OCT. 3® 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
patrons of 'iMifilraiulnj. 
THE GRANGE AT THE CENTENNIAL. 
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Great preparations are making in Phila¬ 
delphia for the Centennial Inhibition next 
year. Huudreds of thousands of citizens 
from all parts of the country will visit the 
city, and the people thereof are likely to 
fiud it difficult to accommodate them. The 
thousands of st rangers who will be there are 
likely to experience still greater difficulty 
in securing accommodations at, reasonable 
rates. To prevent extortion and provide 
suitable food and shelter for the many of the 
million and n half of Granger* in the country 
is the object of the latest movement. This 
is to be done by a grand Grange Encamp¬ 
ment,. A lot of sixty or seventy acres on 
one of the great lines of railway near the 
city, will be procured, and substantial board 
tents will bo erected, capable of accommo¬ 
dating as many as may come. A railroad 
station will be located on t he grounds, and 
trains be run at short intervals directly to 
the Centennial Exposition, and passengers 
conveyed to and fro at low rates of fare. 
Boarding tents will be erected for those who 
do not bring their own provisions, and the 
charge is not to exceed $1.50 per day. The 
camp will be thoroughly lighted at night, 
will be provided with good water, efficiently 
policed, and every effort made to secure the 
comfort of visitor*. In the center of the 
grounds will be located a large building, a 
prrt of which will be umd as a Grange Hall 
and reception room. The offices of the As¬ 
sociation will also be located in this build¬ 
ing, and a large tire proof safe will be. placed 
therein, in which Patrons can deposit money 
and other valuables. The capacity of the 
Encampment will be equa> to lodging and 
boarding live to seven thousand visitors 
daily, and the immense saving it will effect 
in expends will induce thousands of farmers 
in all parts of the country to make a visit, to 
the Centennial Exposition. 
To carry out these designs an association 
j 5 to be formed, composed exclusively of 
Patrons of Husbandry, with three thousand 
shares at a value of titty dollars each. No 
person is to be allowed to hold more than 
one share, and as the Encampment will be 
open during the whole exhibition, th?re will 
prdbamy be aei* ;y a uii'tion .1. .tor.* T v*» . 
proportionately large profits to stockholders. 
The officers of the Asbo- it ion are not to be 
selected before at least 500 shares have been 
subscribed for. N'<> speculation will be per¬ 
mitted. For temporary purposes the fol¬ 
lowing officers have been selected :—Presi¬ 
de ut-°Dr. M. Stuck, Mister of Grange No. 
27, Lycoming County ; Vice-President—J. C. 
A merman, Master No. 57, Montour County ; 
Treasurer—T ownsend Walter, Past Mas¬ 
ter No. 05, Chester County ; Secretary—B. 
H. Thomas, Secretary Pennsylvania State 
Grange, Mecininicsburg, Pa. 
Ln ease Granges may wish to take a share 
in this stock, it. should be subscribed in the 
name of the Master and forwarded to the 
Secretary. The money will only be called 
as needed in the work, purchasing grounds, 
erecting tents, other buildings, etc. The 
whole amount of stock could easily be sub¬ 
scribed at once by Patrons In Pennsylvania 
and New Jersey, but it is deemed better to 
give Granges in other localities a chance. 
It was at first proposed to erect an im¬ 
mense hotel, but this was deemed too expen¬ 
sive, as it would only be used for a few 
months, and the plan of a Grand Encamp¬ 
ment was adopted as better calculated to 
provide for the hundreds of thousands who 
may be confidently expected, That it will 
meet the approval of farmers and Grangers 
throughout the country, who wish to attend 
the Centennial, we consider certain. 
dVe learu that Mr. Whitehead, Master of 
the New Jersey State Grange, took the first 
share in the’Patrons’ Centennial Encamp¬ 
ment Association, and T. A. liiOMPSON, Lec» 
turer of the National Grange, the second, 
Those worthy and generuus brothers are of 
course entitled to front seats at the Encamp¬ 
ment. 
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MEETINGS OF STATE GRANGES. 
West Virginia, Nov. 3 . Alabama, Nov. 30. 
Kentucky, Dec. 7. South Carolina, Dec. 8. 
Indiana, Dec. 8. Florida, Dec. 8. Georgia, 
Dec. 8. Missouri, Dec. 14. Illinois, Dec. 14. 
Iowa, Dec. 14. Louisiana, Dec. 14, Maine, 
Dec. 14. Maryland, Dec. 14. Massachusetts, 
Dec. 14. Michigan, Dec. 14. Minnesota, Dec. 
14. Mississippi, Dec. 14. New Jersey, Dec. 
14. Pennsylvania, Dee. 14. Vermont, Dec. 
1. Nebraska, Deo. 21. New Hampshire, 
Dec. 21. Wisconsin, Jan. 4. Texas, Jan. 10. 
New York, Jan. 11. Arkansas, Jan. 24. 
North Carolina, Feb. 15, Tennessee, Feb, 
16, Ohio, March 14. 
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GRANGE NOTES AND ' ITEMS. 
Ohio has L,205 Granges in operation. 
Canada has 232 subordinate granges. 
Farm laborers, who do not own land, are 
eligible to membership in the Order. 
There are over 24,000 Granges) in the 
United States, with a membership of about 
1,500,000. 
The Democrats of Pennsylvania have nom¬ 
inated the Lecturer of the State Grangejfor 
State Treasurer. 
The proposition Lo establish a paper as a 
National Grange organ moots with opposi¬ 
tion in some influential quarters. 
The Soulherh Agriculturist thinks that 
the majority of the Lower House of the 
State Legislature of Kentucky are Patrons. 
T. A. Thompson, Lecturer of the National 
Grange, has been named by several papers 
as a suitable person f r Master of the Na¬ 
tional Grange. 
The Son of the Soil tersely says:—“The 
ladies are the jewels of our Order, and should 
always be present at the grange meetings, 
as we cannot work without the jewels.” 
The Farmers’ Union thinks the Minnesota 
State Grange has done grave injustice to Mr. 
Denman, late State Agent, in not making a 
settlement with him for services rendered. 
The Patrons of Texas have concluded to 
go into the manufacturing of agricultural 
implements on a large scale. A joint stock 
company is projected with a capital of 
$350,000. 
T. R. A llen, Master of the Missouri State 
Grange, says that a Grange without ladies 
will be just as sura to be eaten up by sordid 
selfishness as that of a bank directory, a rail¬ 
road, an insurance, a telegraph, or express 
directory, though it may not become as great 
a, monopoly, except in selfishness alone, 
The Executive Committed of the Ohio 
State Grange have ordered distributing 
houses at Toledo, Lima. Cleveland and Pin- 
cinnati, in addition to those already estab¬ 
lished at Columbus, Springfield and Dayton. 
It is intended to buy merchandise and im¬ 
plements in large quantities, and ship in 
bulk to these houses, where Patrons may 
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CANNING FRUIT. 
Those who have to buy the fruit they put 
up as well as the cans, may perhaps puxchose 
to advantage of the wholesale grocer ; but 
where one has abundance of fruit for the 
picking, and can give the time and uoubla, 
there is certainly a saving in putting up the 
family supply of fruit one’sself. The cheap¬ 
est way of getting cans is to buy them of the 
manufacturer, and thus save the profits of 
middlemen. The fruit should be perfectly 
fresh, anil the sooner it is canned after it is 
taken from the tree or vine, tlie better. If a 
small quantity, say half a dozen quarts, is 
cooked at one time, the color of th#truit and 
the uniformity of the cooking will be. better 
than if a larger quantity Is attempted. 
There is no necessity of using an ounce of 
sugar in a gross of cans. The fruit will keep 
just as well without it and be far more 
grateful to a healthy appetite. Glass cans 
with glass tops, a ruober band and a screw 
ring give best satisfaction, as they can 
be sealed and unsealed in a moment's time. 
As for the process, when the fruit is done, 
pour it sealdiDg hot into the cans, let them 
remaiij untouched fifteen or twenty minutes, 
till the fruit settles, then fill them full again 
and seal up. If the can Is placed on a very 
wet cloth it will not break when the scalding 
fruic is put in it. Turn the can*, after 
screwing them up tightly, bottom side up, 
and if no sirup leaks out, on air can get iu. 
When cold set them away in a dark, cool 
closet. 
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ENCOURAGE YOUR DAUGHTERS IN 
COOKING. 
Mothers, when your daughters begin to 
learn to bake and cook do not discourage 
their first attempts bv telling them it is not 
good or well done. If it is not good, or as 
well as you could do it (after years of ex 
perience), do not discourage them by telling 
them so, but rememb r one word of praise 
will help them try the next time to do better, 
mother an a thousand words of fault-finding 
would. Well do I remember the first time I 
kneaded a loaf of bread and baked it. 1 
was alone at home, and Oh how I tried to 
make it nice ; and 1 thought myself it was 
! nice, but alas ! when ma mine home she 
said my bread was not good at all Oh, how 
my heart sank within me, and I said to my¬ 
self, “ I will never again try to bake another 
loaf of bread,”—and yet to this day, when I 
make bread T dr it with a heavy heart, for 
it always reminds me of my first attempt 
and the discouragement I then received. 
Oh, mothers, 1 repeat it, do not discourage 
your daughters In their first attempt at 
baking, if it is not well done, point out to 
them their faults in a mild and gentle way, 
and please don’t forget to give them one 
word of praise. Farmer’s Dai-outer. 
Hillsdale, N. J„ Sept. 1875. 
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ABOUT BOILING EGGS. 
There is an objection to the common way 
of boiling eggs which people do not under¬ 
stand. It is thisThe white under three 
minutes’ rapid cooking becomes tough and 
indigestible while the yelk is left soft. When 
properly cooked eggs are done evenly 
through like any other food. This result 
may bo attained by putting the eggs into a 
dish with a cover, as a tin pail, and then 
pouring upon them boiling water, two quarts 
or more to n dozen egg*, and cover and sot. 
them away from the stove for fifteen 
minutes. The boat of the water cooks the 
eggs slowly and evenly and sufficiently nnd 
to a jelly-like oonsistencp, leaving the center 
or yelk harder thfttt Hie white, and the egg 
tastes as much richer and nicer as a fresh 
egg is nicer than a stale egg, and no person 
will want to eat them boiled after having 
tried this method once. 
Will you give me a receipt for Graham 
crackers ?— mrs. h. .t. C. 
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GOOD GRAHAM CRACKERS. 
The Laws of Life gives the following in 
reply to an inquiry for a recipe fur Graham 
crackers :—We answer with pleasure, and 
for the purpose have interviewed t,he cook 
who makes “the sweetest one* that ever 
was.” Have some soft wafer, either cold or 
tepid, in a mixing dish, and sifr, nice meal 
slowly through the fingers into the water, 
stirring it in until too stiff to manage with 
tip - tli q mold the dough on a 
board with the hands until it is about as stiff 
as forcommon biscuit. Roll it with a rolling 
pin about three fourths of an inch thick, cut 
with a. round cookie cutter and lay on a 
baking tin, not greased but dusted with 
flour, so the cakes will not touch each other. 
Bake about 30 minutes iu a pretty hot oven, 
making them sharp and crusty or tender as 
preferred. Take thorn from the oven into a 
pan or howl and lay a. napkin over them to 
steam awhile, then lay them in neat little 
piles ou plates for the table. They are 
excellent and more popular in our private 
family than any other form of bread. 
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SELECTED RECIPES. 
Summer Sandwiches .—Take half a pound 
of nice butter, three cablespoonfuls of mixed 
mustard, three tahlespoonfui* of nice sweet 
oil, a little white or red pepper, a little salt 
and the yelk of an egg ; braid this together 
very smoothly, and let it cool. Chop very 
fine some tongue and ham. Cut the bread 
very thin ; spread it with the dressing, then 
spread over the meat, then the bread, and 
press it together very hard. Trim off the 
edges, that the sandwiches may be all one 
size. 
tjpgicnic .Information. 
BLUE SLEEP. 
The sleep of perfect rest is dreamless—a 
kind of sleep not procured by laudanum, 
chloral, or any other drug. Remember this 
young people, at the beginning of your lives. 
Do healthy work enough to Weary you, and 
you will sleep a healthy sleep, and be doubly 
sure of a good old age. The New York 
Times remarks : 
One of the pleasantest of the qnaint fancies 
that Sir, Arthur Helps scattered freely 
through Rmhnah was that of buying sleep, 
in that strange country where “tired 
nature’s sweet restorer ” could be bought, 
there were three grades of it, of correspond¬ 
ing prices, of which the costliest was of a 
pale-blue color. This plunged, or rather 
sank, the happy buyer into profound and 
dreamless sleep ; wheras the cheapest kinds 
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only procured the lighter form of rest and 
forgetfulness w hich we call slumber. 
Like a lmost all of Help’s fancies tills shows 
an intimate and sympathetic knowledge of 
the everyday need and cravings of civilized 
human nature. Strange as it seems, sleep is 
the greatest need of man, next to air. He 
can live on a very little food and drink, but 
any continuous reduction of his hours of 
sleep, oven in moderate propottion, results 
in insantity or death. We have said that 
this is strange ; and is it not so—that the 
greatest boon and the greatest need in life 
should be absolute oblivion ?—that to enjoy, 
indeed to endure, two-thirds of life we must 
pas one-third, or nearly that proportion of 
it, in a state of absolute unconsciousness ? 
E'er sleep to be perfectly refreshing should 
be dreamless. 
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HEALTH AND FASHION. 
TaJE Science of Health says : Not until we 
deal conscientiously with nature, as we do 
with tradesmen, shall we, as individuals, be 
entitled to rewards of merit. We ask for a 
load of good wood, pay tho market price for 
it, get the worth of our money, and have the 
satisfaction of warmth from tho fire it 
makes. (Suppose the dealer know we would 
uot pay fur it. He would not be likely to 
give full measure of the best quality, Tho 
dainty bits of lace, jet ornaments and plumes, 
rose-bud* and velvets composing a hat are 
very becoming to some faces. The dressy 
hat ha* a price, it takes money bo pay for it. 
Tho little lady wishes to look stylish, pays 
the price, and is satisfied and happy until 
the fashion changes. 15he desires health and 
elasticity of step, buoyance of spirit. Could 
they be purchased at Stewart’s or of Worth, 
millions of dollars would roll to the credit of 
their bank accounts. Alas, poor child of 
fashion ! gold cannot buy for you the dewy 
freshness of vigorous life. The sunahine and 
rain drops are gifls. ltoscs in cheeks, 
cherries in color of lips, come from within. 
The price is service, and falhful service too, 
under the most exacting physician, Mother 
Nature. Her rewards are sure, her punish¬ 
ments certain. There can be no appeal to a 
higher court—no amendments to her divine¬ 
ly appointed “constitution,” Will you 
enter a willing student 1 \re you willing to 
measure your life by her rule and compass 
and square ? “ No.” Then there is little 
hope for ypu.^ 
THE SEASONS AND DI8EASE. 
“He that observeth the wind,” says the 
Preacher, “shall not sow, and he that 
regai deth the clouds shall uot reap.” And 
yet the wind and the clouds have great in¬ 
fluence upon our health, and, though it is 
true that the farmer will fail who will only 
work when the weather just suits him, it is 
also true that he who does not consider the 
cold, the heat, the wind, the clouds, suffi¬ 
ciently to guard against them, will suffer 
in health. “ To everything there is a season 
and a time,” and this is as true of disease as 
it is of sowing and reaping,” 
An eminent Woulh physician, Dr. Arthur 
Mitchell, says that the seasons have such a 
general and particular influence upon dis¬ 
ease, that t huse predisposed to specific diseases 
should take special care of themselves iu 
certain seasons of the year. From long and 
careful observations, it has been shown that 
certain diseases are more fatal at certain 
season* than at others. Dr. Mitchell gives 
the following rough statement as exhibiting 
the general result. 9 
In the season" of warm dry weather, the 
number of deaths from any disease is the 
least. The lesson from these statements is 
very plain, it is, dress, eat, exercise ac¬ 
cording to the weather. In a word, adapt 
yourself to the season. There is a time for 
each disease, therefore guard yourself in that 
time 
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FIRES AND WARMER CLOTHING. 
The glorious autumn weather has come 
again—how delightful, how invigorating ! 
And yet the cool, beautiful days will carry 
to many a door a hearse which might be 
kept away. And why! Merely for the 
want of a little tiro mornings and evenings, 
nnd an increased warmth of clothing. Do 
not postpone undergarments for yoimselves, 
and especially do not postpone putting them 
ou the children. Otherwise dysentery, or 
typhoid fever—that terrible disease—or ill- 
ness iu some other form, may enter your 
dwellings and bear off some loved inmate. 
Warm clothing ; timely fire? ; warm hearts ; 
cheerfulness ; health and happiness ; these 
all belong together in our autumn.— E.v. 
