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RPERMS for every description of Job I PRINTING CASH ! for the reason that for every article we use, we must pay cash; and the oash system will enable us to do our work as low its it can be done in the cities. IJw THE WABXINe AT THE BRIDOE. In the year IBGI, I wan superinten dent of the Howrich ami Rocky River Railroad. It was a line that done a good run of business, connecting as it did a great city with a flourishing hack coun try, aud we run a pretty good number of trains over the rails in the course of twenty four hours. The daily trains were every hour, but after nine in the evening'there was only one train until the steamboat ac commodation of half past three in the morning. . This intervening train was the Bel port mail. It was made up at Bel port, and ran as far as Clinton, express all the way. Bel port was the large city of which I have spoken, and it was there my of fice was located, for the business of the road was all settled and arranged at that end of the line. Of course I give fictitious names, and the reader need not expect to find Belport on any railway map. 12.-30 train, or the midnight mail, as it was more frequently designated, was run by Earl Rogers, a young man of seven or eight ami twenty, who had been employed on the road for several years. lie was the best engine driver on the corporation, and for that reason he had been elected for the train, because there was a better lookout required by night. Earl taken all in all, was one of the finest fellows I ever saw. Frank, handsome, generous to a fault, and very well educated. lie had fallen into the vocation of an engineer more for his love of excite ment and danger than anything else, perhaps ; and if there was any particu larly perilous business to be done, Earl Rodgers was our man. For some time he had been desper ately in love with Laura Demain, the daughter of a rich old fellow, just 011 the other side of the Rocky river, a half a dozen miles beyond Belport. This love was fully returned, for Laura was a noble hearted gin and did not care for wealth aud ambition when weighed in the balance witn love; but old Demain and she were two, and there was no probability of his ever giv ing his consent. He had set his heart on her marry ing Prince Carleton, a young blood o! the vicinity, reputed wealthy, ami of an old family. Demain's opposition naturally made the lovers more determined, and they only waited an increase of Earl's salary to be married, in spite of papa Demain. Earl wasa faithful fellow,and I was doing my boot m© compa ny to get ar. advance for him, with ev ery probability of success. Somehow, 1 took a strong interest in Earl's love affairs. lam an old codger, and love mat ters are rather out of my line, my forte being the calculating of accounts, the regulation of freight rates; and the management of business so us to secure the fattest dividends to the stockhol ders. Perhaps my interest in Earl's love for Laura might be because I most cor dially detested Prince Carleton. He was always "blowing" our road, find ing fault with the rate of speed with the grade, with the carriages, with the ventilation, with everything in short, for nothing suited him. Then upon one occasion he and I had a few words neither very pleasant nor very choice and he had called me an old scoundrel, and I returned the com pliirent with interest. After that we were worse friends than ever. One dark rainy night in November, just after the nine o'clock train had been got off, and I was sitting in the office trying to balance an account that would not balance, the door open ed and Earl Rogers walked in. He hud on his waterproof suit the hood o ver head, and thecollar buttoned close ly, but 1 saw that his face was very pale and his eyes gleamed with an un nattural tire. "What in the world has happened, Rogers? said I. You look as glum as if you were going to your own funer al." "Mr. Woodbury," said he earnestly. "Do you believe in presentments?" "No," said I. "1 certainly do not, they are old woman's whims!" "Perhaps so. I wish 1 could think so," said he sadly. "J have been try ing hard to," "What is it Earl? Anything gone wrong with Laura ?" for I did not know but the little jade had been play ing off with him after the manner of women. "No, you will laugh at me, Mr. Woodbnry, but I must tell somebody, or 1 willgooutof my wits," said he half laughing, "and before heaven I tell you it is all truth. Thursday af ternoon I took a hand car and went o ver to Rocky River Bridge. Ido not mind confessing that 1 went on pur purpose to get a glimpse of her home —perhaps of herself. I stood at one end of the bridge, looking across at the house, enraptured at the sight of a scarlet shawl which I knew was hers flitting in and out through the shrub bery of the garden. "And while I was looking at her I heard footsteps, and glancing up 1 saw myself coming up from the opposite side of the bridge! I was dressed in this suit of waterproof, my face was as pale as death, and my wide open eyes were blank and expressionless! "Sir, you think I am dazed, but I'm telling you only the truth ! While I stood staring at the vision it disappear ed, and weak and trembling I came back to town. By the next day—yes terday, I had reasoned myself out of be lief in anything of the kind. It was a hallucination, I said, and to prove it so, I would go out there again and see If it would apjK'ar for the second time. I went again yesterday, and sir, the same thing was repeated! It will come once more—and then I shall go to iny death!" "Nonsense!" said I. "Come Earl, be honest, and confess that you had been taking too much whisky." "I never drink anything as you know, Mr. Woodbury," returned lie, "and this thing was fearfully real. If I run the mail train out to-night, I shall be Rilled, and heaven knows what will be the fate of the train! I suppose it could not be taken off for to-night. "Taken off! What the deuce do you mean?" snapped I, "this road runs trains as advertised ! Cowardly engi neers to the contrary notwithstanding. He looked at me sadly, reproachful ly—and I could have kicked myself for the way I had spoken to him. "It was not on my own account sir, said he, but it is only a few days be fore thanksgiving, and the train will be a full one. If there is an accident it may be a bad one." "Accident!" said I contemptuously, "fiddlestick. Corae in to-morrow, and let us laugh at you." He bid me good-night gravely and went out. Presently the clock struek twelve, and I heard three sharp successive whistles that told me that the train was nearly ready. A strange feeling of apprehension seized me. What if anything should happen ? Yielding to an impulse which would not be controlled, I threw on my over coat, turned out the gas, locked the of* fice and hurried over to the depot just in season to catch the tail of the rear car and swing myself on board. Earl Rogers stood at his post, pale and silent, yet altered anjj watchful. By the head light on the locomotive he could see the track for half a mile ahead, and his keen eye scanned every inch of the way as the train swept on. Past Roman station—past the Mill Cut—past Hill'sembankment.andthey plunged into the belt of woods which skirted Rocky River. Suddenly, as they swept around the curve Earl's cheek whiteued and he drew his breath in quick and hard! What he saw before the train warn ed him that only death and destruc tion lay ahead. He could probably save himself by leaping off, but that would dooco all on board. Not a second did he hesitate. The sharp whistle to down breaks sounded. He reversed steam and did everything in his power to stop the train. When ho <a\u that his efforts were in vain, that the obstacle which lay a cross the track only a few rods in ad vance could not be avoided, he sprang over the wood box and unlocked from the carriages the engine released from the d ag, shot ahead, and the next in stant plunged forward into the gulf. There was a crash, a succession of shrill whistles from the escaping steam, all was still ! Not one of the carriages went down, the first one halted on the very brink of the abyss, as if to impress more fearfully upon the minds of the pass engers the terrible danger they had es caped. Before the train had come stop, I had jumped out and was flying forward, looking for Earl Rogers. They pointed into the river in an swer to my inquiries, and seizing a lantern from the hand of one of the brakesmen, 1 soon climbed down the bank and found him. lie lay under a wreck of the locomo tive, pale and bloody, with no breath corning from his icy lips. The two stokers were a little way off, stone dead. I am an old man, but I didn't feel the weight of that poor fellow as I carried him up the bank, and on to the bouse of Demain, which happened to be the nearest residence. Of course old Demain could not re fuse admittance under the circumstan ces, and in five minutes Laura was with me trying to restore the lifeless man to consciusness. She was all courage and hope ; but for her we should have given him up for dead; and 1 to this day firmly be lieve that her presence and her care brought him back from death. She never flinched while thesurgeon amputated his leg at the knee, it was the only way to save him. Doctor Green said, and Laura held the poor head of her patient to her bosom, and bis hands in hers through the whole operation. The accident, it was found had been occasioned by a stick of timber across ihe track, and the railroad company offered a reward of a thousand dollars for the discovery of the rascally per petrator. No matter how we found it out, but it was ascertained beyond a doubt that Prince Carleton was the guilty party. lie confessed it when we had him snug and safe, and said that he wanted Earl Rogers out of the way, and be cause he bated the whole concern— meaning the railroad and the corpor ation, he had formed this plan of dia bolical revenge. His father was a millionaire, and bought up our silence handsomely. Prince went to California, and I do not know what became of him, Old Demain proved himself a trump after all, and gave in gracefully. He Is dead now, and Earl and Lauia live at the old place as happy a oouple as you ever saw. As for Earl's warn ing, you may believe what you like about it. I have no explanation lo offer. A rare mind—mind your UWh lusL ness. Tranquil pleasure lasts longest. THE LADIES' COM'MJf. Lamb chops: Fry them a light brown in butter, then add a little wa ter, flour, salt, and a dust of pepper, to the gravy ; let it brown, and pour it over the cho; s. To clean window and looking-glass: After having washed and rinsed your glass as usual, dry it some with a cloth then lake soft news or tissue paper, and rub until perfectly clear. Sauce for the above pudding: One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, yolk of one egg; beat together; stir in half a cup of boiling water. Let it come to a boil, and when ready for use, flav or to taste. Buttermilk pudding: Two eggs, two cups of sugar, half a cup of butter, one teaspoonful of soda sifted in two cups of flour, three cups of but termilk; stir the flour in lightly. Grease your tin, and bake one hour. It can be turned out. Railroad oak 3: Three eggs, onecup of sugar, one large spoonful of butter, beat together; stir in lightly one cup of flour, a little yeast powder, or soda sifted in flour. Bake in quick oven. This is a tine dessert with the above sauce. Short cakes: Dissolve half a pound of fresh butter in as much milk a3 will make a pound and a half of flour in a paste, roll it out about a quarter of an inch thick, and cut it into large round cakes. Do them in a frying pan and serve them hot. Eat with butter. Cream griddle cakes: One quart of sour cream, four beaten eggs, one tea spoonful of salt, two of soda, and one pint of flour; mix the soda in half the flour, and stir it in last; bake as soon as mixed, and serve immediately ; add more flour if not thick enough to suit. A cheap and good pie: In half a teacup of vinegar put one tablespoon ful of butter, one teacup cf molasses, one teacup of dried currants, one egg, and a little nutmeg. Roll two soda crackers flue, and add to the above, and you will have material enough for two pies. Try them, and you will make more. Cream drop cake: A half pint of rich cream, aud a half pint of egg, beat the yolks and whites separately; add a teaspoonful of salt, and as much flour as can be beat in with a spoon ; it should be just thick enough to drop from a spoon ; butter pans, and drop thecakeonit: let it bake hard. If the cream is sour, add soda. Soft chocolate cake: Oue pound of sugar, twenty eggs beat half an hour without separating, half a pound of grated chocolate added gradually to the egg and sugar, with three-fourths of a pound of starch flour ; the whole beaten half an hour. Butter the forms, and sprinkle them with pulverized crackers, and turn in the mixture. American raised waffles: One pint of sweet milk, one heaping ieaeupful of butter, three eggs, a tablespoonful of thick brew er's yeast, one quart of flour, and another teacupful of sweet milk, in which is dissolved a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda. Let it rise until very light, then bake as other waffles. Serve hot with butter and sugar. German hard chocolate cake ; Grate and sift half a pound of chocolate. — Beat the yolks of two eggs, and add the chocolate gradually; add the whites of six eggs, beaten to snow, to the yolks and chocolate; beat well, and if not sweet enough add sugar.— If the chocolate is good, they will be sufficiently sweet. Take off small bits \vi ha teaspoon, and bake on buttered pa]>er. Vanities: Take two eggs, beat without separating as light as possi ble; add a teaspoonful of salt, and wet up as much flour as will roll; they should be pretty stiff. Bake small bits of the dough, not larger than a teaspoonbowl, roll them in the hand until quite round, drudge the moulding-board with flour, and roll as thin as possible. Fry in sweet lard that has not been used to fry iu before. Apply pudding: Take six tart ap ples, pippins or greenings are the best; steam them without peeling, after washing them quite clean; strain them through a sieve. Add six spoon fuls of melted butter and the same of sugar, six eggs, half a wineglassful of brandy, and the juice of one lemon. JLjine a pudding dish with puff-paste, and bake it. Serve hot or cold with sweet cream without sugar. Washing flannels: Make a hot suds with good soft soap ; put in the flan nels and let them lie a few minutes: then wash thoroughly with the hauds. Have ready some boiling water; dis solve a little blueing or indigo, and pour on it sufficient of the hot water to prove the goods; put them in, and let them remaiu until cold enough to wring. Bry in the air, and iron wheu slightly damp, iron on the right side. Mutton kidneys broiled: Skin and split without parting asunder; skewer them through the outer edge and keep them flat; lay the opened sides first to the fire, which should be clear and brisk, iu ten minutes turn them; sprinkle with salt and Cayenne, and when doue, which will be in three minutes afterwards, take them from the fire, put a piece of butter inside them, squeeae some lemon-juice over them, and serve as hot as possible. Sugar kisses to makequickly: Beat the whites of four eggs stiff, flavor with vanilla ; lay sheets of white paper on a beard, beat gradually one pound of powdered loaf sugar in the egg, and drop them in WPftU half egg-shaped piles on the paper, dry them in a mod erate oven without browning: lay the boards that it may not search; pine boards will not da. When stiff, take them up with a knife, and lay the two together, making them egg-shaped. VOL. 65.—WHOLE No. 3,357. FAKMKK*- ( 01.1 MX. A well-drained , well-worked soil will make good hay, and no other soil will do it. The Canada Fanner says that the natural course of vege'ation does not exhaust, but rather enriches the soil, by eliminating plant food, and restor ing it to the land in decayed vegetable matter. It is the artificial method of growing crops and removing them en tirely from the land, without any re turn, that exhausts or impoverishes. Something may he done this mon.h in getting together materials for fences. On most farms a portion of the fence is of wood. On some entirely so. Posts may be split out and morticed, and rails sharpened. For "bars" that are frequently to be taken down they should be straight, light, smooth, and made of strong material. Associated dairies originated in Switz erland, where the poor peasants were o bliged to combine the milk of their sin gle cows to snake cheese to com pete with theirrich neighbors. American dairy men combine to perfect their produc tions, by securing the best conveniences and appliances for converting milk into cheese and butter, fit for transporta tion, and of a style that shall suit the taste of consumers, A mysterious and alarming cattle dis ease has appeared at Catawba, Clark county, Ohio. Cows have been milk ed according to custom in the evening, and nothing unusual was noticed.— Shortly after they became uneasy, and in five minutes fell down dead. They commenced swelling shortly after—so much so that they burst when the hide was punctured. An examination was made by skilled cattle men, but they could ascribe no cause for their death. Millions of dollars are yearly receiv ed for fruit, where but a quarter of a century ago, there was no one thought of selling. And this is the case to a greater or lesser extent with many oth er products. Potatoes are an impor tant cash crop in many places where but a few years ago there was no de mand for them. There is an increas ing demand for the various animal products; many of which are made from grass, hay, and other coarse and cheap feed. And yet, after fruit, some *f these products are foremast among those increasing the fastest in value.— Many of these products are cheaply grown in mixed farming, the refuse of some products affording food for oth ers. The Sweet Potato. —The New Or leans Picayune says that the sweet po tato impoverishes the soil far less than grain crops, and is produced in far greate - abundance. It yields from 15,- 000 to 20,000 pounds to the acre, while corn yields only from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. The trouble has been that these potatoes cannot be kept. A pro cess of dessieation has been invented and put in practice, by which this po tato is dried and preserved, so as to keep any number of years, good, sweet and valuable as when green. All that will decay is gone. It can be pack(d in warehouses or sent abroad, or taken as ship stores or the like, with perfect s ifety. How to Keep I'Jggs.— As frequent in quiries are being made in your paper, as to the best method of keeping eggs, I will send one which we have used for several years with success. Take a lump of quick lime as large as a quart measure, slake it in a com mon water pail; dissolve half a pint of coarse salt and add to it, then fill the pail with water, and let it stand till en tirely settled, then pour the pure liq uid over the eggs, which must be set on the small end, iu a jar or tube, af ter having been minutely examined to see that nonb are cracked. Fggs put up in this way last May are perfectly fresh now. The eggs can be held in place by a plate or bit of slate laid on them before pouring ca the lime water. Ago oil Fertilizer for the Garden.— The following, a omple but good gar den compound, has been used with the best results, bringing iuto requisition material that iu many instances would otherwise be wasted (cheap dirt and refuse salt), no insignificant element in the formation of vegetable matter : 12 bushels of ashes; 12 bushels of hen manure ; 30 bushels of cheap dirt (or muck). Heap your hen manure in a pile and dampen it with brine from your salt until it heats. Then mix in the other ingredients. The fermenta tion pulverizes the mass and kills the grubs so apt to be found in cheap dirt, relieving it of a 'doubtfut expediency.' This compound is as valuable as pou drette, and cm be cured with but small cost and labor, during the cairn that preceeds the busy opening of the spring. 7b Secure Tender MuKon. —The Prac tical Farmers&y<i: "Conversing recent ly with a prominent sheep breeder of New York, who had traveled exten sively in England and on the Conti nent, we inquired his opinion asto the cause of superiority of the English and continental mutton over what is usual ly found in the American market. He had been struck with this himself, and made it a point of special attention in visitiug large flocks, to inquire as to the mast approved modes of feeding and managemen t of sheep. The answer to our question was all 0)m prised in a single sentence, they feed turnips, and with their aid a three or lour year old wether, an age which in this country would require nearly a twelve hours' stew to make it eatable, eats as tender as a chicken. Now we want to impress this fact upon the breeders, that if they want to collect a crowd around their stalls, and got a reputation for a tender and juicy mutton, they must raise rutabagas and turnips—a practice which they are ahmtasfree from being guilty of in this section, at least, as raising flax or hemp."
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