WILLAMETTE FABMER; SALEM, OREGON, NOVEMBER 21, 1884.
Ihe ot mU.
Una MARMOT T. CLARKE, Editor
Original.'
THE LOST ISLAND.
BV ELMO WILDWOOD.
bomo way from Boston a dangerous thoal
Lies near the surface, nor all concealed
At low tide; one sees such times a smooth
knoll
Of compact sand, by tho obb revoalcd.
But that is all; hero n Island onco rose,
Enduring as aught thcro In tho tea,
And was called Vixlft's Mate, nobody know
Particularly why, but nil ogrco
Tho following talo shall spontor tho uamo :
Vix and his Mato wcro fishermen;
Both from the r elf samo neighborhood came,
followed tho sea until tho time when
Tho nmto camo In from a perilous ofulso,
And came back alone. Tho tale ho told
True or not who could ditpute such news ?
Wast Vix had died from hungar and cold,
And tho body was sunk thrown overboard
ilo told this story with guilty guise,
Poor Vixo's fato tho whilo ho deplored ;
Murder looked out from glittering oyes.
The courts condomncd tho trcaoliorous mate,
Usliovlng him guilty; so ho was huug
Out on this low island; at auy rate,
Denying tho deed with dying tonguo,
Just beforo tho halter iti victim held
Tho man cursod tho placo and said somo day
I ho island would sink for this crimo tin
knollcd, Out in tho waters of Boston biy.
And sink it did, and began at that hour,
Tho sea slow nibbling its lty of sand
With tho dreadful will ot rolcntless power,
Till no slgu is left of tho Uml.
And so it went, that datk island of crime,
Deaf to innoccnoa pleading with "death)"
In tho far ftirturo OMnos tomctimo n time
That witnesses wrong's expiring breath.
TnANKSOIVlNO POEM.
Como yo thankful pcoplo, como,
llaito tho song ol harvest hornet
All is salcly gathered in,
Kro tho winter storms begin,
God our makordoth provide
1'or our wants to bo supplied ;
Como ts God's own temple, come,
Ualio tho song of harvest home.
All tho world' God' own fWJ,
, Fruit unto his praise to yield ;
Wheat and tares togother sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown :
First tho blsde, and then tho car,
Then tho full corn slull appear t
Lord of harvest, grant that wo
Wholesome grain and puro miy bo.
For tho Lord ourOod shall come,
And shall take his harvest home;
From his field shall in that day
All his offences purge away ;
Give his angels chargo at list
In tho flro tho tares to cast,
lint tho fruitful cars to store
4n his garner evermoro.
' liven so, Lord, quickly como
To thy final harvest homei
Gather now thy pcoplo in,
Frco from sonow, freo from sin;
Thero for ever purlflod,
In thy pieiencu to abide:
Como with nil thy uugtls, come,
Raise tho glorious liarvcit home.
CHOICE UECIPES.
Ginger Snaps. A littlo friend sends
us tlio following ; I will toll somo of
tho littlo fistora lioiv to mnko ginger
8noi)a. Tnko two cups of sugar and ono
cup of warm water, ono cup of lard, ono
tablespoonful of ginger, ono tenspoonlul
of win. Perhaps somo of tho littlo girls
would liko to try this way of making
snaps.
Fruit Loaf. Fruit lonf mado of bread
dough is very nlco j'nfter tho dough has
risen tho first time, tnko a pieco about
tho sizo you v"ld need for a loaf of
bread; rqll this out on n kneading-bonrd
until it is not moro than an inch thick;
on this spread nny kind of fruit that you
choose English currants, chopped rais
ins, stowed figs or jam may any of thorn
bo used; sprinklo a littlo powdered
sugar ovor tho fruit, and put6omo littlo
lumps of butter horo and thero on it, or
spread tho dough with butter boforo
putting tho fruit on it, Itoll it up very
tightly into n loaf, let it rise, and bakoin
hot ovon. Cut it in thick slices when
done. This may tako tho form of a
plain pudding; in this caso it must bo
served hot, with sauco. Tho sauco
should be rich and highly seasoned, and
tho pudding must bo cut in thin slices ;
tho sauco should bo very hot, so that it
will penctrato nnd soften tho crust.
Applo Butter. Cidermodo fromswoet
apples will make a bettorarticlo, but if
it cannot bo obtained common cider can
be used. Tako the cider as it runs from
the press before any fermentation has
taken placo and boil it down in a tin or
copper boiler (never use iron) until it
Iim evaporated fully- one-hiL' While it
is boiling all the scum that reamust
bo carefully removed, and as soon as it
is thick enough add n good quantity of
tart npplos, pared and cut into quarters,
taking out all tho cores. Fill tho boiler
half full of tlin quarters. Keep a slow
but steady flro but bo careful to stir tho
apples every fow moments, to prevent
them from sticking to. tho bottom and
sidos of tho kcttlo. Vhcn tho apples
havo boiled about fiftcori minutes, and
havo settled down a littlo, add more, un
til tho boilor is quito full enough ; now
cook to a pulp, stirring it almost con
tinually. Whon it is finished, showing
no wholo piece, but all ono mass of
pulp, turn it into jars nnd firkins nnd lot
it cool ; cover it and storo in n cool place.
It can bo seasoned with spices whilo
j cooking or afterward. Ground china
I mon and clovos nro tho best suited as a
flavornur. Onc-nnd-a-haU bushols of
apples, af lor they nro purod and quar
tered, aro enough for ono barrel of cider
boforo it is boiled down.
Jelly Cako. Tho Farming "World
gives us this rccipo : A good largo cako
is mado of ono cup of sugar, two eggs,
half cup butter, and ono nnd n half cups
Hour, half cup milk, two tcnspoonfulsof
baking powdor. If you havo no jelly,
frosting flavored with lemon juico is
nice. Uso tho gratod rind for flavoring
the cako.
. ituok. Tho Tribune-Farmer offers its
roadcrs tho following: Milk enough
mixed with half a cup of yeast to mnko
a pint; mnko a spongo and riso; then
add ono and n hnlf cups of whito sugar,
thrco eggs, a halt cup buttor, spico to
taste, mould, then put in pan to riso ;
when baked, cover tho topH with sugar
dissolved in milk.
Vienna Nolls. This is Mrs. L. A.
Ilotchkiss' rccipo: Ono quart of sifted
flour, two toaspooufuls baking powdor,
ono or two tnblospoonfuls buttor, nnd
Hour enough to mako it still enough for
biscuit; roll one-half inch thick, cut out
with biscuit cutter, wet with mill: and
turn over, then wet with milk on top,
this makes it in tho form of a roll.
Urcad Cake. Tako nny bits of bread
you may havo left aftor meals, soak
them in milk or water, until perfectly
soft; mash fine, add two eggs, pinch of
soda, salt to tasto, and onough flour to
mako thorn fry nicely; drop tho tea
spoonful into hot butter or lard. Thcso
aro inoxpcnslvo and good, nnd a better
way to uso dry broad than in puddings.
Ginger Urcad. Tho following is a good
rccipo for making ginger bread, a do-
lightful winter cake, a correspondent of
tho Maiuo Farmer says ; '-I havo n nico
reclno for molasses cincer-brcad. Tako
ono cup of molasses, thrco largo spoon
fuls of cronm, ono heaping tonspoonful
of soda, ono tonspoonful of salt, Hour
onouch to mako it n thick dough. I am
ten years old.
cuttine Feed for stock.
Somo hnvo supposed that straw and
corn fodder had, really, vory littlo
nutriment, and only mado bulk in tho
stomach. Hut this is quito erroneous.
Most pioneer farmers havo seen cattlo
living on tho buds and twigs of trees,
cut in mid-winter; nnd if thoy can digest
such woody food as this, it scorns quito
reasonable thnt thoy can digest woll
masticated oat straw or corn foddei.
Straw is vory poor in albuminoids, but
its digestablo carbo-hydrates aro nearly
cnual to that of meadow hay. It re
quires food rich in albuminoids to mix
with straw. If 200 pounds of linseed
oil meal, and 2,000 lbs of middlings aro
mixed with 2,000 pounds of oat straw,
tho combination is quito as valunblo as
meadow hay, and would oven keep cat
tlo in better condition ovor winter. And
if hay were worth 10 ier ton, then, by
adding $3.50 to ono ton of straw, you
havo what is equal to 2,-100 pounds of
hav. or tho straw is worth $8.50 per ton ;
and running tho straw through a cutter
would greatly assist in making it tnus
valuable.
Now, as to tho question whether it will
pay tho cost of labor and machiney to do
this cutting, it denonds upon tho amount
of stock kept A large cutter and powor
will do tho cuttine much moro rapidly,
and theroforo much cheaper, than a
email one. With a lnrgo cutter nnd an
adequato powor two tons of straw, or
corn fodder, or hay can bo cut por hour.
With a small stock it would not pay to
buy thoso machines, but it might pay
to biro tho cuttor and power long
enough to do tho cutting, as in tho caso
of a tnreshing machine ; but wiih a largo
stock it would pay woll to own tho cut
ter and powor. Tho writer of this has cut
many a hundred tons of thoso coarse
fodders, and has long been woll satisfied
that tho labor has boon moro than paid
for. When hay is high and straw
nlontv. it is much cheaper to food grain
with straw or corn fodder. Corn fodder,
when tho corn is rut and shocked whilo
tho stalk is green, as it should bo, is
worth more than straw for feeding, and
corn fodder, as wo havo seen, is most
benefited by cutting vory short, Ex.
At Lafayette the cannon burst with
which (bey urea Cleveland ana Jtien
driclcs salute, bat no one waa killed.
jfI Ijfa ftililreq.
wtiiki iLuaimim-U-
"ouan."
Tho ploughboy whistles behind his plough,
For his lunge wcro sound and ho'd no cough;
Ha euided his toam with a pliant bough,
And watered it well at a waysldo trough.
Tho toil was hard, for the land was rough
It lay on tho shores of Scottish slough
But his well-fed team was stout and tough,
And ho plied his bough on flank and hornh.
Ho plowed all day and the crow and chough
Flow around his head, thongh ho oft cried
though .
But his plow at last struck a hidden sough
With n forco that sent tho sharo clean
through,
Then tho toam took frigh. and ran off with
tho plough,
With the speed of tho wind from tho plow
boy, though
llu shouted " whoa!" and into a slough
It plung'd whero tho mild was soft as dough.
Tho plowboy wept, for tho wreok was
thorough.
Ho fled that night from tho farm to tho
borough,
OUR LETTER BOX,
Tlioro tiro n number of letters on hand
to-day. It was only for a short timo in
tho summer that letters failed to come.
Thcro will bo plenty from thin timo, wo
nro sure.
Jnnio writoa hoi first letter, and wo
sco thnt sho has taken pains to mnko her
letter look neat ; each word shows that
it has been slowly nnd carofully mado.
This is tho way to do, for after prnclico
it will como easy and natural to
form tho lettors well. Those turkeys
nnd chickens must keep Janio busy if
sho takes caro of thorn. Wo think tho
dark turkeys nro bettor than tho light
ones. A lady friend told us that sho
used turkey eggs to mako cako ; that
her turkeys laid eggs when tho chickens
did not.
Lucy cortainly could not find any
thing hotter to do than to writo a letter
to tho Homo Circle, only sho should
tako timo to writo n longer ono; there
aro so many sub'jocta that she could
writo about if sho would put on her
thinking cap. If no ono answers her
conundrum, sho must toll herself what it
is, for wo notico that thcro nro a number
that havo novor yet been guessed.
K. II. sends ono too, besides answer
ing ono; it would seom a difficult ono to
guess nnd doubt if nny ono can solvo it,
for thcro is somo "catch" about it, so if
no ono nnswors it in tho next two weeks
sho must writo tho riddlo again nnd tho
answor with it.
Jessie is not going to bo bohind tho
rest and sho has como out with n riddlo
too, about tho crows. Wo should guess
right off that thcro would bo no crows
loft after tho smoko of tho gun cleared
off; it is not likely that tho rost would
sit still to bo n target.
Anna sends a very oxcollcnt lottor,
answering somo questions and asking
somo very sonsiblo ones. Wo will find
somo good cako recipes, ospccially for
hor, boforo long.
Aunt Hetty commenced last week n
puzzlo department giving a charade and
n riddlo ; tho answer to tho first is a
nowspuper and tho latter a hair brush.
Now this week:
"Why is a woman deformed when
mending stocking?"
"Why aro good resolutions liko faint
ing ladies?"
"Whnt is that which lives in winter
nnd dies in suuimor and always grows
with its roots upward?"
KNKiSIA.
"I tremble with each breath of air
And yet can heaviest burdens boar;
Tis known that I destroyed the world,
And all things in confusion hurled,
And yet I do preserve all in it
Through each revolving hour ami minute,"
Couvallib, Or., Nov. -1, 1881.
Kditor Home Circlet
As I havo nover written to tho papers
I'will try now ; I am ten years old ; I
havo four sisters nnd two brothers; my
oldest sistor is named Diana, tho next is
named Margio, tho next is nancd Mary ;
ray two brothers nro twins, their names
nrd Alva and Kinory, my youngost sister
is named Corn. Wo havo sovon turkeys
nnd about ono hundred chickens; wo
havo two whito turkoys and flvo dark
ono. Janik J. Xkwto.v.
Olvmi-ia, W. T, Oct. 29, 18&1.
Kditor Homo Circlet
As I havo nothing to do at proscnt I
thought I would try and writo again.
Our potatoes nro not dug yet, it has been
raining so bad thoy can't dig; wo havo
thirteen young chickens. I will answor
Mr. Hartley's question it isico." I
will givo a conundrum, it is : I lio in a
bed but never sleep, I often murmur but
never weep; the more falls I get the fas
ter I move along. Yours, LucyCboix.
La Ckntkr, W. T., Oct. 29, 188-1.
Editor Homo Cirolo t
Wo havo been a constant reader of tho
Wh.umkttk FaumkuiuhI wo liko it vory
well. Wishing to obtain C. 0. IJ.'s card
I will answer her question it will take
tho squirrel nine days to carry ofi" tho
nino ears of corn, for ho takes ono car
ovcry day and his own two nro threo
oars. I will givo n riddlo and tho ono
that first answers it I will send a pretty
card. Hold up your right hand and
you will soo what you never will see,
never can seo and novor shall sco.
ltcspectfully, K. IIi:xxnssY.
Kola, Or., Nov. 0, 18S1.
Kditor Homo Circlet
As I havo novor writton to tho Homo
Oirdo I will try to writo n fow lines. I
am nino years ofd; I go to school now;
I study fourth reader, arithmetic, gram
mar, geography, nnd spell in tho high
est spelling clnss in tho school. It has
been raining but it has cleared up now.
I havo a dog named Carlo nnd ho is
really very smart. I will answer ltf ch
ard lVarce's riddle it is a chorry. I
will now answer Geo. Lehman's riddlo
tho way to spoil it is g. I will close
by asking a riddlo : If thcro woro thrco
crows on a treo and I shoot ono of thorn,
how many will remain. Your friend,
Jkssik M. 1Ji:aiusm:v.
Nkwaukcm, Nov. 9, 1S81.
Kditor Homo Circlo t'
As I havo not writton to tho Homo
Circlo for somo timo I will try and an
swer ono or two questions I paw in Inst
weolc's I'AUMint. l am going to eciioui
now, it will bo out in thrco wcoks. Will
answer C. G. King's riddle ho took tho
goose first, then went back nnd got tho
fox, took it over nnd took tho gooso back
with him, took tho corn over, nnd thou
went back after tho gooso. I think tho
answer to It. K. Ponrco's riddlo must bo
n cherry. Tho lllblo contains il.IM.ISO
letters. Now, Aunt Hetty, these nnswors
may not bo correct, but hopo somo ono
olso will havo answers in this woek'H pa
per. Auutio nnd I took a long walk
this afternoon and found somo hi no vio
lets nnd strawborry blossoms; will sond
you ono of my cards nnd a violot. Aunt
Hetty, will you plenso send mo
a good cako rccqw. Will closo by ask
ing a history quostion : ''What fort was
saved by a half-witted boy!" Tho ono
that unsworn my question first I will
sond my card. Your friend,
Anna Houkkh.
Beautiful Evcr-Dloomlng Roses.
All lovors of choico flowors should
sond to tho Dingco k Conrad Co., West
Grove, Pa., forsomo of their lovoly roses.
Thcso roses nro certain to bloom, and aro
tho finest in tho world. Thoy nro sent
safely by mail postpaid to all post
ofllccs in tho Unitod Stntes. This com
pany is iHjrfectly rolinble, and noted for
liboral doaliug. " Thoy givo away in pre
miums nnd uxtras moro roses than mntit
other esUblishmontfl grow. Sond for
their Now Guide, n comploto trcatiso on
tho rose, (70 pages, olegantly illustra
ted), freo. Seo advertisement in this
pnpor.
Grade Holstoiu cows hooiii to milk
about as well as full bloods. One grade
cow in my hord as a two-year-old, gavo
about ton thousand pounds. When
fresh sho produced ton gallons a day.
Sho novor goes dry. Several hnlf-bh.od
Holhlcins, tiireo years old, nnd from high
grndo Short-horn cows, product) when
fresh from iivo to sovon gallons a day on
grass alono and, of course, when thoy
nro fully matured they will yiold much
moro. Ono grade Holstoiu heifer from
a puro-brod Short-horn cow, when two
years old gavo forty jwunds of milk a
day. Western Agriculturist.
Tho icM of Columbia county. W. T.,
was enormous nnd MOO tons of wheat U
stored along tho railroad warehouses,
bosides that in tho mills.
for Infants
CnHtorlnpromotes Digestion
and overcomes t'lululoncy, Coimujia
tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and
Feverudiness. It insures health and
uutural sleep, without luorpulue.
" Cuttortu Is so well adapted to Children that
I recommend A a superior to nr prrcrlpUon
known to roe." JL A. Aucrna, M. V
tc rortland Ave., DrooUn, N. Y,
vBIHk3j-LiiSiissssiissR
CENTAUW tlNIMSNT-an absolute cure for Rheuma
tism, Hpralns, Burns, Galls, Ac. The raoat Powerful and Pem
tratlBg Paln-rellerlBff and IlealiBg Remedy known to man.
Hjjttmflti
Somo ono who has boon runinging into
tho mu8tyand murky past, has discover
ed that tho "drum is ono of our oldest
musical instruments." How ho discover
ed that tho drum is u "musical instru
ment" wo should liko to know. It is
said that moro than 1C00 years D. 0. ini
monso drums wcro beaten nt banquets
and other entertainments. It is no won
der that thoso pcoplo nro dead now.
Norrittown Herald.
Tho socretnry of tho interior has struck
a blow nt tho legitimato drama. Ho
has ordered Sitting Bull nnd his band
bnck to their reservation. Tho troup
wcro losing money, nnd will probably
not demur at tho action of tho secretary.
Thero nro a number of theatrical com
panies on tho road who would regard it
as a groat favor if tho secretary would
ordor them back at tho govormont's cx
ponso. It would savo thorn n long walk.
Norristown Herald.
"What business wcro you engaged in
whon iti tho United StntcsV'ono foreign
tourist asked nnothor.
"I was a bnnk cashicr7r replied tho
traveler.
"Not ono of thoso with 'discrepancy
I hopo?" facetiously romnrked tho tourist.
"Oh, no. Thero was no discrepancy. I
cloarcd up everything beforo I left. Tho
safo remains. It is part of tho building,
you know." Pittsburg Chronicle
of a high priced up town restaurant.
A largo crowd had galhorod in front
I'rojontly tho bodies of two mon wcro
brought out nnd deposited in nn am
bulance. "Whnt's tho tronblo?" asked a citizen
of a policeman. "Murder?"
"No; tho two men only had 12 bo
twoou them, nnd they tried to mako ono
portion do for both. It's nn aggravat
ed case of starvation." Now York Suu.
A lloxbury lady recently employed a
washerwoman who camo well recom
mended, nnd who noon mado hersolf very
ngrconbio. Mrs. S 'h front name is
Annio, while tho wnshcrwonfnn bcarsjtho
iiiuno of Sarah. Monday Sarah report
ed for work, and during tho foronoon
Mrs. 8., who happened lo bo in tho
kitchon, said: "I guess I shall havo to
call you Sarah hereafter, Mrs. M. it is bo
much shorter." "All right, inarm, do,
and I may call you Annio. It comes
natural. I used to work with an Annio
years ago." Tableaux. lloxbury Advo
cate. "Simpson," said tho managing editor,
"please dont wtilo any moro pathotio nr
ticlos. I nsk you this as a personal favor
for I am inclined to look on tho bright
side of lifo, nnd when I thoughtlessly
tnko up an articlo liko tho ono you wroto
Inst night, why it topples mo ovor tho
prcolpico of despondoncy and gloom,
whoro I flounder for hours beforo I can
climb up tho rugged steep and again
bnsk in tho benms of tho suu." 'To
which nrticlo do yourefor?"nskcdSiinp
son. "Tho ono bonded 'A Drummer's
Expcrienco with a Uottlo of Cocktail.' "
"Why, sir, that was a humorous articlo."
"That so! Well, givo us somo pathos then."
Say, Simpson, label 'om, please." Arknn
saw Travel lor.
After a visit to somo of tho Alaska
glaciers, Mr. Thomas Moolinn- states
that beneath the Muir glncior.snid to bo
100 miles long, flows a rapid torrent,
which ho estimates to bo 100 foot wido
and four foot in average depth, and
which runs Summer and Winter without,
interruption. Al its termination tho
L'lncier bancs ovor tho son, and uivcx off
lcobergs. Mr. Monhan romnrked that
tho groat ico-shoots havo their lakos,
rapids, waterfalls,hills and valleys; that
tho water-ways change their courses at
times through tho moiling; and that
niejting progress freely in tho sun's
rays, but not in tho shade.
The ltesults.
All person fio'lny 'lull and dcproncd, or
perhaps fevirUh, with nooppetito, no energy,
tho svstem clogged, ttiu Liver torpid, tho
lloueli inactive, who are wonderipu; how to
find relief, should puruharo n fifty cent or
onu dollar bottle of Syrup of Figs, read the
eireular around tho Initio, follow tho di
rection, taking h fow doses of this pleasant
rrumly and be rtstrid to health and happl
i !. It may be had ot J, J. firings, Salem,
Oroon.
and Children.
What glres our Children ror chfteks,
What cure their fevers, makes them sleep t
'TU CmtiirU.
When babies fret and cry by turns,
What cures their colic, M1U their worms,
HutCmtorl.
What qulcklr cures Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Colds, lncUijotlon,
Farewell then to Morphine Srrujw,
Castor OU aod llreeorlc, and
If all CMtotlal