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WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, APRIL 18, 1884.
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MRS. 1IAURIOT T. CLARKE, Editor.
" THE PEETTIE3T QIRL "
Wo liad ouoli fun nn Valentiue'd Day
With the little girls who live over tho wayl
Teddie and I, and Jed aud Joe,
Picked out the prettiest cirls, yon know,"
And wrote 'em thing about "Violets hlue,
And eugar it swtet, nod so are you,"
Aud only that Bobby said it was mean,
I wanted to write, "The gra is fere v,
And so are you," and send it tut
To a girl we feller doa't cue ubout.
But-Bobby he's queer, and dicsu't go
For fun like tlie reit of chap), you know.
Why who do you think he ohoao to be
His Valentine! Now, if I'd been he,
I'd rather lua chosen never mind;
I'll tell yoc about it, and you will fio1
That if ever you want a fellow that'd queer,
You'll pet him in Bobby, never you fear.
You see, we boys wo had all picked out,
As I told you, the prettiest girls afcout.
But Bob he said there wsBn't a Jjirl
As pretty as his, and there wasn't a eurl
On any girl's head that could hdf ompira
Willi hi j chosen Valentino's soft, fine hiir.
And he said her eyes were a whole lot bluer
Than any skies, aud double the truer.
And that he was poing to bo her Knight,
And take care of her always with main and
miht.
He wouldn't tell us his Valentine's name
Till the regular day for Valentines came,
And Mamma had hers anl Sister, you know,
(Of course from Papa and Sister's beau).
Then Bob he told U3 to como ahead,
And he'd prove the truth of all' lie had said.
And where do ycu think he too us boys J
Hushing us up at the slightest noise,
And making us promise not to laugh,
Nor quiz hiin, nor give him any chaff!
Why, he opened Grandma's door. See there 1
He said.
It was Grindmimma, I declare 1
Grandmamma sitting and knitting away;
Sweet Grandmamma, with her hair so gray,
Laying all soft on her forehead in curls
Just no pretty as any cirl's.
And I never had noticed before how bluo
Were Grandmamma's eyes. It was really true,
As Bobby had said, that there never were ikies
Ono bit bluer than Grandmamma's eyes.
So she was his Valentine, lie was her knight,
And somehow we all thought Bbby was light
When he kissed her hand, and cried, in gler,
"Dear Grandmamma's the 'prettiest rirl you
see;
Of course I chose her instead of Mamma,
For she, you know, belongs to Papa.
But Grandpapa's in heaven, and so I knew
That Grandma must be my Valentine true."
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
A volume might be written on this
subject and Uiph it would not bo ex
hausted. How few of us realize how
much depends upon, and what a great
and wide field there is for ua to work in,
how much there is to do, and often how
difficult to know just what to do that
will benefit our children and prepare
them to live an upright and noble life,
and able to meet their future destiny !
Each mother is a historian. We do not
write the history of empires and nations
on paper, but we write our own history
on the imperishable minds of our chil
dren, and that history will remain indel
ible when time shall be no more, that
history wo each shall meet again with
eternal joy, or else with unutterable
grief in the coming ages of eternity.
This thought should weigh upon the
mind of every mother and make us to
be hopeful, prayerful and faithful in the
solemn work of training our children
for Heaven and immortality. Tho
minds of our children are very suscepti
ble and easily impressed. Hero wo
write impressions of every good or evil
of a child, which storms nor flood can
not wash out, and neither timo nor
death's cold hand erase ; then how ear
nestly should we write tho eternal truths
of God on their mind, those things
which shall bo their guide and teacher
when our voice shall be silent in death
and our lips can no longer move in their
behalf. If every mother felt as anxious
and longed to know how to perform this
wonderful and difficult task as I have
done, wo might perhaps succeed in time
of reforming tho many children grow
ing up around us in ignorance and wick
edness, regardless of education or reli
gion. The mother should be tho presiding
Deity. Here is tho reunion of hearts,
hopes and prayers. Hero a sym metrical
life may be built up beautiful, lovely
and godlike. Churches and schools
should bo tolerated and sustained, but
right hero I differ widely with many.
I heartily approve of churches. Their
influence is good, but we depend too
much on our ministers. Ministers, like
the rest of us, have their calling. Theirs
is to prepare and deliver sermons and
instruct to do good, but we have much
of this work to do ourselves, if we expoct
to bo benefited, and prepare to meet our
reward hereafter. If all we have to do
is to go nnd hear such sermons and
then return to our every day duties,
then why is it penitontiaries, jails, and,
asylums of different kinds are full to
overflowing. We certainly must realize
that crime is increasing at an alarming
rapidity. Now, the question arises, what
can wc do in the way of reform? Some
give one opinion, some another. Minis
ters aro doing all wo can ask or expect
of them. Temperance lectures arc being
delivered everywhere Various sociotics
aro being formed, nil perhaps having
a good influence. Then where is the
trouble? "Where shall we begin to re
movo these difficulties? It seems tho
right plan will never bo reached, but we
find whatever task wo wish to perform
wo must have all the required parts to
make a success. If we expect our boys
to become orators, statesmen, philoso
phers, or good aud useful men, we must
have the right kind of material. Moth
ers of the present day are too fond of
society, faslp'on and dress to study their
own nature and dispositions. If we give
less attention to frivolities of fashion and
more to our habits and health, we would
soon reform in a great measure. Wc
are progressing aud advancing in science
and arts, but wo must acknowledge we
are fat degenerating in other ways.
This, kind readors, is tho cause of
much suffering and crime. Mothers
who are buffering tortures from some
unknown cause, hardly able to attend to
their household duties, are giving birth
to innocent children, brought into this
world to suffer nnd live a few years of
misery. How could a feeble and delicate
mother bring forth a strong and healthy
child? We must agree that vigorous
nnd healthy constitutions of body in
both parents communicate existenco in
the most perfect stato in the offspring,
while tho transmission of various dis
eases from parents to children is a mat
ter of universal notoriety. This subject
is one rarely, if ever, approachod, owing
to its extremo delicacy, and why should
it bo considered so when our whole life
and happiness depend so much upon it!
Tastors would hardly dare proclaim it in
tho pulpit. Then I can seo but one way,
Dear sisters, let us begin ourselves ; let
us endeavor to eradicate these diseases
from our systems, that our children may
not inherit them. Consumption, scrof
ula, rheumatism and insanity are well
known maladies which descend from
generation to generation ; then would
not preparation enable to improve not
only the constitution but tho character
of our posterity? We see peoplo every
day who are attentive to preserve and
improve the breed of their animals, and
at the same time tainting the blood of
their children not only with tho most
loathsome diseases of the body, but with
madness, folly, and tho most unruly dis
positions. Although much depends on
both parents in regard to giving chil
dren health and morality, much depends
on the mother. When wo read of great
men, but little is said of the father; but
that mother is regarded ns a pure, healthy
nnd strong-minded woman. The family
is tho best school of all the virtues ; it
is n community of interest nnd sacrifice;
nor does this continue for a short time,
but for days, months, and years, until
our work hero is finished. Let us help
ourselves in good physical conditions;
let us try to rid society from its skele
tons, asylums, hospitals, ana prisons
and loarn how to practice tho true and
useful. I deem it n solomn duty we
owe to our blessed Maker, that wo
should so live that we enn enjoy the
many blessings bestowed upon us, and
when our work is finished, may wo be
prepaied to meet our God.
We have trials here which seem al
most unbearable ; for instance, the loss
of a darling child, which, in many in
stances, occurs through our ignorance.
I have just gono through with this ter
rible ordeal, nnd yet I do not feol that it
was a punishment inflicted for our sins,
neither do I feol it was a dispensation
of God's providence. I assert that
neither disease nor death in early lifo
can take place, except tho laws of na
ture havo been infringed upon. Tho
pains of premature death are the pun
ishments of their infringements, per
haps to impress upon us tho necessity of
obeying them,
runishmont will never make man
better. It may check him, but that
samo desire to do wrong is there, and I
think instilled in him before he was
ever permitted to see tho light Then
whose fault is it? I often compare my
self to a Euido-post, which points tho
way, but never goes itself. However,
tliis subject is ono which deserves
thought and caution, and I wish some
one more able than mywlf would
write upon it I wish I could seo many
come forward, and mothers who I
know are interested in the welfare of
their children, let us think and study
how to bring about a change and pro
pare ourselves for this great responsibili
ty which rests upon ua.
Yours,
Mux.
E. J. l'WCE.
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THE PLEDOES.
TEATOTAIXER S l'l.KDOE.
A pledge I innke
Xo wine to take :
Nor brandy red
That turns the head ;
Nor whisliy hot
That makes the sot;
Nor fiery rum
That ruins home.
Nor will I sin
By drinking gin;
Hard cider, too,
Will nover do;
Nor brewer's bocr
My heart to cheor ;
Nor sparkling ale
My fnco to pale.
To quench my thirst I'll always bring
Cold water from tho well or spring;
So hero I plcdgo perpetual hate
To all that can intoxicate.
THE TMrLE I'LEDCSE.
Wo will not buy,
Wo will not make,
We will not use
Wo will not take
Wine, cider, beer,
Rnm, whisky, gin ;
Becauso they lead
Mankind to sin.
We will not smoke
The smoker's pets,
Thoso little things
Called cigarettes.
Wo will not chew,
Wo will not snuff,
Or watte our time
In playing puff.
We will not curse,
Though many dare
Open their lips
To curse nnd swear.
Our words shall be
Both pure nnd plnin;
We will not tnko
God's name in vain.
OUR LETTER BOX.
This week we find Johnny Handsak-
ert letter the first to open; wo coun
him ono of the regular contributors,
and we arc glad to seo him take a stand
on the tobacco question ns well temper
anco. "Pedro" would not show such in
telligence if he were not treatod woll, it
is kindnoss that brings out such traits,
all animals aro glad nnd anxious to please
their owners if they can only understand
what is wished of them ; animals are
ono idead nnd must bo patiently taught.
We read lately of a very kind old man
who had two horses in good condition
and able to work, one was twenty-four
and tho other twenty years old, all bo
causo he kept them well fed and kept
under a shelter. Often wo see horses
hitched to wagons that are only skin
nnd bones, havo probably worked all tho
summer to plow and harvest tho grain,
then arc turned out in a poor open pas
ture to hunt for a living on tho frost
bitten grass, with tho cold rains on them
all winter. They should have a shelter
and a share of what they helped to raise.
It would bo well if every man who has
neglected his cattlo could bo almost
starved himself, to know how it feels to
go cold and hungry. Our boys can show
their humanity by taking care of their
own ponv or doir, taking care to seo
that they havo food and water regular
ly, it pays to do so, if for no other rea
son.
May milks tho cows, and she is only
eight years old, and helps her papa
too. in manv other ways. She is n treas
ure, wo nro sure, and by and by Bho will
take nil care from hor mother.
Next comes a letter from Colorado,
from Alpha, who says they will all bo
glad to get back to Oregon. This seems
to bo tho way with all who has spent
any length of time on our coast, all glad
to bo back again. Think of tho cyclones
and storms cast of us, of tho insect pests
and animal diseases which thoy have to
fight. We shall bo glad to get old frionds
back on the list.
Emma and Jessie each writo a very
nice letter, which show caro and are
spelled correctly. Wo liko to seo young
girls observe nature, it shows a mind to
cultivate these rocks and pieces of petri
fied wood, each have a history and each
mostly tell their own story. Emma
should begin to study geology, and then
theso rocks would havo a fresh interest.
Aunt Hetty would bo glad to get a bo
quct from Jessie, her own little girls
used to keep the houso filled with wild
flowers as soon as they came, now there
is no ono to fill the vases for her ; some
times she used to think it a troublo to
have every glass filled up, but now they
would bo welcome.
Ida must give a longer letter next
time, there aro many other things to tell
of if sho will try to think of them.
There is great improvement in all tho
letters wo get now, each ono has its own
style, and there is less of the sameness
in tho way in which thoy are written.
Dexter, Or., March 1G, 1884.
Editor Home Circle;
Wo havo been having somo pretty
cold weather since I wrote my last let
ter thermometer five degrees below
zero at least we thought it was very
cold, for wo never saw tho weather so
cold before, but suppose peoplo in the
Eastern States would only call it pleas
ant weather. Wo hayo a pony, we call
him Pedro; my brother, older than me,
and I both ride him after tho cows and
sheep ; he will go up to tho gates so wo
can open nnd shut them without getting
off; wo havo a pet sheep, that will open
tho gate if it isn't fastened pretty good ;
she pushes it open with her head; we
have a shepherd dog, he will tree pheas
ants nnd grouse, and will go into the
water nnd bring out ducks if we kill
them; we have four white Pekiu Ducks,
they are very pretty, we put them in a
pen nt night nnd let them out in tho
morning they havo just commenced to
lay. A good many little boys have put
their names on tho temperanco roll;
now, how many are going to use tobacco?
I for ono am not. Our spring school
will begin soon, and I am glad, as I liko
to go to school. I would liko to seo
more letters from the boys ; I think they
all liko to read tho letters in tho Home
Circle, I know I do at least.
Johnny Handsakkr.
McMin.nvii.le, March 15, 1884.
Editor Home Circle :
This is my first attempt at writing to
n paper; I am a stout girl of eight years ;
I livo on a farm ; my papa tnkes four
papers, but wo like tho Farmer better
than any of them, I liko to read tho lot-
tors so much. I never wont to school
any, but papa and mamma learn mo at
home, I am nearly through my third
reader; I think I will go to school next
summer. I want to tell you what I do
at home, I do nearly all the sweeping, as
mamma is not very stout, I milk the
cows night and morning nnd helped to
milk ono year ago, I help papa to do a
great many things that helps him with
his work, run on errands. I have one
quilt piecod, mamma set it together for
mo, I am going to work to make nnother
ono. Pnpa and mamma wentbock East
last October, they came back in Decem
ber, they brought me n nico bluo kitten,
it is n nice pet, its name is Susan. I
gather up all tho eggs, I wash dishos
sometimes, but I don't like to do it. I
can writo a little but not well enough for
you to read, so I get mamma-to write.
Love to Aunt Hetty. May Roohbs.
Dake, Col., March 20, 1884.
Editor Home Circle:
I am thirteen years old ; my pa says
he lived in Salem twenty years ago, but
did not know enough to stay there ; my
native Stato is California; we left ltoso
burg threo yours ago, and wont to Iowa
on a visit; we camo to Colorado two
years ago; papa receives the Par
mer, and I am much interested in the
letters from the boys and girls. My
mamma says to tell you we will lcavo
hero to permanently locate in tho beau
tiful Willamette valley. Tho snow is
very deap here now, but wo cannot ex
pect much bettor weather now, for wo
aro 10,300 feet above sea level. Papa
says you may count him ono on your
list of regular subscribers after tho 10th
of June. Alpha C. Scurk.
Sphinch'ieU), Or., March 17, 1884.
Editor Homo Circle :
As Aunt Hetty was so kind as to pub
lish my other lottor I will writo again.
I saw a letter from Blancho and Chester
Edwards in tho last Parmer, they aro
near neighbors of ours; wo havo nico
times playing together ; I would liko to
havo them writo again. My sister and
I havo a canary bird, it is u singer, but
it can't sing very woll yet. There wore
a good many wild strawberries on our
place last year, and I hope there will bo
lots of them this year, for 1 think thoy aro
ono of tho best wild berries that is. Can
any of tho readers of tho Homo Circlo
tell me how to preserve llowors? Tho
farmers around horo uro busy putting in
their crops. There nro somo hills near
our house, nnd by going on them wo
havo a nice viow of the valley below, wo
find some very pretty rocks and pieces of
petrified wood on them.
Sincerely yours, Emma Withers.
Si'iturariKM), Or., March 17, 1881.
Editor Home Circle;
An I have nover written to your papor
before but onco I will writo again. It is
a nice day to-day, I went out and gath
ered some wild flowors this morning, I
would like to send Aunt Hetty a boquet
My sistor and I havo a pet calf. Our
houso planU frozo last winter, wo wrap
ped them up well too. I am crocheting
mo a tidy. Wo have ono litllo lamb. I
do not go to school now, school has not
commenced yet. I havo pioced ono
quilt and commenced another. I got a
nice doll for a Christmas present. I will
sond A riddle : As I was going to St.
Ire, I mot n man with soven wives, each
wifo had seven sacks, each sack had
evcn cats, each cat had soven kits,
kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many
wore going to St. Ire. I will sond Aunt
Hetty one of my cards.
Kcspectfully yours, Jessie Withers.
Zkn-a, Or., Mnrch 29, 1884.
Editor Homo Circlo;
This is tho first timo I have written to
the Parmer. I am going to- start to
school next week ; I am taking music
lessons, I havo taken about ninotcon or
twenty. I will tell you whnt I got for
Christmas, nn autograph nlbutn, bound
in red plush, two handkerchiefs, colar
nnd candy nnd nuts. I am thirteen
years old. I will try and write again.
Ida P. PunviNE.
CHOICE RECIPES.
Gup Funding. Tako ono cupful of
wheat flour, ono cupful of sweet milk,
three-quarters of a cupful of sugar, half
a cupful of butter nnd threo eggs. Stir
tho buttor and sugar together ; beat the
eggs ; mix with the flour a teaspoonf ul and
a linlf of bakine powdor. nnd stir tho
milk and eggs into it, with tho but
ter nnd sugar bented to a cream. Buttor
somo teacups or smnll pudding dishes.
Put somo raspberry jam or prcsorved
peaches at tho bottom ot tno cup, anil
fill half full with batter, and steam for
twenty minutes. Servo with cream sauce.
Cooked Dried Beef. -Put chipped or
sliced driodbeef into sufficient hot water
to cover it well, and let it boil fivo or ten
minutes. If tho beef is very salt, drain
off tho wafer, add fresh water nnd boil
five minutes more. Drain this off nnd
add a cup of rich milk or croam, a pieco
of butter, ono spoonful of flour mndo
smooth with a little cold milk stirred in
when boiling. Season to taste with salt
and pepper. Ono or two beaten eggs
stirred in are thought by somo to bo an
improvement. Good for breakfast or
supper with baked potatoos.
Welh Rabbit. Put a pieco of butter
tho sizo of hickorynut in a saucepan
with four or five spoonfuls of sweet croam
or rich milk. Add about a cup of cheese
in bits. Let it cook, stirring with a fork,
just long enough to melt the chceso and
bocome one mass, .iiuvo reauy biicos oi
bread nicely browned but not dried, and
spread tho cheese on tho toast. Sorve
immediately, as it becomes tough by
standing. Good relish for n hasty lun
cheon. Graham Sponge Roll. Take a cup
and half of graham flour, threo tablo
Bpoonfuls of hot water, one tcaspoonful
of saleratus, ono cupful of sugar and
three oggs. Bent tho wator and salera
tus into a cup of sugar, then stir them
into the flour. Beat tho eggs for ten
minutes and mid to it. Butter a long
biscuit pan, nnd Dako it thin for fifteen
or twenty minutes. Turn out on a soft
towel. Spread jelly over it and roll.
Whon cool cut liko jelly cako.
Jolly Pies. Tnko six eggs, two cup
fuls of whito suuar, ono cupful of buttor
and uno cupful of currant or applo jolly;
stir tho butter and sugar to ft cream ;
beat tho eggs for ten minutes with a
Dover egg boater, nnd mix the jolly
into them by tho tablospoonful, until it
is well stirred in ; add tho sugar and
butter, ono cupful of lard, two heaping
cupfuls of pastry flour nnd ono ogg beaten
to a froth in a teacup and tho cup filled
with cold wator ; cut tho lard into tho
flour, and stir in tho egg and water; roll
out vory thin on tho pastry board, and
add the buttor in threo rollings, scatter
ing flour over it each timo ; roll thin
and put on buttored tin scalloped pie
plates, and fill in tho jolly mixture; put
strips of pastry across tho top, nnd bake
for twonty-fivo minutes in a hot ovon,or
till tho pastry is well baked.
Young America.
Wo have often read of Young Amorica
getting off smart sayings, but wo havo
ono hero in our midst thnt discounts any
wo havo ever heard or road of. Ho is
always saying something at tho oxpenso
of liis largor brothers and sisters. A fow
days sinco ho happened to smell tho
perfume on big brother's handkerchief,
(by tho way, tho big biothcr alwayt
perfumes his korchief on Sundays),
Younir America sniffed tho nirn second
nnd exclaimed, "h'm, I smell Sunday."
Tho Garland.
"tor"
Infants and Children
Wlthont Morphia or Kmrcotlne.
What gire our Children rosy cheeki ,
What cure tholr lovura, waVm them sleep;
"Tli tlastnrta.
1 When Babies fret, and err by turn, '
wnai cure weir couc. aius ineir worms,
llut Cutiir:
Lu
What quickly curt ConsUpatlon,
Bour Stomach, Colds, Indignation :
Hut Castorla.
Tsrewtll then to Morphine Syrups,
Castor OU and l'areguric, and
HallCmtorla.
Centaur Liniment. -A at-
Mint euro lor nsissistiiB,
Sprains, Boras, CMLla, ate.,
lsutmatajsooms PalMrallavar.