APRIL. 10 
©ORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
239 
fittnm and S'oucrcign. 
YOUNG MEN AND THE GRANGE. 
The very satisfactory efforts made by the 
Grange to elevate and dignify the pursuits 
of the farmer and to iucreaso the profits of 
them, will have one effect which will endear 
it to all classes of people ; that is, it will at¬ 
tract to it as a life-business, tlm thousands of 
young men who loaf out a miserable exist¬ 
ence looking for a situation, or holding one 
on a “ victuals and clothes” basis, behind the 
counters of a dry goods store. A race of 
effeminates has grown up in the country. 
Contrast, between the tender, slender white 
hands, the curled and sliining hair, the soft 
texture of the clothes of the merchant’s 
“clerk,” and the homy hands, the rough 
and homely clothes of t he farmer's boy, was 
more than the average human nature was 
able to withstand, by its own unaided efforts. 
It requires a good deal of education, a little 
gentle starvation, with other equally potent 
influences to retain the farmer lad on the 
paternal acres ; and as to pushing the towns¬ 
man out of his fine clothes and luxurious in¬ 
dulgences to encounter the hardships of the 
farm, why that was an impossibility. He 
saw that, work as he might, deny himself ns 
he would, the farmer really made hut little 
more than the townsman, and for that little, 
he was unwilling to encounter his adored 
Matilda Jane, with her eyes averted, and her 
noso hi the air. Who, that was a man with 
human flesh in his bosom, could stand that I 
Not the dashing young gallants that make up 
our armies of clerks, you may rest assured. 
Now, with the efforts of the Patrons of 
Husbandry to elevate the calling and place 
the income from the business of farming 
upon an equality with other pursuits, the 
objection to it passes away. The old idea 
that, a farmer must bo ignorant, uncouth and 
uninformed, is rapidly taking its leave of the 
public mind. Among the farmers of Texas 
we number some of the leading minds of the 
State, some of the truest and broadest states¬ 
men. 
Here is encouragement for our fanuer- 
boys. Let our farmers, especially the young 
men, show a disposition to distinguish them¬ 
selves in other ways than as mere carpet- 
knights, to bow and cringe before a lady 
fair, and be assured when he does mate, that 
he will not be compelled to drag a stubborn, 
useless and costly burden in the shape of a 
fashionable wife, through a miserable life. 
The w oman who can detect a true, manly 
heart through a rough suit of fanner’s jeans, 
has the stuff in her to make a sensible man 
happy under all circumstances. 
Then the aggregate wealth of the country 
will be increased as the number of producers 
increases and the number of consumers cor¬ 
respondingly decreases. The effort of the 
Order of Patrons toelevate and dignify then- 
pursuits is most commendable, and will pro¬ 
duce effects the good of which will grow and 
increase until the fancied margin against it 
will have disappeared forever.— Ex. 
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DESTITUTION IN KANSAS. 
Peabody Grange (199) of Peabody, Kan., 
sends the following appeal to Knickerbocker 
Grange <154) of this city. 
Worthy Master and Patrons i—A ca¬ 
lamity. terrible in its ruvages, beyond the 
control of man, has visited u« in the almost 
total destruction of the fruits of our labors 
the past season by a trio of evils—drouth, 
chinch hugs and locusts. To subsist till now 
has exhausted all our own resources, leaving 
us in debt individually aiul as a body, with¬ 
out any provision for a sustenance till harvest 
or need for spring planting ; and knowing 
that without we sow we cannot reap the 
harvest so essential in enabling us to meet 
our obligations and save the good name and 
credit of our Order, and fully relying on your 
fraternal good feeling, we respectfully appeal 
to you for assistance. It ia only in view of 
our being in destitution aud for the good of 
the order that we solicit this favor. 
D. McKehuuer, Master. 
R. O. Nelson, Secretary. 
We trust this appeal for aid to the destitute 
will be responded to by many well-to-do 
Patrons throughout the country. Subscrip¬ 
tions may be sent to J. W. Naug-hton, Sec’y. 
of Knickerbocker Grange, 432 Broome Street 
New York, or directly to R. O. Nelson, 
Peabody, Kansas. 
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NEWS AND NOTES FOR PATRONS. 
The State Grange of Wisconsin issues a 
monthly bulletin. 
The National Grange was duly incorpo¬ 
rated January 10, 1873. 
Arkansas reports 110 Granges and a steady 
increase in despite of hard times. 
The Patrons of Benton County, Ark,, are 
planning the establishment of a tobacco fac¬ 
tory. 
Coryell Grange, 20S, Texas, has comple¬ 
ted their Grange Hall, a handsome building 
40x20. 
The Patrons of Winchester, Wis., have 
organized a fire insurance company—capital 
•325,000. 
Sand Creek Grange, 1,222, Indiana is 
about to organize a co-operative business 
association. 
New Ross Grange, G22, Montgomery 
County, lnd., has raised §500 towards build¬ 
ing its new hall. 
In Oregon seventeen of the thirty Senators 
are Patrons and fifty-four of the sixty 
Representatives. 
The “Confidential Price-List of the Ohio 
State Grange for 1875 ” is out. It is a book 
of 132 closely-printed pages. 
The order is on a solid footing in Ohio, 
where the Treasurer of the State Grange 
reports a balance on hand of 827,544,54. 
The Faribault, Minn., Democrat says that 
the Grange mill at that city is at work turn¬ 
ing out the finest flour ever made there. 
The Patrons of Indiana have formed a 
“Mutual Benefit Association,” with head¬ 
quarters at lnd ianapolis. Secretary, Brother 
J. T, Graham. 
With an agency at Jacksonville and a 
sub-agency at Alto the Patrons of Cherokee 
County, Texas, are saving from 10 to 30 per 
cent, on their purchases 
The Patrons of Indiana are in the front 
rank in doing their whole duty to brethren 
at home and abroad. They have given to 
the grasshopper sufferers $11,000. 
In the death of Brother James Comstock, 
Overseer of the Indiana State Grange, the 
Order in that State loses one of its most 
zealous workers and honored members. 
Hopewell Grange, lnd,, Is putting itself 
on good principles in business, and is prepar¬ 
ing to organize a live stock Insurance com¬ 
pany for the benefit of the Order. 
TnE Grange Emporium, 432 Broome Street 
New York, furnishes Granges and members 
with certificates of membership, badge pins, 
seals, charms, etc., in neat stylo and at low 
rates. 
The machinery of the National and State 
Granges to be kept in motion must depend 
upon the fees and dues received from the 
members of the Order, and all such exactions 
must be uniform, and rest upon the broad 
basis of equality aud justice. 
.Tan, 1st, there were 2,252 Granges in 
Indiana. According to the January circular 
from the National Grange headquarters, 
there were, Jan. 1st, 21,955 subordinate 
Granges in the United States, an increase of 
388 since Doc. 1st,-one month. General 
prosperity is reported in the Order. 
Homestiif <Ki[onomg. 
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GRAPE VINES ON TREES. 
I have frequently seen articles in the agri¬ 
cultural and horticultural journals recom¬ 
mending the training of grape vines on trees, 
or rather, letting them run on trees. Now, 
i have tried this plan to some extent. My 
first experiment was to let a Logan vino run 
up a Lombardy poplar. It bore well and 
ripened its fruit a little later than on the 
trellis; but the grapes were small, about 
two-thirds the size of those on the trellis, and 
very loose and straggling on the bunches. 
Next, I Jet one-half of a Hartford Prolific 
vine run over an apple tree, while the other 
branch was extended in the opposite direc¬ 
tion, trained on a trellis and pruned a la 
Husman ; so 1 had a fine opportunity of 
comparing the grapes, which was decidedly 
in favor of scientific pruning. The grapes 
on the tree were but little over half us largo 
as the others, the bunches loose, straggling 
and imperfect; ripened a little earlier and 
dropped off when ripe, even worse than is 
common with this variety. 
1 have since allowed two or three Concord 
vines to run over some seedling apple trees, 
with about the same result—smaller grapes 
and small and imperfect bunches. But be¬ 
sides these, I have a number of Clinton vines, 
which I have allowed to run at will over 
trees, and which bear immense crops of 
grapes, not quite so large or perfect as on 
vines that are pruned, but still good, aud 
cost little. But the Clinton is such a fero¬ 
cious grower that 1 think it will ultimately 
strangle and destroy the tree. 
South Bend, lnd. J. M. Swain. 
ABOUT THE USE OF SOAP. 
Without giving any recipes for making 
soap, I wish to tell all the hard-worked far¬ 
mers’ wives how much labor they may save 
by not using such vast quantities of this ar¬ 
ticle. For nearly five years 1 have used soap 
only for washing clothes. In all that time 1 
have not used one pound of soap for washing 
dishes and other kitchen purposes. My fam¬ 
ily has ranged from 3 to 25. 1 have used 
cistern water, limestone water as hard as 
possible, and hard wa ter composed of other 
ingredients besides lime, and I find with all 
these my )plan works equally well. It is 
this : Have your water quite hot and add a 
very little milk to it. This softens the 
water, gives the dishes a fine gloss and pre¬ 
serves the hands ; it removes the grease, 
even that from beef, and yet no grease is 
ever found floating on the water, as when 
soap is used. The stone vessels I always set 
on the stove, with a little water in them, 
when the victuals are taken from them ; 
thus they are hot when 1 am ready to wash 
them, and the grease is easily removed. 
Just try my plan, you who toil day after 
day, every spring, to make that barrel of 
soap, and let us hear how it succeeds with 
you. 1 like the great barrel of soap on 
washing day, but am glad to be able to dis¬ 
pense with its aid on all other occasions. I 
find that my tinware keeps bright longer 
cleansed iu this way than by using soap or 
by scouring. The habit so many of us have 
acquired of scouring tans is a wasteful pol¬ 
icy ; the present stylo of tinware will not 
bear it. The Liu is soon scrubbed away and 
a vessel that is fit for nothing left on our 
bunds ; but if washed iu the way I have de¬ 
scribed, tlie tin is preserved, and is always 
bright and dean. Aunt Lou. 
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THE HEAD OF THE TABLE. 
In Queen Elizabeth’s time the fashion came 
into vogue ol’ placing rhe principal joints and 
pieces of meats at the head of the table, 
above the salt, in order that the chief guests 
might regale their eyes with the promise of 
good cheer before them, and also bo conve¬ 
niently’served to the choicest cuts. This 
custom involved the necessity of carving the 
meats after they had reached the table ; 
therefore the ladies were invited to sit at the 
head of the hoard, that they might, perform 
the services which before had been delegated 
to the professional carver. It was Unis from 
no desire to compliment the fair sex that 
woman, in the beginning, was promoted to 
the most honorable place at the table. It 
was for the selfish convenience of her lord, 
and not for her own dignity, that the posi¬ 
tion vvus accorded to her, and as, iu medieval 
society, she ministered to her guests by pre¬ 
paring dishes for their enjoyment, often 
bearing them to the table herself, so sue 
now, in the capacity of carver, continued in 
the rank of a servitor. But with the tact 
which is her distinguishing characteristic 
she has gradually converted the carver’s 
stool into ft throne of state aud assumed the 
right to preside over the company through 
an office which originally authorized her only 
to help them to food, 
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SELECTED RECIPES. 
To Settle Coffee Without Eggs. —Put the 
ground coffee (two tablespoonfuls or more, 
according to the size of the family) to soak 
over night, in about a teacupful of water. In 
the morning add more water and put it ovor 
to boil, boiling 15 or 20 minutes ; then fill in 
what water is necessary und put the coffee¬ 
pot on the stove hearth ; in 15 minutes or so 
the coffee will pour off clear as amber-colored 
claret. If any be left after the meal is over, 
it can be heated again with better result 
thah if it had been settled with eggs in the 
beginning. 
German Apple Pudding.’— Butter a pie- 
dish and lay iu it a layer of bread crumbs, 
then a layer of good cooking apples pared 
and quartered, then a layer of good brown 
sugar, then a very thin layer of fiuely chop¬ 
ped suet or little bits of butter, then a layer 
of bread crumbs, and so on until the dish is 
filled, taking care to have crumbs at the top. 
Bake the pudding in a moderate oven for 
three-quarters of an hour. Before serving, 
sift sugar on the top. 
Recipe for Glue for Ready Use.—To any 
quantity of glue use common whisky instead 
of water. Put both together in a bottle, 
I cork tight, and set it away for three or four 
days. It will then be fit for use without the 
application of heat. It will be found a use¬ 
ful and handy article in every household. 
Hair Oil .—One pint of alcohol, two ounces 
castor oil, a few drops of perfume. Shake 
well, so as to cut the oil. It softens the hair, 
promotes its growth, and prevents its falling 
out. 
Sr.ow, or Bride's Cuke .—A pound each of 
flour and sugar,} j a pound of butter and the 
whites of Ifi eggs, beaten to a still froth. 
Flavor with rose. 
TEA DRUNKARDS. 
Dr. Arlidge, one of the Pottery Inspec¬ 
tors of Staffordshire, has put forth a very 
sensiblo protest against a very pernicious 
custom, which rarely receives sufficient at¬ 
tention either from the medical profession 
or the general public. He says that the 
Women of the working classes make tea a 
principal article of diet instead of an occa¬ 
sional beverage. They drink it several times 
a day, and the result is a lamentable amount 
of sickness. 
Tea, in anything beyond moderate quanti¬ 
ties, is as distinctly a narcotic poison as is 
opium or alcohol. It is capable of ruining 
the digestion, of enfeebling and disordering 
the heart’s action, and of generally shatter¬ 
ing tile nerves. And it must be remembered 
that not merely is it a. question of narcotic 
oxcess, but the enormous amount of hot 
water which tea-1 fibbers necessarily drink is 
excaedingly prejudicial both to digestion aud 
nutrition. In short, without pretending to 
place this evil on a par us to general effect 
with those caused by alcoholic drinks, one 
may well insist that our teetotal reformers 
have overlooked, and oven to a small extent 
encouraged, a form of animal indulgence 
which is as distinctly sensual, extravagant 
and pernicious as any beer-drinking or gin- 
swilling in the world.—Boston Medical und 
Surgical Journal. 
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REMOVAL OF TAPE-WORM. 
A writer says that in treating some eases 
of tape worm lie has employed no prelimina¬ 
ry provisions beyond forbidding the patient 
to take any breakfast the day on whleli it is 
intended to remove the worm and giving him 
a large dose of Rochelle salts the proceeding 
night. At 10 o’clock in the morning a dose 
is given made of one half ounce of bark of 
pomegranate root, one-hnlf dram of pumpkin 
seed, one dram ethereal extract of male fern, 
one-half dram powdered ergot, two drums 
powdered gum arable and two drops croton 
oil. The pomegranate bark and pumpkin 
seed are thoroughly bruised, and, with the 
ergot, boiled in eight ounces of water for 
fifteen minutes, then strained through a 
coarse cloth. The croton oil is first rubbed 
up with the acacia and extract of fern, and 
then formed into an emulsion with the de¬ 
coction. In each case the worm was ex¬ 
pelled alive anil entire within two hours. In 
each case, too, the worm was passed with 
the head firmly fastened to the side of its 
body at about the widest part, from which it 
was with difficulty removed. 
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HEALTHFUL CELLARS. 
A DRY and neatly-kept collar is a pretty 
good guarantee of health of the family 
whose members are breathing the air from 
it day and night. Everybody believes in 
having pure air to breathe; hut we are sorry 
to tell the truth that thousands are breath¬ 
ing impure air on account of foul cellars. 
What are the essentials of a good cellar ? It 
most he dry; it must have stone walls out¬ 
side and division walls of either BLone or 
brick ; the floor of cement upon a founda¬ 
tion of cobble stones previously imbedded in 
the earth by means of a maul handled by 
two men; plastered ceilings aud walls ; 
complete ventilation by means of large win¬ 
dows. If these point s are secured, the cellar 
becomes one of the most important rooms in 
the house .—Phrenological Journal. 
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CURE FOR A FELON. 
As soon as discovered, take some spirits of 
turpentinB in a cup, dip the finger in it, and 
then hold the hand near a hot fire till dry ; 
then dipit in again, and repeat lor fifteen 
minutes, or till the pain ceases. The next 
day with a sharp knife, pare off the skin, 
aud you will find something like a honey 
comb filled with clear water, open the cell 
aud the l’clon is gone. If the felon is too far 
gone for turpentine, oil of origanum, treated 
iu the same way, will cure. If too fur ad¬ 
vanced l'or either to cure the felon will be 
benefited, as it will be less painful. Never 
draw it. 
