WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 26. 1882
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TEE DAT 13 DONE.
BY II W. LONflFELLOW.
The clay ia done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a leather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
I see the lights of the village
Gleam through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me
That my soul cannot resist;
A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles soi row only
As the mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay.
Tint shall soothe the restless feeling,
' And banish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the com'dors of Time.
For, like the strains of martial music.
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's cndliss toil and endeavor;
And to-night I long for rest.
Read from some humble poet,
Whoe songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds iu summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;
Who, through long days of labor,
And nights devoted to eae,
Still heard iu his oul the music
Of wonderful mt todies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And onus like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the ninht shall be filled with music,
And the care that infest the day
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON.
We are informed that the run of salmon in
the Columbia so far has been extremely light.
If this le true, may there not bo reason to ap
prehend a gradual extinction of this lordly
fish in our waters. The canneries have mul
tiplied during the last few years. In earlier
times there has been wanton waste so many
fish were caught that tho supply glutted the
market. To-duy a decent kit of salmon is
hard to find in the city of Portland. We have
tried all the first-class grocciy stores in vain
for fresh "salmon bellies," such as we used to
get a few years ago. The whole of the fish is
now made use of, jaws are put up in kits, la
beled "tips," and are exceedingly nice. The
heads and loins are pressed for oil, which finds
a ready market. When tho canning business
was new thousands and thousands of pounds
were thrown away in the cans, and at least
one ship load of canned salmon was emptied
into the Thames, condemned at that foreign
port as "swell heads;" not having been put up
properly the can's head bulged, so proving
worthless. Thus a great waste was made till
exper'enco taught that salmon canning was
a science of its own, and that expert canners
of other meats could not preserve salmon.
California wakened early to the necessity of
guarding the fishing interests, while we Ore
gonians have been not only wantonly ilestruc
tive of the salmon, but hcedkssly ueglectit g
to provide an art.ficial supply. S th Gieeu
has taught the world that fish may be bred
like any other animal food Fish Commis
sioners in California have conducted their
operations in a sensible way by bleeding and
by protective laws, bo that up to this time
there has been no perceptible decrease in the
supply, but rather otheiwise, for there have
been more successful runs during the past two
years.
There are some liberal, far-seeing men in
the fishing interest, who have tried to foster
this industry hero in Oregan and have been
willing to put money into it, but others, too
short-sighted and greedy, have been indif-
ferent to the future, and have succeeded
. in destroying whatever interest had arisen
The hatching experiment in the Clackamas
river, near Oregon City, demonstrated that
fish could be propagated in our smaller streams
and so supply the Columbia, and that too at
a nominal expense. The business would have
to be taken in hand by the State, f. r it would
be difficult to come to an equitable adjustment
of expenditures nhefe the benefit would be so
widely diffused. It would be difficult to get
concert of action among the owners of cannc
ries in consequence of diversion of interests.
It has been said that the Clackamas hatchery
was a failure, but it is not so, it most clearly
demonstrated that with a little more experi
ence a few years' time would find the Columbia
good fishing grounds again. It can scarcely
be possible but that this constant drain upon
the salmon will tell in mournful numbers of
the loss to Oregon of one of her greatest ex
ports. Let there be early brought before the
Legislature questions bearing on the fishing
interest, for better protection of the fish at
certain seasons, and for providing hatcheries
on the various streams and there cannot be
too many of them either. If this is not done
soon the Columbia will show many empty
canneries, with their useless nets swinging
from the rotting piles.
OUR TEMPERANCE ROLL.
We bare now oriand quite a list of names,
which we have tried to keep correctly up to
this date. But it seems as if we had misted
a name of one boy, if so, we hope he will be
sure and let us know. We are proud of this
list, and we hope that every boy and girl who
have signed this list will live temperate lives,
and realize that it is a solemn thing to make
such a promise; such a promise is not to be
lightly broken. Each one whose name appears
will remember too that others see their names
and will be watching to see if the pledge is
kept; there vt ill be bad boj s and men who will
tempt these boys whose names aro printed,
or will try in some way to see if they can
make them break their pledge. Sometimes
boys, good boys, will be influenced by ridi
cule, and may be some bad boys will make
fun of those who aro trying to build up a
good name and good character. Don't be
afraid, boys, of ridicule. There aie two kinds
of courage. Now there are boys who have
physical courage that is, they will not take
an insult, will stand up" and fight liko a hero
for his personal rights; then there it a courage
called moral courage, where one is not afraid
to do or act right, even if all his companions
ridicule him. Moral courage requires great
strength of mind and character, whilo physi
cal courage is merely a natural instinct in tho
human mind as it is among the brute creation.
A bay or girl who has the moral courage to do
right or to speak up for truth and right with
out fear or favor, will make good and influ
ential men and women.
Our boys and girls will have the moral
courage to denounce liquor, and those who
sell it; always standing up for truth and right
we know they will; avoiding the company of
those who are found about saloon. "A per
son is known by tho company they keep," anil
if bad company is avoided there is lcs temp
tation to contend with.
Emma Jackson, Katie Kce,
Edith Knight, Mary Durr,
Dermis C. Mussel, Willie Durr,
Frank Powers, Lillian Mi Donald,
Amedee Smith, Arthur McDonald,
lilain ti. Smith, Maggie McDonald,
Fannie Urjant, Minnie McDonald,
Cora Busline 11, Eva Myers,
James U Miller, Mary Myers,
Benjamin W. Miller, Allen Arnold,
Mary L. Baldwin, I'rccelia Arnold,
Hannah M. Hub! aril, Viryil Arnold,
Ira B. Ciomwcll, Mary Arnold,
Susie Hnle, Frank Smith,
Charlie D. Hale, William Rocers,
Lulu Hale. Lorena Roger,
Richard Price, Tirzah Large,
Robert Price, Thomas Large,
Martin Price, Thomas Handsakcr,
Mamie Hurd, Josie Grimes,
Eliza McDonald, Katie Urimes,
Mabel McDonald, John Grimes,
Jcrre Hale, Roma McCully,
Marion Kces, Utlbert McCully.
The Pioneer Historical Society.
Wo learn from the Attorian that the Pio
neer Historical Society held its annual meet
ing on May 5th. The meeting was opened
by R. N. Morrison, prayer by T. P. Powers.
The Corresponding Secretary proceeded to
give the usual preliminaries, and the present
status and future prospects of the Whitman
monument. It was decided to erect this
monnment on a mound very near tho scene of
the assassination, on a piece of ground deeded
to tho society, and which will bo fenced, or
namented and improved by planting trees and
shrubbery. The people of Walla Walla made
liberal offers if the society saw fit to locate the
monument at that place. It seemed most
proper, however, that this memorial should
be placed v hero the scene of the dreadful
massacre as enacted. It is a sightly place,
and w ill lie so improved that will it be a fa
vorite pilgrimage, being also easy of access.
Resolutions were oll'ered in respect to the
memory of Mrs. Mary August i Gray, who
was an earnest and faithful member of this
society, a devoted missionary, and one of Ore
gon's earliest pioneer women. Mr. W. H.
Gray has been ono of the most in kfatigable
in his endeavors to provido this monument to
Dr. and Mrs. Whitman. Ho crossed, the
plains with them, and Mas fully identified
with them in their misrionaiy work, and it is
proper that he should lead in this work of
Jove anil respect.
The New Insane Asylum
At Salem is said by those who know to be
much better planned and more desirable in a
sanitary point of view than cither asylum in
California. It is ceitainly the cheapest builil
ing of any of its size on this coast. This has
been accomplished by using prison labor when
it could be made available. The building
looms up, assuming magnificent proportions
a the e o catches a view of it while parsing
Salem on the cars. Mr. Boothby, of Silem,
is the architect. He visited the California
asylums in order to improvo upon their
arrangements. It is said that by actual
measurement the building is one half a mile
around. This extent of surfaco gives plenty
of light and air to every room or ward in the
building, which is to be completed in Sep-.
tember. In December tho State contract ith
the present keepers at Portland will be void,
and if nothing occurs to prevent, the insane
win be removed at tnat tune to the new
qusrtcrs.
Phonetics.
A gentleman suggests that a columu devoted
to phonetics would be an interesting feature
in the Farmer, but we hardly think it would
be feasible; and then we have got so used to
the old Websterian style of spelling that we
don't want to see J phonetics in general use
while we live. There nevers cemed to us to
be sufficient cause to change from the old
style; it would complicate literature in many
ways; it would mystify the scholars who are
now partly educated; it would be a source of
trouble to foreigners who are trying to master
our mongrel language, while all the books of
past decades would be almost a foreign tongue
to those who were educated in the phonetic
way. However, we are obliged to the writtr
for taking so much interest in the Farmer's
make up.
The Whitman Seminary.
The people of Walla Walla have very prop,
erly named the new institution of learning for
the missionary martyr. There has lately
arisen a question in Oregon hiitory as to the
real influence that Whitman was said to bare
had in securing this fair country to the United
States. If history proves that it was not due
to him we have lost a beautiful chapter in its
recital, and we are almost sorry that the ques
tion was agitated, for so long a time has
elapsed that it will be difficult to prove the
truth, and a doubt will always remain with
us if the hiitorians may not have been a trifle
partisan.
CHOICE RECIPES.
Bread and Fruit Puddiug. Take a deep
pudding-dish and butter it, cover tho bottom
ami sided with thin slices of bread, white or
brown, then a layer of .pared and cut applet
or pear?, or both, mixed with any fruit you
fancy, then sprinkle some sugar, then a layer
of bread in slices or bits, then fruit, and soon
until the dih is full; lay thin slices of bread
over, fill up with any fruit juice or water
lacking this; cover with a plate and bake in a
slow oven four hours. Hot or cold it is most
delicious. Any sauce would spoil it.
To Fry Eggs Extra Nice. Three egg, a
tablespconful of flour, a cup of milk. Beat
the eggs and flour together, then stir in the
milk.' Have a skillet with a proper amount
in it made hot for frying this mixture; then
pour it in, and when ono side is done brown
turn it over, cooking rather slowly. It a
larger quantity is needed it will require a lit
tle salt stirred in, but for this amount the salt
in the bntter in which you fry it seasons it
very nicely.
To Poach Eggs. Beat the eggs to a froth
pour them into a buttired tin, set it on the
coals, add salt and butter, stir till cooked,
atd then put it on buttered toast.
Eggi on Totst. An egg spread on toast is
food tit for kint's, if kings deserve any better
food than anybody else, which is doubtful.
Fried eggs are less wholesome than boiled
ones. An egg dropped into hot water is not
nnly a clean and wholesome but a delicious
moisel. Most people spoil the taste of their
eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little
sweet buttir is the best dressing. Eggs con
tain much phosphorous, which is supp sed to
be useful to those who uso their brains much.
Canning Pie Plant. Peel the stalks, cut up
small, put into glass cans, filling ihcui; thru
till full of cold water. It keeps just as nic) as
when fresh. In thu summer when you use it,
pour off the water.
Sciamblcd Eggs. Heat ono cup of milk in
aspidtr with a piece of butter, a littlo salt
and white pepper; beat five eggs, pour in, set
over a vcrylow lire, and keep scraping from
the "bottom with a spoon until very littlo re
mains thin; then scrape into a dish without
delay, as allowing it to harden with whey
spoils it.
Omelet. Four eggs, whites and yolks
beaten separately; add one tablespoonful corn
starch dissolved in one-half teacupful milk,
and a little salt. Fry as any other omelet.
FOR THE TABLE.
To Cook Steak. Never fry it in grease or
water. If you have no broiler handy, or your
fire will not admit of broiling, take your
spitter or skillet, heat very hot, put your
steak in; the moment it is scared on one side
turn it quickly; let it heat through, then take
it up ou a hot dish, season it quickly and
serve hot. We insure, if the steak be tender,
thick and iuicv. and vou follow these direc
tions to the letter, you will have a "steak fit
for the gods. Never use lard or water to a
steak in cooking, and never season until
done.
Potato Puffs. Stir two cupfuls of mashed
potatoes, two tablespoonfuls of molted butter
and a little salt, until light. Add two egs
beaten separately and six teaspoonfuls of
cream. Pile lightly in a dish aud bake in an
oven until light blown. Cjld potatoes can
be used by beating in st-.amer and proceed
as above,
Asparagus. Scrape, put in water and salt,
aid at first boil drop in the asparagus; boil
till tender. Sauce : Yolk of one egg mixed
with a teaspoonful of water, apiece of butter
added, aud when hot stir in two tablespoon
fuls of milk; then pour over the drained
asp tragus.
Horseradisli Sauce, Cold, for Roast lkf
Grate two tablespoonfuls ot horseradisli,
pound it in a mortar with a Uapoonful of
salt, nait a tcaspooniui oi mustaru in pouuer,
and half a teaspoonful of sugarin pontic ; mix
it gradually with four teaspoonfuls of cream,
and then stir in quickly two tablespoonfuls of
vinegar.
How to make Meat Tender. Gut tho steaks
the day before into slices abaut two inches
thick, rub them over with a small quantity of
soda; wash oil next morning, cut into suita-,
bio thickness and cook as you choose. The
same process will answer for fow.ls, legs of
mutton, etc. Try, all who love delicious,
tender dishes of meat.
Venison Steaks. Trim each steak neatly
and flatten into shape. Be suro thit the firu
is hot and cb arj turn the stakes often so that
the surface may bo rapidly scared and tho
juices preserved. It will ri quire a little
longer cooking than beefsteak, but must be
neither scorched nor dried. Set your platter
over a plate of boiling water, and put into it a
tablespoonful of butter and a teaspoonful of
currant jelly for each pound of meat An epi
cure would consider the dish unfinished with
out the further addition of a teaspoonful of
Madeira, sherry or port wine. The hot water
beneath the clish should warm the contents
by the time the venison is done. Season the
meat with salt and pepper, turn it two or
three times in the dressing.
Fritters. One pint of sour milk, one egg, a
little salt, one teaspoonful of saleratus, and
flour sufficient to make a batter thick enough
to drop from a spoon without running. Fry
in hot lard, a small spoonful for eich one.
Sift powdered sugar over them while warm.
These make a nice dish for dessert when iu a
hurry, and aro tu be eaten with syrup.
Children's Books.
Children's books abound nowadays, but I
question if children are as well ofT as when
their libraries were scantier. Tho opportuni
ty for choice is so large that parents are com
monly too bewildered to make selection, and
end by taking the nook the book-seller re
commends itself by having the greatest num
ber of pictures. Of illustrated books there
are now a hundred where there used to be
one. Illustration is iu itself a good thing
when the work is as well done as we find it
to-day, but, except for the smallest juveniles,
it ought not to be made of more importance
than the text. It is a well knpwn fact that
many publishers select pictures, and then or
der a story written to fit them; an author so
hampered can never produce so good work as
though his invention were given free play,
and the result of his labor is often of the poor
est. Comparatively few fathers and mothers
interest themselies seriously to provide the
best possible mental food for the growing in
telligence of their charge. The want of a
sense of responsibility in this matter is as as
tonishing at with regard to matters more im
portant still. A child's mind is just as much
dependent for its beat development on tho
quality of food furnished it as its body is
upon its physical support. A child often (rets
more real mental culture from browsing at
ill in its father's library than it gets from all
its school lessons. The school-teaching is
mainly good for discipline of the mental fac
ulty, secondarily for information; while the
reading of books may bo made a powerful in
strument for moral training as well as for ed
ucation of the higher dualities of the intellect
imagination, humor, and the like. Atlantic
Monthly.
Owing to the protracted cold weather, fruit
trees are not doing at well as they otherwise
might do. Some trees have not bloomed.
Still, we have no ears bat what there will be
considerable fruit, '
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GRANDMOTHER'S ORAY HAIRS.
A little boy with locks of gold
Sits by his Grandma's sido:
And looks into that sweet old face
With eyes of wander wide.
"Did you ne'er have some golden curls,
Dear grand mamma t" said he;
"And wcro you e'er a little girl
Upon your mother's knee I"
Shodraws the boy to her lonely heart,
While memories come and go';
She thinks of tho time when life was bright,
And her mournful eyes droop low.
"My chi'd, I once had golden hair;
No wrinkles marred my brow;
But time has plowed deep furrows there,
And my hair ia silver now."
And she dicams of the days when her father
fat
So near the self-same place;
And her mind goes back to many a scene
That time cannot efface
She almost feels the dying lijs
Of her son, her pride and joy,
And bears him with a trembling voice.
Say, "Mother, keep my boy."
And she sto ps to kiss tic cherry lips
Of tho little orphaned ouc;
Her three scoro yeais have passed away
While hi Ins just begun.
OUR LETTER BOX.
Tho week comes around, and the letter list
has to be looked over. Each week wo feel
more our inability to wiite to tin children,
There is so much that we want to say, but
find it difficult to put it in an attractive form.
We were walking a few days ago u ith a very
old lady, aud just as wo got to one of the
school buildings in Portland tho school chil
dren began to pour out of its doors; hundreds,
it seemed, of young boys and girls. They all
marched on tand down the steps to the tap of
a drum. It was a beautiful sight to see so
much of youth, health and joy; but the lady
said : "Oh, it makes my heart ache to think
how many of those boys will be bad men, as
they are being brought up in a city undi r
the influence of so much badness and wicked
ness of 'example." Boys who livo in the
country have less of bad influences about
them, but still there is wickedness every
where. Liquor drinking lies at the bottom of
most, if not quite all of tho sorrows and
trouble in the world. It is gool to see bo
many of our young friends of the Farmer
putting down their names on the temperance
roll; it is thy first step towards forming a
good cVaracter. Liquor ruins tho mind as
well as the body, and when the mind is
dulled by alcohol a pel sou will commit deeds
that brings tho penalty of disgraceful death.
Many men who, standing on the scaffold, say
at the last moment : "Oh, if I had not been
drunk I would not bo here 1" Lifo is short
ened by dunking, for now, in these days,
liquor is made of all sorts of poisonous drug",
that ruins the system. Very little puio juice
of the grape is found for sale, and only the
very rich are ableto buy the puro article.
"Touch not, tasto not, haudlo not;" this is
tho best way; never commence, never taste,
aud then ycu wdl never want or feel the need
of intoxicating drink. How long w ill our land
be cursed by the rum seller's presence ? We
fear for ever.
Hannah must havo began to think that her
letter would not get iuto piiut, for it is a long
time since it came, but then it had to take its
turu by date. Wo are glad to get such auiee,
newsy letter about flowers and her daily life;
it is so checiful in its tone thatwe must think
Hannah is a liappygiil. Every girl ought to
bo happy if she does her duty day by day as sho
sees what is put before her, anil any girl that
docs her duty has a clear conscience that will
make her face glow with beauty.
Our friend Curtis writes again from his
home away across the Rocky Mountains, tell
ing of his home life,
Millie has written a neat little letter, and
we are glad to see how cheerfully she helps'
her mother. She must see that sho does not
forget or neglect her bird; it would bo so cruel
to shut up a canary and then not give it care
and comfort, God takes care of the birds if
they are free.
Ira has killed two bears and a pint her. He
could write a very interesting letter if ho
would only tell how it was done. We are
suro he could write a good letter, for this is a
good one, so wo shall look for another from
Ira, telling all about his adventures.
Florie says that her last letter did not get
printed; it is too bad, when sho lives so far
away, too. It is nice to hear from little girls
away in the Eastern States. Her letter must
have got mislaid.
Mandie writes from Minnesota, expecting
to come to Oregon when the railroad is fin
ished. There will be many more, who are
only waiting for that time, as they dread that
ocean trip,
James must go farther in his item of early
history, and tell what crime this man Kendle
committed that he should be bung. We do
nut remember. Did James ever hear the fable
of the "Dog in tho Manger?" Well, that
illustrates the character of the "Elk Horn
man;" he did not want to read the children's
letters himtelf, and he did not want to have
any written for others to read. But, like you,
father, there are many other older people who
do love to read what the fresh, puro young
minda show in their efforts.
Thomas sends another good letter. He im
proves very much. He writes a longer one,
all of which js interesting. Aunt Hetty tried
to remember him in a substantial way, aud
she is waiting to bear if the mail earned it
safely,
Dora was more fortunate than mott girls to
get so many nice presents for Christmas.
Aunt He-tty received a most beautiful black
silk dress. As Dora asks what we got wo are
pleased to tell. That is right to be up early
ao at to help before breakfast, though it is
hard aometimes for young people to get their
eyes open. The lest way is not to stop to
think about it, when called In the morning
but just to jump right out of bed; the linger
we think about it the hardtr it is to get up.
Wo used to find it so hard to get out of bed
early, that wo feel sorry for other children
who are "sleepy heads."
Kittie has not written for a long time, and
wo are glad to hear from her again. She re
joices in the present of a horse on' her birth
bay. It is to bo hoped sho will take good care
of it, for a pony is the nicest sort of a pet. A
horse, if treated kindly, will show great intel
ligence, and will learn to love tho hand that is
kind. She ought to be proud of her six
quilts, too.
Tillamook, April 10, 1SS2.
Editor Home Circle:
I am a boy 12 years old. We live 9 miles
from the Nehalcm river. Pu has about 450
head of sheep aud sixteen head of cattle. Wo
have been living horo six years. Last year 1
killed two bears, and this spring I killed a
panthir. Wo will move East of tho Moun
tains this fall. I have not been going to school
for two years; there was fehool last whiter,
but I could not go, as tho distance was too
fur. You may put my name on the temper
ance roll. 1 will closo lor this time by wishing
tho Fakmi.u success.
Ira R. Cuosiwki.l..
Salem, Or., April I), 18S2.
Editor Homo Circlo:
I am a little girl 10 years old. I will tell
you what 1 have for pets : I have a pet
cinary; his name is lKuny. I will tell you
what I do to help ma : I help cook and wash
dishes mid help mill;, I havo fiyo brothers
and two sisters. I have pieced two quilts, nud
have one quilted. You is truly,
.MlLLlL C. Roixieics.
Ciik'iiek, April 20, 18S2.
Editor Homo Circle:
I will say to D. E. P. that Kendlo was tho
first whito man hanged iu Oregon. llunAu
hanged at Salem in February, 1851. I think
it strange that a man at Elk Horn should not
like to read children's letters. My pa is an
old, grey-haired man, aud be reads them. He
says he'thinks the Homo Ciiclo is one of the
best things ever introduced for tho children of
Oregon. Jamks. J. Kknt.
Cove, Or., April 21, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle :
lam a littlo gill 11 years old. I have to
get breakfast while pa and ma do tho chores.
We milk sovcuteen cows and make butter.
Wo moved from tho Stato of Indiana In 1870.
We came by railroad and stage. Wo liko
Oregon very , oil. Wo have lots of fruit on
our place hire at the Cove. Thcro is wild
game in tho mountains, but pa's health is not
very good, so he does not hunt much. Aunt
Hotty, what did you get Christmas ! I got
a wax doll that will cry, a string uf shell
beads, a watch chain and locket and a pair of
shoes. I do lots of chores for ma. I knit my
own stockings. I will close, wishing tho
Farmer good success. Doha 1!. Sfi.uek.
Dkvtmi, April 20, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
I did not go to school to day, as I had a bad
cold and head ache. The last timo I w roto to
tho Homo Circle I told about my trip to tho
Ketson Spring. Aunt Hetty wanted to
know wcro they aro, and what diseases they
will euro. They aro about fifty miles south
oist of Eugono City, near the military wagon
road that goes over tho Cascade Mountains to
Eastern Oregon; thoy aio nbout cast from the
toad. P.i says tho editor of the Willamette
Fakmek has traveled this road, for ho crossed
at our ferry on tho middlo foi k of tho Wil
lamette several years ago. They cure
rheumatism, chills and mauyothir diseases.
My pa is now in Illinois, visiting his brothers
and sisters. My littlu brother Johnny and 1
h.ivu all the chores to do, cut tho etovo woou"
and feed tho horaci. I hive three sitters at
homos thoy do tho houso work and go to
schoc 1, ami ma tends tho store aud post-olliue.
Mail comes twice a week, Mondays and
Thuisdays. I want my name on tho temper
ance roll; brother Johnny wants his on, too
Johnny says he would write, but Aunt Hetty
says tho letter basket is full and running over;
ho will wait till it gets a littlo empty.
TommV IIanhsakkr.
Salem, Or., April 10, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle :
As to-day is my birthday, I thought I
would write to tho Home Circle. My brother
gave mo a horse for a birthday present, and 1
can ride her anywhere. I havo pieced six
quilts and got four quilted. I will tell you
what I do to help, ma : I help cook, wash
dishes, feed the chickens and help milk. 1
helped pa plant potatoes. There aiu a good
many wild flowers in bloom now. Ah I can't
think of any mora to write I will bring my
letter to a close. Yours truly,
Kittie A. Waoneu.
BuitNrtiliF, April 0, 1882.
Editor Homo Circle:
I have been on a visit to my uncle in Prairie
City, and had a good time. I have just got
back. I did not seu any good papers there,
but as soon as I got home I got tho Fakmehh
and read the letters in them. I havo been
going to school for a while, but I will have to
stay at home and help pa sow oats this week.
I don't liko to stay away from school, but my
fa has no hired help this summer, so 1 will
lelp all I can. Wheat look nico, and the
peach trees aro in full bloom. I hope wu will
have lots of fruit, for that is what everybody
likes. I guess I will havo to close for this
time,.hoping to hear from you soon.
CniTiH Hown,
BuilNHIllE, AruiLO, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I sent a Utter to the Farmer soma time
since. It must have got mislaid by some
means, for my brother's and sister's were
published and mine was not, but that don't
stop such a good paper, I think so much of
Aunt Hetty; she must be a good, kind hearted
woman, or the would not publish so man
little letters. I havo been helping ma make
garden and Help set hens. I am going to sio
how many littlo chickens I can raise this
summer, I will close, wishing the Farmer
success. ruilM Hown.
Minnesota, April 20, 1882.
Editor Home Circle ;
I am a little girl 7 ears old, My pa takes
the Farmer, and I thought I would write a
letter, I have lots of friends iu Portland, and
we are coming there aa toon as the now rail-,
ro.td acts through. My pi keeps a hennery,
and ho said ho would give me a coop if I
would tend them. Your little friend.
Manw ANM3.
Rmit)'Ikli), March 31, 18S2.
Editor Home Circle :
In the Farmer of to-day I see letters from
my cousins, Nellie and Minnie Smith. Thoy
write real well for beginners. I recdloot the
firt letter I over wrote. I wrote it? to their
mother and one of my cousins, aud I directed
it to both on the same euvclope. Ono of my
brothers brought in a bouquet of wild flowers
a whilo ago; there aro lots of them around
here now. I have marked several kinds, and
this fall I am going to send Aunt Hetty some
bulbs. We have had i begonia and a fuchia
to bloom nil winter, so you tee wo havo had
flowers the year round. We havo polyanthus,
daisies, pansios, jonquils, wallflowers and a
calla lilly in bloom now. My sister and I havo
a flower bed each; my sister's is planted with
bulbs; mine has dillcrent kinds of flowers in
it. Wo atlend to mother's tloweis, too. We
have a great many kinds of flowers, both in
boxes anil in the girtlen. Wc live nt the foot
of a hill, and there are lo's of hazel bii'hes on
it; we gathered quite n lot of hazel nuts last
summer. There are lots of thimble-berries
aud strawberries around here, too. I like to
go to school, but if it is ncc. ssary that I
should not 1,0,1 think it best to stay at home.
1 do all kinds of house work. My Mter and I
do the w oik week about. You inny add my
mmo to tho temper iticu roll, and 1 will try
and get others to send in their mines. Well,
I can't think of any moio to write this time;
I am like Aunt Hetty, I can think of pages
and pages to write about when I first i-et n
le'tcr, but whenlcomo to answer it lean
scarcely think of anything. Good byo. Yours
affectionately, Hannah 11. Huiidauu.
Treating a Cow Like a Lady.
A man came into the office on Tuesday
with a black eye, a strip of court plaster
across his check, ono arm in a sling, and as he
leaned ou a crutch and wiped the perspira
tion away from around a lump on his fore
head with a red cottonhandkcrchicf, he asked
if the editor was in. Being answered in the
affirmative ho said :
"Well, I want to stop my paper," and ho
sat down on the edge of a chair as though it
hurt. "Scratch my name right oil'. You are
responsible for my condition. Yes," said
lie, "I am a farmer aud keep cows. I re
cently read an article in your paper nbout a
dairyman's convention, where one of the mot
toes wver tho door wa, 'Tioat jour cow as
you would a Lady, ' and tho article said it was
contended by our best dairymen that a cow
treated in a polite, gentlemanly mariner, as
though sho was a companion, would give
twico as much milk, 'I ho plan seemed feasible
to me. 1 had bena a hard man with my
stock, aud thought nuybo that was one
reason my cows always iirieti up wucii uuiwjr
was forty cents a pound, aud gave plenty of
milk when butter was only worth titteen
cents a pound. I decided to adopt your plan,
and treat a cow as I would a lady, I had a
brindlu cow that m vur had been very much
mashed on me, and I decided to commence on
her, and tho next morning after I had road
your devilish paper I put on my Saudi. y suit
and a wlte plug hat that I bought the year
(ireeley ran lor President, mid went to the
barn to milk. I noticed tho old cow seemed
to be bashful ami frighteiud, but taking oft'
my hat andbowing politely Isaid : "Madame,
excuse the seeming inipiopiivty o! tho re
quest, butwi'lyoii do me the favor to lioist?"
At tho sumo time I tapped her gently on the
flank with my plug hat, and, putting tho tin
pail ou tho floor under her, I Bat down ou tho
milking stool. "Did sho hoist!" said we,
rutlur anxious to know how tho advice
of 'resident Smith, of Sheboygan, tho great
dairyman, had woiked. ''Did she bout?"
Well, look at me, and too if you think sho
hoisted, lh.it cow laised light up and kicked
mo with all four feet, switched me with her
iail and bonkid mu with both horns all at
onco, and when I got up out of tho bedding in
tho stall, and dug my lint nut of (be manger,
and thu inilUiug stool out from under mo and
began to imul that low, f forgot ull about
the treatment of hound cittlc. Why aluf
fauly galloped over mo, and 1 i.evtr want td
read ymir old piper again." Wu tried to ex
plain to him that thu ad ico did not apply to
brindle cows at all, but 1"- linbbled out the
inaduest nun that ever il.t! a cow to lioist
iu diplomatic language.
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