all its beauty could not have rivaled this spot 
as it is now pictured on iny memory. Surely 
Adam and Eve, in their perfect paradise, 
could not have been stirred more by the beauty 
of Nature than I in my mossy retreat. 
But these scenes have ceased to be a reality. 
Strangers now tread the old familiar foot¬ 
paths. The old home resounds no more to the 
merry laughter of the loved ones now gone. 
All is changed. 
“ And now for removed from the loved situation. 
The teur of regret will Intrusively swell, 
As fancy reverts to my father’s plantation, 
And sighs for the bucket which hung In the well.” 
Emma Miller. 
and pestilence. There is no atonement for 
ignorance, but where there is intelligence it is 
occasionally worth while to repeat the old 
proverb that “an ounce of prevention is worth 
a pound of cure,” and to make sure that the 
water you drink is unmistakably wholesome. 
implements and 'Paeftineeii 
E. WHITMAN, SONS & CO.’S 
YOUNG AMERICA GEARED 
CORN AND COB MILL 
FOR STEAM OR HORSE POWER. 
The only 
mill of this 
sort made 
that will 
successfully 
grind Corn, 
Cob A Shell¬ 
ed Corn, 
Oats,Screen¬ 
ings, Ac. 
Steel Grind¬ 
ing Plates. 
Capacity 
JOTTINGS 
CHLOE AD BIND ALE, 
MANUFACTURED BT 
CHAPIN & SMITH, 
Ponltney, Vt. 
Send postal card for circulars 
The best way to clean lamp chimneys is to 
blow your breath in them and nib them with 
a dry cloth; repeat this until they are clear 
and bright. A few years ago we were troubled 
by the breaking of many lamp ebimuevs and 
then we always washed them. Since we have 
used the above method we have broken very 
few, although we have in use five or six lamps. 
from l."> to 30 
bn. of chop 
per hour. Power required from 1 to t; horses. Price, S?5. 
For particulars and circular address 
_E. WHITMAN, SONS & O P., Baltimore, Md. 
Domestic 0 
con o 111 ^ 
BULLARD’S IMPROVED 
HAY TEDDER 
MANUFACTURED BY THE 
CONDUCTED BY EMIT Y MAPLE, 
We have found wood and 0 coal ashes to be 
very useful. The wood ashes ure as good as 
soap, if not better, for sentbbing the kitchen 
table, and are almost as good as “sapolio” for 
scouring knives; but coal ashes are still better. 
The men find both kinds very useful, when 
sifted, to mix with Paris-greeu for the potato 
bugs. I have noticed that the poorest farm¬ 
ers use flour for this purpose, while the more 
thriving ones use ashes. 
CONCERNING DRINKING WATER 
AND TYPHOID FEVER. 
MARY WAGER-FISHER. 
However various may be the causes that 
produce typhoid fever, it is generally conced¬ 
ed that one very great source of it lies in the 
driukiug of impure water, particularly water 
vitiated by animal matter. A man was only 
the other day telling mo of a great trial 
he bad last Summer in the death of his sou, 
“just turned twenty-four,” whose death from 
typhoid fever was believed to have been pro¬ 
duced by drinking water made foul from man¬ 
ufactured fertilizers. A heavy rain had fol¬ 
lowed the application of the fertilizer on a 
field which sloped toward a spring from whiwh 
the family obtained water, and the water 
washed from the field overflowed the spring 
and the ground ubout it. The young man was 
a great water drinker, and daily drank large 
draughts from tins spring. The poor father 
deeply deplores his own ignorance or careless¬ 
ness iu the matter, which avails him nothing 
now; but his experience may serve as a warn¬ 
ing to others who use either fertilizers or Par¬ 
is-green on their crops, to look well to the wa¬ 
ter supply for both themselves and their cattle 
aud poultry. 
Some shocking cases of typhoid fever have 
occurred in a family of unusual intelligence, 
who naturally begau at once to look for the 
cause. It was discovered that an opening had 
been formed between the drainage of the house 
and the well, which had not lieen cleaned out 
for many a year. First a grown daughter was 
taken ill and soon died; then the only son, a 
man in years, was attacked ami he died, and 
at the time of this writing a second daughter 
is lying so low that it is feared that she can¬ 
not recover. 
A few years ago one of my neighbors was 
taken ill, and in throe days* time, from being 
a man in splendid health, he lay dead—the 
victim of a disease that under some cireutn- 
stanccs would liave beeu termed Asiatic 
cholera. For some weeks prior to his illness 
it had been observed that the water in the 
well had a peculiar taste, and most of the 
mem ers of the family refused to drink it; but 
my neighbor, the husband aud father, declare 1 
that it was a mineral taste—something to that 
effect—the water could not. be impure, etc., 
aud continued to drink it. Even after his 
fatal illness was upon him, he insisted upon 
drinking it. After his death it was found that 
the caspool which received the drainage from 
the house, was feeding the well with its tilth 
and the water would probably have killed the 
whole family if the members had drunk 
equally of it. 
I remember hearing a physician say, one 
who paid especial attention to sanitary ar¬ 
rangements, that a well drained a section for 
half-a-mile around, and that it was impossible 
to observe too much care in the location and 
care of it. But the best of people grow care¬ 
less, and are apt to ueglect anything that is 
expected to take care of itself. Indoor water- 
closets, and the underground outside evwqtool, 
are to my mind, utterly and irredeemably 
abomiuablo, and for country houses there is 
no valid excuse for them. The abounding 
cases of scarlet fever, typhoid and typhus 
fevers and diphtheria, that are bred aud 
nourished by foul water and foul air find first- 
class aids uud abettors in the unxleru houses 
with their gas, water aud sewerage pipes, aud 
those drainage •’traps” that are so ofteu death 
traps. Aud l have been at country houses 
that had none of the modern “conveniences,” 
that so abounded iu stenches, that 1 wondered 
the oeeupants did not sicken and die from some 
dreadful plague. Slops were (lung out at the 
door or window, until the ground fairly 
steamed with its contents, sink pipes were 
stopped up,aud a constant smell from them was 
perceptible iu the kitchen; while pig-jam and 
that outside convenience which the English 
neatly label “\V r . O.” completed the atmos- 
jiheric contamination. Nothing but the sweet 
winds o< heaven aud the kiudly influence of 
sun and shower, save such people from plague 
THE FERGUSON 
BUREAU CREAMERY 
Makes the Best Butter 
WK often notice people that are untidy 
about their teeth, yet who wish to apjjear well 
dressed when in company. For my part, I 
think no lady's toilet set complete without a 
tooth-brush, which should be used after each 
meal. A very good way to clean the teeth, 
about once a week, is just to take a j>iece of 
stick, chew a brush on the end, dip it in chalk 
or charcoal and nib the teeth. This can be 
done all around the teeth inside aud outside 
aud will remove the tartar. Children should 
be supplied with tooth-brushes as soon as their 
teeth require cleaning. Many children think 
it great fun to clean their teeth with a brash, 
and yet they are doing a great deal of good. 
A wide-mouthed fruit-can with the bottom 
out, placed over the churn while churning, 
will prevent splashing. 
I find the making of scrap-books a very 
interesting as well as useful employment, es¬ 
pecially during the long Winter evenings. I 
use old agricultural reports for scrap-books, 
cutting out every alternate p>age, so that the 
book when finished will be the same thickness 
as before. 
Joseph Harris says: "Chemistry throws 
great light on the art of cookiag, but a farm¬ 
er’s wife will roast a turkey better than a 
Liebig.” 
It is said that the French woman owes her 
air of youthfulness which extends far into 
midtile age, to her freedom from household 
cares. 
It develcroa the finest Haver and color. The butter 
It makes tke jnce* butter, uses the least ice, and 
saves the meet labor. ... . . . 
Hundreds have discarced deep setters and adopted 
the Bureau. 
DON'T BUT ANT CANS, PAJN8 OR CREAMER, 
or sand your milk to the factory, until you have sent 
for our lame OhuC-t-ated circulars anti prise lists. 
THE FERGUSON M’F'G. CO.. Rurllii~ton. Vt, 
BELCHER & TAYLOR AG’L TOOL CO., 
Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
Has received First Premiums from American Insti¬ 
tute. New England, and all State and County Agri 
cultural Societies where exhibited. 
“ Never Falls to Give Satisfaction.” 
Send for circulars. 
SMITH’S SELF-ADJUSTING SWING 
u* f’ATTLE STANCH IONS! 
Is the most practical, useful aud best fastening in¬ 
vented. adjusts trst.tr when opened so the animal 
cannot turn U when bacfcltic out, and locks itset.f 
when closed. Medal awarded at New York State Fair 
Elmira, N. Y., 1881. Send for Illustrated Circular. 
Manufactured by C. P. BROOKS. 
Addison, Steuben Co., X. Y 
BUTTER-WORKER 
SEND FOR CIRCULARS 
FULLY DESCRIBING AND ILLUSTRATING IT. 
Creencastle, Penn 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
After a two years teat by a large number of the 
best butter-makers in all parts of the country, we are 
now ready to oiler, with confidence, to Dairymen 
and to the Trade, a Hand Butter- Worker, op¬ 
erating on the principle of direct and pow- rful pres¬ 
sure, instead of rolling, grinding, or sliding upou 
the butter. 
We claim that it la the only Butter Worker which 
will certainly, quickly, and easily take out all the 
buttermilk, ami which dot* not and c arrot injure 
the grain pi the butter. Itworks in the »<il! as easily 
ami as t otU. It leaves the butter in better condition 
every way thuu is possible by any other method or 
machine. It is the grease sc labor-saving implement 
ever placed in the dairy-room . in these days, when 
the best butter brings so high a price, you cannot 
ntlordtobo without the latest improved appliances 
for producing the finest quality of "gilt edged." 
GRAIN and FERTILIZER DR ILLS, complete 
FORTE FEED, RUBBER SPRINGS. A LTO- 
VIAT 11" CUT-OFF Saving FERTILIZERS. 
Hand an* Self Dump HAY KAKEs, and other 
Farm Implements. 
STEAM ENGINES AND SAW MILLS 
A SPECIALTY. 
Agents wanted in territory not occupied. 
Descriptive Circulars on application. State where 
you saw this. 
Salt will drive fleas away. 
Motto for a bread-crock: A crust saved is 
a crust earned. 
Nice veal makes almost as good a salad as 
chicken. 
Strawberry short-cake is delicious served 
with Charlotte Russe filling or whipped ert am. 
HILLanoDRILL] 
PHOSPHATE 
WITH POTASH. 
A general Fertilizer for all crop*, and 
low In price, prepared from tins bone, 
blood, aud meat waste of the Brighton 
Abattoir. Boston, whore about 100,000 
cattle and 600,000sheep are slaughtered 
annually. It Is used In the hill or drill or 
broadcast, either alone or with manure, 
giving a vigorous start, a larger Tteid.and 
improving tho quality. As we have sold 
the past year about 23,000 tons agsinst 
1,000 tons in 1870, tt must bo giving pood 
satisfaction. Before buying, see our Weal 
agent, or write to us for pamphlet. 
TO COOK RHUBARB 
Peel, cut into half-inch lengths aud put 
into an earthen jar. Add as much sugar as 
you think it will require; cover and place iu a 
moderately hot oveu. Try with a fork or 
broom wisp. This method is much superior 
to the usual way of cooking. No water is 
added, and each piece should retain its shape. 
Primes are very nice cooked in the same 
way, with the exception that water should be 
added and less sugar. Kate C. 
PATENT CHANNEL CAN 
CREAMERY 
Deep setting, without tOflv Perfect refrig¬ 
erator Included. Suited for large or small 
dairies, creameries, or gathering erearn. 
Special discount on large orders. One 
Creamery at wholesale wnere I have no 
agents. Send for circular, 
i tf~ Agents wanted. 
W. E. LINCOLN. Wurtpn. illam. 
tiYYKER FERTILIZER CO^ 
BOSTON & NEW YORK 3 
BURRELL & WHITMAN,^"*S 
Inventors and Manufacturers of the latest Approved Apparatus for manufacturing BUTTER and CHEESE 
most successfully, and obtaining the largest profit. New developments constantly coming out. Send for our 
Illustrated Catalogue of 52 pages. 
TO RE-COOK FISH, 
Make a good, thick, white sauce, using 
plenty of milk aud butter; put the cold fish 
into a dish-pan, pour over the sauce, cover 
and place iu the oven half-an-hour. 
Mrs. Economy. 
COCOANUT JUMBLES. 
Two cups of sugar, one cuj> of butter, two 
cups of cocoanut, two eggs, small teaspoonful 
of soda; add flour enough to make a stiff bat¬ 
ter. Drop by the teaspoouful upou buttered 
jiaper in jams. Cook. 
BEAN SALAD. 
String young, tender beaus, cut iuto inch 
lengths, wash aud cook until tender; drain, 
and when cold add a little finely-chopped 
onion, pepper, salt aud vinegar. b. c. 
ANNUAL SALES, 50,000 TONS. 
This old and reliable Fertilizer, which has been on the market for 
^ eighteen years, is unsurpassed for use on Farm, Harden, Lawn, 
v-j? or Flower Bed. It is a complete manure, rich in all the necessary 
_ elements. The Farmer who plants Ins crops, looking to the money 
, they will return, finds that every dollar’s worth of 
SOLUBLE PACIFIC CUANO 
-• applied to the soil, repays its cost many times over. Tty it, and be 
convinced. Pamphlets, with testimonials, etc., forwarded free, if 
there is no local agent in your vicinity, address 
ULIDDEN & CURTIS, 
Uou’l Selling’ Agents, Boston, Mass 
Add IMioxpImto 
is a preparation of tlw phosphates of lime, 
magnesia, potash and iron in such form as to 
I>c readily assimilated by the system. Descrip¬ 
tive pamphlet sent free. Rumford Chemical 
Works, Providence, R. I.—Adi. 
An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist 
uow tnweltog in this country, says tuat most 
ol the dorse atul Cattle Powders sold here 
are won bless trash- Ho says that Sheridan s 
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