^ 4^a5i 4|35J 5 (g6 



Sheep, clipped, live wt..3i'ff4 3 ig3J 3 {g3| 3J@3J 3i@4 



Swine, stores, wh'sale.. 3 ®5 3}g5 3^5 4(36 3|(35 



" " retail.... 4 @6 41561 41.56 4iS7 4|'ga 



Livehogs t§ 4 (g4| 3lSi\ 3f34J (g4 



Dressed hogs @ 5 QSJ 4ij35j 5 @5J (gS 



Veal calves $3S8 $3^35^ $2|35J $25a5| $3g5 



A Curious Experiment. — Take a piece of 

 paste-board about five inches square, roll it into 

 a tube with one end just large enough to fit around 

 the eye, and the other end rather smaller. Hold 

 the tube between the thumb and finger of the 

 right hand (do not grasp it with the whole hand ;) 

 put the large end close against the right eye, and 

 with the left hand hold a book against the side of 

 the tube. Be sure to keep both eyes open, and 

 there will appear to be a hole through the book, 

 and objects seen as if through the hole, instead of 

 through the tube. The right eye sees through 

 the tube, and the left eye sees the book, and the 

 two appearances are so confounded together that 

 they cannot be separated. This is one way to see 

 through a millstone. The left hand can be held 

 against the tube instead of a book, and the hole 

 will seem to be through the hand. 



Be Kind to Your Sisters. — Boys, be kind 

 to your sisters. You may live to be old, and nev- 

 er find such tender, loving friends as these sisters. 

 Think how many things they do for you ; how pa- 

 tient they are with you ; how they love you in 

 spite of your ill temper or rudeness, how thought- 

 ful they are for your comfort ; and be you thought- 

 ful of theirs. Be ever ready to oblige them, to 

 perform any little office for them that lies in your 

 power. Think what you can do for them, and if 

 they express a wish, be ready to gratify it, if pos- 

 sible. You do not know how much happiness 

 you will find in so doing. I never knew a hajjpy, 

 respectable man who was not in his youth kind to 

 his sisters. 



IJF' A large number of Germans are about to 

 emigrate to this country, and will settle in Illinois, 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota. This immigrating par- 

 ty consists principally of wealthy land-owners, and 

 among them are several barons. About twenty 

 thousand acres of land have already been pur- 

 chased for them in the three States named, and it 

 is expected they will arrive by the middle of July. 



