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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Anti Radical executive Com
niittee of Copiah County, convenes
in ITazlehuist, Monday, the Uth
day of August, lxio. By resolu
tion the following named gentle
men are invited to be present at
isaid meeting:
Boat 1- S II Dillard. 1 P Rem
bert, T .1 Penn, lid Barrage. J 11
Meek, W P Ware
Beat2-AJLn.sk. S <1 fa’t.r,
W M Ilallem, J A J Crawford, Mid
Beasley, Jacob Cooper,W M Smith.
Beat o—T C Watson, S Starnes,
P H Davis, W IT Matthews, B F
Lufkin, II F Bulkin. Miles New
ton. R II Hartley, B F Cranberry,
B II Goubokl, L N Cato, Thomas
Sinclair.
Beat 4:—Jas K Harris, J BJones
G W Roche, John Clark, James
Simms, llenry J Purser, T R limn
mere, Scip Cunningham, Aleck
Gohegan, Stephen Wilkins.
Beat 5—W T Matheny, A P An
dre, Jas B Enoch, Ed Conn, A B
(Juynes, F B Catching, A J McFar
land, Tlios J Millsaps. James Did
lake, Robt Q Allen, P J Young.
John Hennington.
Also, all the anti radical candi
dates are invited to be present.
MEETING BEAT NO. 1.
Pursuant to a cal!, the Anti-Rad
ical voters of Beat No. One assem
bled lit the court house ou Wed
nesday, the 28th instant, to organ
ize a Club; it was moved and sec
onded that Judge S J Morehead
be made Chairman, and J Dennis
Cranberry, Secretary, pro tern.,
yrliereuj on it was again moved
and seconded that the present or
ganization be made a permanent
organization, and that Jacob B
Reid be made vice President and
Andrew .Mangold, Treasurer; also,
that the Chair appoint a commit
tee of four persons to draft a Con
stitution and by-laws, and report
the same at the next meeting;
whereupon, I. B Harris, 'Jiin E
Cooper, Thos J Catching, Hr H
Hansluw, were appointed as said
committee.
The names ot one hundred and
nine persons were then enrolled as
members of the Club, to-wit:
A J Welch, P Deaton,
W W Bennett, Joe Scott,
J B Reid, J L Ard,
J J Wood, W M Haley,
J D Stapleton, L L Brittain,
Martin Faler, W II E Miller,
Sami Thomas, Jno Dunning, sr
T M Warns!!, W G Herrington
W A Kilpatrick, R E Ainsworth,
Dr H Burnley, G P Harris,
Dr W Ainsworth, J A Wood,
Jesse Norwood, W A Harris,
Hays R Smith, D B Lowe,
J D Burke, M B Harris,
J C Johnston, W It Thomps n
() H Johnston, B 11 Catching,
Peter llupprich, Bud Iligdon,
M J Massengill, M A Price,
W p Green, W B Deaton,
L F Birdsong, J A Deaton,
W M Robertson, Allen Sunn all,
Frank Snbat, H L But kin,
G W Roberts, J P Herrington
.1 It Croome, 11 It Bul kin,
S J Morehead, L B Harris,
J Dennis Granberry, Win Graves,
ST Rogers, Tins J Penn,
S C Lynch, Jno Sellman,
Henry Molah, At M Higdon,
Joel Lilley, W K Baker,
Jas Corley, B L< Bankston,
H M Hollingswor'li Tom Ramsey,
Rev W B Bingham,H Levy,
Tim E Cooper, A J W all,
II Penu, F Dil ard,
Floyd Ford, G F Wo fe,
T J Catching, C A Redding,
A T Graves, A David,
G I) Lowe, J M Lowe,
L L Fatheiree, M J Howard,
S F Massengill, Thos Stewart,
S J Wood, S Wickert,
It B Gilbert, 1* Klotz,
J TSimpson, P Marx,
Jas Stewart, M Marx,
W T Lambright, F Marx,
B J Dawkins, Jno Collins,
M M WTest, F M Rembert,
W E Dodds, Jeff liibler,
H B Mayes, It X Miller,
Andrew Mangold, Dr II Hanslow,
S D Ramsey, I N Ellis,
E W Gordon, Green Flowers
Brax Fugate, A A Hood,
Bob Hatcher,
After roll call it was moved and
seconded successively, that Capt
L B Harris, Judge H II Mayes and
Tim E Cooper address the Club;
which they did. each in an elegant,
pertinent and formidable manner,
bringing the house down with re
peated applause.
It was then moved and seconded
that the roll be left in the hands of
the Secretary and that we adjourn
to B o’clock, p. m., August 11th,
1875. S. J. MOREHEAD,
Chairman.
J. Dennis Cranberry, tec’y.
MEETING OF TAX-PAY
ERS.
Hazleharsc, Miss, July 28,
1875.—Pursuant to announce
ment, a respectable number
of Tax-Payers from various
portions of Copiah county,as
sembled in the court house at
11.30 a. m, and on motion of
John Dunning, sr, Hon Geo
Rea was called to the chair,
who briefly explained the ob
jects of the meeting, and J.
D. Burke was requested to
act as sec’y.
W F Green introduced a
motion,authorizing the chair
man to appoint a committee
of live, one from each Super
visor’s district to draft a me
niorial and petition to the
Legislature expressive of the;
**' r
sense of Ibis meeting,earned.
This, motion elicited re
marks from Capt Harris, W
M Haley, \V F Green, H C
Fairman and Col King, after
which Col King moved to a
meml Mr Green’s motion by
authorizing the chair to ap-i
point a committee of 5 from
the county at large, which
was adopted, and in accord
ance therewith, tho chairman :
appointed the following com
mittee to report at 3 o’clock, j
p. in: Col Swett, H C Fair-1
man, Pink Beachem, I N
Ellis and B F Martin.
Meeting adjourned until 3
p. m.
At 3 the meeting met pur
suant to adjournment, Geo
Rea in the chair. The com-1
mittee on Memorial and Pe-j
tition to the Legislature made!
the following-report through
its chairman, Col JSwett:
Mr. Chairman:-Your
committee, appointed to pre
pare a memorial and petition
to the Legislature of this
State, now in session, making
known our grievances on the
subject of Taxation, and pray
ingfor relief, having had the
same under consideration,
would respectfully submit
tho following to this meeting
for itsadoption. Chas. Swett,
B F Martin, S P Beachem,
l N Ellis, H C Fairman,
Commiftee.
And the following memo
rial and petition,as amended,
was adopted :
To the Legislature of the
State of Mississippi'.
Whereas, it appearing that
the assessor of taxes for Co
piah county and State of
Miss., has partially failed to
discharge his duty as requi
red by law, for want of time,
or other cause or causes, as
shown by the books now in
possession of the clerk of the
chancery court of said coun
ty, they being imperfect and
incomplete in many respects,
a large portion of the county
not having been assessed,and
much that has been was as
sessed at a value far too great,
being advanced from 20 to
100 per cent, above the price
at which it was given in, and
in very many instances the
owners of real estate were not
called upon, and the assessor
probably resorting to the old
b >oks for the imperfect infor
mation thev could afford,
and
Whereas, said Assessor did
not return the assessment,
books of said county to the
Clerk of the Board of Super
visors on or before the first
day of June 1875 as required
by Sec. 1 of the Act approv
ed March tlth, 1875; but re
lumed the land assessment
on the 21th day of June 1875
and the personal assessment
on the 13th, day of July 1875
and thereby prevented the
tax-payers from having the,
cj portunity afforded by said
Act of examining the same
from the first day of June to
the first Monday of July,
and
W hereas, The Board of
Supervisors ot this county
did, on the second Monday
the 12th, inst.,(andnoton the
arst as required by^aw) pur
suant to notice, assemble at
the Court-house of said coun
ty in the town of Hazlehurst,}
for the purpose of revising
and correcting said tax rolls,!
and after having had the
same under consideration for
an entire week, and making
few changes or alterations,
did, on the last day of their
session, Order “that the as
sessment roll of real and per
sonal property of Copiah
county for the year 1875 as
returned by the assessor be
and they are hereby received
as corrected and equalized,
and that the clerk make two
copies of each as required by j
law—and,
Whereas, the assessment
as made this year and receiv
ed by the Board, so far as re
lates to real estate, is to stand
four years, there being no
power residing within the
limitsof thiscounty to change
alter or amend the same in
any particular,
Therefore, we, true, faith
ful and lav, abiding citizens
of the county of Copiah and
State of Mississippi, in
Mass-Meeting assembled in
the town of Hazlehurst. and
county and State afore
said, on this the 28th day of
july, A. IX• 1875, after duly
considering our grievances,
we pray you that if your
honorable body passes an act
to legalize said assessments
of land and personalty, that
you will require in said act
that the tax-payers be allow
ed 80 days in which to tile
objections to said assessments
and that the Board of Super
visors of said county at a sta
ted time, meet to hear said
objections and equalize said
assessments.
The Secretary was reques
ted to furnish the Memorial
and Petition to our Repre
sentatives in the Legislature,
now in session, at Jackson.
On motion, adjouned sine
die. Geo. Rea, chm’n.
J. D. Burke, see’y.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
Jackson,Miss.,Jnne21tli, ’75.
L. P. Yeargeu, Esq.
Dear Sir:—We have exam
ined the declaration and re
gard it as a good one. On
the other points we answer:
.1st. That in our judgment!
commissions to overseers of
the roads are not ‘process.’
That word is defined by
Blacksfone to be the means
compelling a party to appear
in Court. The service of a
commission on a road over
seer has no such office.
2d. Moreover, if such com
missions could be by any eon
sideration held to be ‘process,’
still they are not ‘similar’ to
any ‘process’ of the Chancery
Court, and therefore not with
in the 5th suction of the Act
of March (ith. 1875 (Session
laws) page 41.
8i u. 1 ms net was not des
igned at all to make any al
lowance, or authorize the
Board of Supervisors to make
any .allowance out of the
County Treasury for services
rendered by the Sheriff for
the Board of Supervisors Jn
See. 1857 of the code, and
can in no case be exceeded
without a violation ot law.
This limit is fifty dollars
for each year. And if the
Sheriff could charge the Board
with serving these commis
sioners, such charges could
not, including all other ser
vices rendered in the year,
exceed the sum fix cl in that
section, which remain whol
ly unrepcaled and unaffected
by the Act of 1875.
4th. The object ot this last
mentioned Act is plain and
manifest, viz: To fix the fees
which the Sheriff may lawful
ly charge other parties than
the county for serving ‘pro
cess’ issued by the Board of
Supervisors. It will be seen
by examination of the stat
utes that there are cases pro
vided for in which process
shall be issued against parties
in that Court, and when costs
may be taxed by the Board
against such parties. The
object of this statute was to
fix tlieir fees, and not to tho
h^ast to enlarge the liability
of the county Sheriff for ser
vices renderedat the instance
of the Boord of Supervisors. I
5tb. If this view needed
any further support it will
be found in the rule which
requires the law of costs to
be construed strictly as ag’nst
•the officer demanding them
An officer is a public servant
clothed with a public trust,
and it is not pre mined that
he holds the position solely
for his own benefit; but for
the public good. He is re
quired to do every duty im
posed on him by law, whetli
ei a fee for such service be
allowed or not. He can on
ly demand even from private
parties, a fee when the law
allows it, and then only to
the exteut fixed by law.—
There is no such idea recog
nized by law, as that an offi
cer is to have adequate com
pensation for every act per
formed by him. He on the
contrary is to receive no fee
except that allowed bv law. J
If on the whole the office is'
more burdensome than bene
ficial lie is at liberty to resign
it. i
6th. There is no doubt that,
those of the members of the
Board of Supervisors who
voted for the allowance to
the Sheriff for serving com
missions on road overseers
are liable at the suit of tho
tax payers to refund it.
7th. The Sheriff receiving
such illegal allowance would
also be liable to refund it.
Besides, both he and the
membersof the Board voting
for it, would be subject to in
dictment under section 1370
of the Code.
And under that, section,
ignorance of the law would
be no excuse. Members of
the Board of Supervisors,
like all other citizens are
bound to know the law.
If they are getting into
trouble by reason or their ig
norance, they have the con
stitutional right to resign and
allow others to till their pla
ces.
8th. If the county treasu
rer should pay a warrant is
sued for this or any other il
legal purpose,and its purpose
appears on its face, ho wo’d
not be entitled a credit
therefor.
9th. A warrant on the
county treasurer is not ne
gotiable paper in the sense
that an innocent holder wo’d
be protected in purchasing it,
if it wee issued for an ille
gal aud fraudulent purpose,
whore such purpose did not
appear on the face of the
warrant. The county is not
bound to pay a warrant is
sued for an illegal purpose,
under any circumstances;
and persons who take such
paper better enquire lor what
purpose iJ was issued and see
that the order directing the
warrant to issue, is valid.
10th. Where a warrant has
been issued for ail illegal pur
pose, and that does not ap
pear on the face of the war
rant, it is doubtful whether
the county treasurer would
be chargeable with notice of
its chara )ter so as to render
a payment of it by him ille
gal; but wo are inclined to
the opinion that he would be
bound to take notice of its
illegality, for the following
reasons:
1st. He is bound to know
in every case that the war
rant lias uecn ordered by the
Board. He would not be jus
tified in paying a warrant,
mereley because it Lad the
clerk’s name to it, and the
seal of the Court; or in oth
er words, he is not bound to
pay a warrant forged by the
clerk.
2nd. He is bound then, to
see that there is an order of
the Board for each warrant
paid him.
4rd. The Code, section 13S1
requires each order of the
Board which directs the is
suance of a warrant to spec
ify the name of the claimant
and the account on which
the allowance is made.
To make an order comply
with this statute, it should
appear for what specific mat
ter the allowance is made;
and an order of the Board
not so specifying it, would be
void. It, must appear there
fore, as the better reason, to
hold, that the County Treas
urer would be held chargqp,
ble with notice of the illegal
ity of a warrant when it was
issued for a purpose not au
thorized by law. Our advice,
however, is, that foi greater
ceitainty, the tax payers had
better make out a list of all
illegal allowances made, and
serve it on the Treasurer,giv
in# nun notice ot their euar-|
issuing such a warrant.
Yours truly,^
H Ana is & Geokge.
A LOVER’S RUSE.
Some years since, two weal
thy bachelors lived in tho vi
cinity of Paris. They had a
young maid-of-all-work nam
ed Marie do la Pont. Mario
was a sweet, pretty girl, and
lively and piquant in her
manners, although modest
in the extreme, and this was
the reason that the two broth
ers kept her in their employ.
They knew that she w is fru
gal, economical, ai.d dressed
in the most moderate man
ner imaginable. One day
Marie surprised her employ
ers by informing them a
young artisan, residing in
Paris, had asked her hand.'
They strove to dissuade her
from accepting tlie offer of
marriage, but she told them
that she could v not bo
happy unless she became tbe
wife of dear Henri. So it
was arranged that she should
quit the service or the two
brothers at the end of the
coming month.
One day during the inter
val the two brothers sold
some valuable real estate,
which they owned jointly,
and the sum realized amount
ed to 100,000 francs. It was
all in bills on the Bank in
France and was paid too late
for deposit the same aftei
noon.
Night came and as the old
bachelors seldom had such a
large amount in the house
they were considerably coiv
ccrned lest robbers should at
tempt to rob them. Their
fears were strengthened by
the numerous burglaries that
had recently taken place in
that vicinity.
J- lie ievidence of the old
men was some distance from
the main-road,and stood near
the river Seine. f t was a
lonely, gloomy location, and
on tlstf night in question the
winds swept through the lat
ches surrounding the man
sion with doleful an 1 moan
ing cadence.
About midnight the old
men retired; but scarcely had
they fallen asleep when Ma
rie rapped at their door and
informed them that robbers
were at work below.
Both the bachelors were
terribly frightened,and while
one commenced to bar the
door the other began remov
ing a tile from the hearth to
hide the hills.
‘You have a gun,’ said Ma
rie; ‘take it and shoot the
villains.’
But the two trembling men
paid no heed to her advice.
‘Cowards!’ said the brave
girl, scornfully. ‘I wish that
I were a man for five min
utes.’
Just then there came a
heavy crash from the apart
ments below.
The brothers crept beneath
the bed, where they shivered
and cringed unable to speak
troni terror.
‘We shall all he murdered
in our beds,’ said the girl.
‘We will be found by the po
lice in the morning with our#
throats cut from ear to ear.
Peste! fools give me the gun.’
She seized the double-bar
reled gun that lay upon the
shelf, and started down stairs
while the two frightened men
watered her without saying
a word. Presently bang
went the gun, and a groan
was beard. Bang! went the
second barrel, and a screech
of pain resounded through
the- house that caused the
blood of the brothers to run
cold.
A brief pause ensued, and
then Marie came tripping up
stairs, but her face bore a de
termined, dissatisfied look.
She asked for powder and
hall to reload, which were
furnished; but before she fin
ished loading, footsteps were
beard retreating from tho
house.
No one slept in the house
that flight, nor were they
again molested. But at ear
ly dawn, an going downstairs
a pool of blood on the hall
floor showed that one lobber
at least, had been seriously,
if not mortally,' wounded:
and it was plain to see by (lie
bloody path in the earth that
the vie:ini had been dragged
to the river. Gore marked
the whole distance, and the
police were at once put on
the alert for the arrest of the
living thieves and the recov
ery of the body of the dead
one.
But all efforts proved vain
and the bravery of the young
girl was discussed far and
near.
The grateful bachelors were
so overwhelmed that they of
fered to give Marie a dower.
‘Ah! niessieus,’ replied she
affectionately, ‘how can I
leave you? You may again
be attacked by robbers.’
•liut, we win not neverthe
less, stand between you and
happiness,’ they replied.—
‘Here are thirty thousand
francs—you have saved our
lives, and richly deserve the
money. If you choose to
live in this house with your
husband, we will repair the
lower part for that purpose,
and you can also be hired to
keep our room neat as at
present.’
Henri married Marie, and
they accepted the dower and
the house.
Years passed, and recently
the real facts of this mid
night rubbery came to light.
Both of the old bachelors
were dead, and had willed
Marie another thirty thou
sand francs. The brave girl
did not refuse it. It Hirned
out however, that the robbers
were not plural. Henri ac
ted as the burglar, the blood
was from a lamb killed for
the purpose, and the whole
was but a ruse of the two
lovers to open the hearts and
purses of the two old misers.
OIV agrk ulturk.
The basest fraud on earth
is agriculture. The deadliest
ignis fatuus that ever glitter
ed to beguile and [dazzled to
betray is agriculture. I speak
with feelings on ibis subject,
for I’ve been glittered and be
guiled and dazzled and des
troyed by this same arch de
ceiver.
She lias made a thousand
promises and broken every
one of them.
She lias promised me early
potatoes, and the rain has
droaned every one of them;
late potatoes, and the drouth
lias authored them:
She lias promised me sum
mer squashes, and the worms
have eaten them ; winter
squashes, and the bugs have
devoured them.
She has promised cherries,
and the curculio has stung
them, anil they contain living
things, uncomely to the eye
and unsavory to the taste.
She has promised straw her
ries, and the young chickens
have devoured them, and the
eye eannot see them.
She has promised tomatoes,
and the old hens haveencom
passed them.
No wonder Cain killed bis
brother. He was a tiller
of the ground. The wonder
is he didn’t kill his father,
and then weep because he
didn’t have a grandfather to
kill. No doubt his Early
liose potatoes, tor which lie
had paid Adam $7 a barrel,
had been cut down by bugs
from the bead waters of Eu
phrates. His Pennsylvania
wheat had been killed, and
wasn’t worth cutting. His
Norway oats had gone to
straw, and would not yield
five pecks per acre, and his
black Spanish watermelons
had been stolen by boys, who
had pulled up the vines, bro
ken down his patent picket
fence, and written scurrilous
doggerel all over his back
gate. No wonder he felt mad
when he saw Abel whistling
along with his fine French
merinoes, worth $8 a head,
and wool going up every day.
No wonder he wanted to kill;
somebody, and thought he’d |
practise on Abel.
And Noah’s getting drunk 1
was not at all surprising.—
He had become a husband
man. He had thrown away
magnificent opportunities. !
Ho might have had a monop 1
& i .
olv of any profession or bnsi
ness. He had studied medi
cine, there would not have
been another doctor within
a thousand miles to call him
‘quack;’ and every family
would have bought a bottle
of ‘Noah’s Compound Extract
of Gopher Wood and Anti
Deluge Syrup.’ As a politi
cian he might have carried
his own ward solid, and con
trolled two thirds of the del
egates in every convention.
As a lawyer, he would have
been retained in every case
tried at the Ararat Quarter
Session, oi*the old Ark High
Court of Admiralty. But lie
threw away all these advan
tages and took‘to agriculture.
For a long time the ground
was so wet he could raise
nothing but sweet flag and
bulrushes, and these at last
became a drug in the market.
vv hat wonder that when at
last he did get half a peek of
grapes that were not stung
to death by Japhet’s honey
bees he should have made
wine and drowned his sor
rows in a ‘flowing-bowl.’
The tact is, agriculture
would demoralize a saint. I
was almost a saint when I
went into it. I’m a demon
now. I’m at war with every
thing. I tight myself out of
bed at I o’clock, when all my
better nature tell me to lie
still till 7. I tight, myself in
to the garden to work like a
brute, when reason and in
stinct tells me to stay in the
bouse and enjoy myself liko
a man' I tight the pigs, the
chickens, the moles, the birds,
the bugs, the worms—every
thing in which is the breath
of life. I fight the docks,the
burdocks, tlie mullens, the
thistles, the grapes, the weeds,
the *'oots—the whole vegeta
ble kingdom. I light the uni
verse, and get whipped in
every battle. I have no mo.e
admiration to waste on the
father of Georgt Wash
ington for forgiving the des
truction fof his cherry-tree.
A cherry tree is only- a rur
eulio nursery, and the grand
father of his country knew
it. I have half a dozen cher
ry-trees, and the day my
young George Washington
is six years old I’ll give him
a hatchet and tell him to
down with every cherry-tree
on the place.-Cincinnati
Times.
FAN LANGUAGE.
Now that the season of the
Fan has coino itmay beof in
terest to the “gay belles of
fashion” to know in what mys
tcrions way the Spanish co
quette diplomatize and in
trigue with the fan, and for
this purpose the following
translations of Castillian and
Peruvian rules mav not be
•>
amiss:
To cover the breast with
the fan open signifies “Be
discreet.”
The fan held closed and up
wright means ‘ You may act,
in all security; no obstacle
stands in our way.’
The fan presented to the
interlocutor by the small end
signifies indifference,estrang
ment, or aversion. Presented
horizontally by the large end,
it authorizes compliments or
intrigue.
Three compartments or ribs
of the fan, open, means ‘1
love you.’ It is a confession.
Two open indicates an exces
sive sympathy; one only open
chaste friendship.
The closed fan plays a grand
role. The extremity poised
upon the forehead is transla
ted, ‘My protector is coming.’
If poised upon the left arm,
the protector is ‘my brother;’
it upon the belt, ‘my mother.
The end of the fan placed
upon the lips imposes imme
diate silence. The woman
who fans herself from ‘down
to up’ is a little aristocrat, a
tyrant to be distrusted, for
this movement says, ‘You
submit yourself in advance to
my caprices and wishes.’
When a lady fans herself
iu a reverse fashion it means
thatsheisa ‘miss,’ an unmar
ried woman; if the fan is pla
ced on the breast by tho left
hand she is a married woman; *
il, on the contrary, the fan
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affects to wander towards the'
throat she is a widow. If it
touches the breast immediate
ly below tlie tliToat and light
ly stiifces it, it invites a flir
tation.
In Peru more, than else
where the ladies make prac
tical uso of their fans. There
the grandest dames of respec
tability uso fans rf seven ribs,
corresponding to the seven
days of the week. Three dis
creetly given taps by the fin
ger nails on tlie forirtfr rib of
the fan means Thursday at 3
o’clock. If the fan fs imme
diately opened the 1 ehdevou’s
is to he at the house of the
second person; if closed, a1
the lady’s house or elsewhere/
RECIPES.
Cream and Toast.—He if
sweet cream over steam nn
til hot, but do not allot? ft to
boil, add a little salt, dtp the
toast in the cream, and send
all that remains to the faille
in a gravy boat. This toasf
is delightful when properly
made; but if the cream boils
or it is cold, or the toast soaks'
or cools, it is insipid.
Tomatoes a laMode.—Skint
12 large tomatoes; enfc them
up indput into a sauce pan
with butter, pepper and salt.
When sufficiently done, heat
well four eggs and stir in,
stiring one way for sevoral
minutes.
Tomato Pudding. — Tiuv
pints tomatoes peeled and
chopped tine; three cars of
corn grated or an equivalent
quantity of bread crumbs; ui
large teaspoonful brown' su
gar,a teaspoonfulsalt; alunip
of butter the size ot an egg;;
a little pepper. Bake slow
ly and long.
reach Pot-Pie.—Put a’
plain pie crust round the
edge of a pan; cut up some
peaches, and put a layer of
them into your pan; then a
layer of sugar; cover with a
crust, and bake slowly for
two or throe hours. Eat with
sweetened cream.
Apple Dumplings.—Poll
your dough thicker than for
pie crust; cut into pieces
aboui four inches wide and a
little longer; enclose in each
a handful of sliced rine ap
ples, well covered with su
gar and butter. Bring the
edges together as in any oth
er dumplings. When as ma
ny arc made as are desired,
place them side by side in a
pudding pan, spread butter
and sugar over them, and
pour boiling water to about
cover the dumplings. Put
them in the stove and cook
moderately fast until they are
nicely browned. The butter
sugar and water make a nico
sauce, which can be enriched
with more butter and flavor
ed with nutmeg if desired.
How to SelectElour.—Look
at its color; if it is white,
with a slightly yellowish or
straw colored tint, it is a good
sign. If it is very white,
with a bluish cast, with white
specks in it, the flour is not
good. Examine its adhesive
ness—wet and knead a little
of it between the fingers, if
it works dry and elastic it is
good; if it works soft and
sticky it is poor. Flour made
from spring wheat is likely
to be sticky. Throw a little
lump of dry flour against a
dry, smooth, perpendicular
surface; if it adheres in a
lump the flour has life in it;
if it falls like powder it is
bad. Squeeze some of the
Relative to the duration of >
the fertilizing effects of bones
in the soil, we have the state
ment of a Scotch fartnor in
the North British Agricultu
rist, that, after a lapse of il)
years he had dug pieces of
crushed bones out #f the soil
in a state of good* preserva
tion, and during those forty
years the crops of gvain gro’n
on the spot where the hones
hud been plowed in the soil,,
along with a quantity of wood
and ashes, had always fallen
down from over luxuriance.
If you have on your v»lac©
land that is clayey, si iff and
heavy, you can use a largo a
mount of wood ashes upon it
to great advantage, both im
mediate and permanent,even
coal ashes may he turned to
good account there. But no
« r use them on lands possess*
i g an «Ktis < 1 allku.