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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1878)
December, 1878. THE WEST SHORE. in A NEW ENGLAND FARM BALLAD. In Mi old Now England town Li vet a farmer, Thomas Uruwn. Hard his hand, but not his heart, And in life a noble part Ho has borne with purpose true; Let me tell his life to you. Tom Bmwfl1 f.fTlT VU .". I...., Had he lived as ho began, Would have prospered on his farm, Hounded by the oountry's chartn; Meadows fair and acres broad, Watered by the generous Lord, Fruit and produce of the field, Yearly in abundance yield; O'er his hills fat cattle roani Peaco and plenty In his home; 'Hound his hearth are children fair Health is wealth boyond oouiaro. Prom Brown's farm, not far away, Is the store of Aaron Oray; Hore the farmer smokes his pipe, Talking crow, till crops are ripe; Here, in Aaron's dingy store, Fanners count their profits o'er, And by flick'ring candle light. Hour the news on 'lection night In his oellsr Aaron kept Casks in which disaster slept; For the liquors thst he sold, Swamped the fanner's hard-earned gold; Aaron Uray, by greed Impelled, Si .Mil Hrown'a farm through uiortgago held; From strong drink wlist power can save T Brown soon filled a drunkard's grave. 'Midst hor grief, the widow's loy Was Tom Brown, her eldest boy; Frum the farm-house forth they walked, Poverty before thi in stalked; Hut Tom vowed that his right ann, Hhould redeem his father's farm; He was young, yet well he knew What in life no meant to da To his mother Tom had said, "Lean on me your weary head, And my first deelro slum lie To provide a home for thee; 'Neath the roof we home shall call, Water only used by all, Till our old home tic restored Water only on its board." Years hsve flown, and Thomas Hrown IjcaiIs the fanners of his town; Ho has kept, with sacred truth, All the pnunlse of his youth; Happy, with a manly pride, For tils mother to provido; He who keeia his mother's trust, Heaven has blessed, and always must Hhe who was his choice In life, Honored by the name of wife, I .' iii a true and willing hund To redeem the homestead land; What with labor they oould store, Hought the farm he tilled of yore; And the old home was restored Water only on Its board. Now the feast, to fanners dear, Comes again, as onoo a year; And, In these New Kngiand towns. Is 110 brighter home than Brown's; 'Hound his hearth, by health caressed, Are tho forms he loves the best; Happy household, Joys untold Dwell within Its cherished fold; For the old home is restored it. r onlv on ltd hoard. Sru Kngiand HomemUait Tkkatmicnt fob a HriuiNKD Amen Dr. Erasmus Wilson says: "We nil know tint there is nothing more painful than a sprain of an ankle ; it will lay a man up longer than the fracture of a bona, and he may recover with a very weekeuod joint. Accompanying a country medical man in Ins rounds, he told ma he bail made a great discover) in the treat of sprains. 'The way I core a aprain,' be aaid, 'ia tins : I take some lard ; I warm it, and rub it into the sprain half or three quarters of an hour. I then take some cotton wool and wrap around the joint and pat on a light hemlage. Thr strain, which would have taken many months to get wall, geta wall in a few daye- -oertaiuly in few weeka without any ill effects or after ixinsaqaeocaa.' " Wilaon adds: "I tried tbia treatment and found that it succeeded admirably." HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION. I From the Pacific Kural Pitas. 1 It ii a common saying that every child thinks hit father the wisest man in the world. This w wry 1 1. -it 11 nd; aa paroota are their children's foiintaini 01 auuwledge. To them their chil dren oome for anything they want to know, anil by them they are generally aatiilled. Hut every wise parent haa occasion to aay now and then, "I don't know my dear," The surprise of the child on Hrat hearing that there ia any thing that his parenta do not know, lixua the fact in hia mind. When he haaonoe discovered that hia parenta have something more to learn, he becomes aware, and thii alto ought to be fixed in his mind, that their education ia not I in mlicd; and that it ia their buaineas, aa it ia hii, to learn somothing more every tUy aa long aa they live. 80 much for knowledge. The case ought to be aa clear to him with regard to goodness. It ia not enough that in ohuroh he noers that all men and women are innera. Theae things may act him thinking; but here will !e or ought to 1 1 ; c . , i . -I il n do more ugut every nay wt uiceu up nis uicaa. The aamo parenta who honeatly own to their child that they are ignorant of things about which he question! them, will own to him that they are not nearly ao good aa they wish to be. Thus ia the truth opened to the feebleat and amallest mind that education haa atill to go on, even wheu people are ao inconceivably old as children are apt to think their parenta. Teach them to know they are never too old to learn. Danoik or Ki.hsh in tiik Ear. Dr. A. J. 1'edlor, of Truokoe, Cal, writes to the I'aciU Sletitcal ami Huryitnl Rtpttritr a description of a case which fortunately la of rare occurrence. He says : On the Uth of June, I waa consulted by John 11., a stock drover, who oomplainetl of ex oeaaive pain and violent noise iu hia left ear. He said, "A fly entered my ear Hve days ago, but I got it out in fm mlnuln." Ten hours after removing the insect, pain aat in and ratiid ly lie leaned. The old tunc remedies of filling the ear with warm water, oil, etc., failed to remove anything, and gave no relief. Inserting a speculum, and illuminating the ear with a Troolteoh mirror, the cause of hia Buffering waa plainly visible. A number of moving worms, or maggota, wan aeen imbedded in the oanel, dose to the dram. Careful use of the syringe for one hour resulted in removing oue maggot, about three linea in length. Tho ear was then tilled with oarboliaed almond oil, containing morphia aulph. A ootten plug being insert!, the patient went to bed. During the night, four more maggots were dielodged, anil the fol lowing morning I removed tho sixth and last one by aid of the syringe. Thia last out waa fully aix linea in length. Three came away dead -the effect of the oarboliaed oil. These wriggling usurpers were evidently hatched from eggs depoailed by the "fly," during its brief sojourn in the ear. The dram waa intact, though intensely hyperemia Daily uae of astringent drops, and protection from the air, speedily restored the ierts to health. Daily Baths. -Aa a rale Issople doing herd physical labor do not bathe aa much aa they should. The daily bath ia to them quite aa im portant aa to any class It reoutrea but a few momenta to take it, sod when followed by frio tioo it fortiflee the akin against colds and rheu matism mora than almost anything else can do. A rubber mat which turns ap at the edges to catch the water, a onapte of quarts of pure water, a oommou sheet large enough to envelop the whole body, and plenty of friction are all that ia necessary, One room la every farm house should be kei.t for a lath -room and sup plied with beat awl theae simple conveniences Proper Utlnug keeps the muselaa supple sod elastic. THE HUME OK LIKE. Between the aget of 4A to fill a man who haa properly regulated himacl' may be oonaldered in the prime of life, Hia matured strength of constitution renders him lwo.- t- an attack of disease, and experience haa given soundness to hia judgment Hia mind ia reaolute, Arm and equal ; all hia functions are in the highest order; he assumes mastery over his busi ness ) builda up a competence on the foundation he haa laid in early manhood, and passes through a period of life attended by many gratifications. Having gone over a year or two over til) he ar rival at a standstill But athwart thia ia the viaduct called the turn of life, which, if crossed in safety, laada to the valley of "old age," round which tne river winds, and then beyond, without boat or causeway, to effect hia passage. The bridge is, however, constructed of fragile ma terial, and it depends how It la trodden jw bother it bend or break, (lout and apoplexy are also in the vn inity to waylay the traveler, and thrust him from the paaai but let him gird up hia loina anil provide himself with a litter atalf, and he may trudge on in aafety and with perfect com posure. To quit metaphor, "the turn of life" la a turn either into a prolonged walk, or uito the grave. The system aud powera having 1 cached the utmost expansion, now lieglu either to close like a flower at sunset or break down at once, One injudicious stimulant, a single fatal excite ment, may force it beyond its strength, whllat a careful supply of props and the withdrawal of all that tends to foroe a plant will sustain It in beauty and vigor until night haa entirely set 111. Fhxncii Imitation Haimsa. - Foreign Jour nals contain accounts of a French Invention for manufacturing articles in hollow harden) d India ruhlxir, uopiwred by electro metallurgy, ao aa to imitate bronxa, aud capable of lining gilded, nick idi . I, silvered, hrnnsed, or otberwtae deoo rated. They commence by molding the article of supple india-rubber to the deelred form by ordinary means, and after that they harden It completely by any of the processes usually em ployesl for the purpoee. The article so molded anil hardened ia then fettled, polished, and even chiseled, if its nature allows it, it la then scraped, if needed, so aa to give It an even sur face, aud then ooated with bis. k lead or other iirovoas, aa la ordinarily done in electro metal lurgy, ao aa to render It a conductor, and conse quently able to receive the galvanic dVpoaii The article ia placed In the bath where It la galvanized, anil a deposit, of copper or brass, more or leaa thick ia obtained on Its whole anr faos, or even in sroeeding by fractions of its surface some parte may lie obtained with a red depoelt and some with a yellow depneit, accord ing to the nature of the article. It au theu be I. r..o. d by the usual prmjissn, and a perfect imitation of the articles in bronxa will be thus obtained. It ia also ornamented or decorated by any of the ordinary pro esses of nicklllig, silver ing, gilding, bronatug, ami the Ilka, The arti cles so made have quite the appcarem of bronae nickeled, gilded, or silvered, and they have also the advantage of being very light and of a very low price. They are ntroug, ami sufficiently elastic to supiiort repeated shook without being bruised or leutad, KtviKoMY IX WxAt.TM. The French work people are aavlng, as everyone knows, lluiaot give the following aa the eauee of the prosperity of the nation 1 "Habits of prudeaae hare mu trated all aliases. There are vary few families, even among the lower claasss, that spend all their income A slngli manufacturer in my town of Mleleux (Hits by, and has long been doing ao, WJO.UW franca a year. The wealth of France has at least doubled daring BO years ; and, ae the population has aagnteatssl during that time by only one teulh, it is obvioaa that the comfort of the people haa laersaaed enormously