Re Deri aan Bellefonte, Pa., December Il, 1903 FARM NOTES. — Linseed meal contains a proportion of oil; (some kinds more than others), which is not only nutritious but serves to prevent constipation. It is also a better food than grain, as it contains more nitrogen and mineral matter. The manure from ani- mals that are allowed linseed meal or cot- tonseed meal is more valuable than that from animals that do not receive such foods. —Now that frost has come it will be no- ticed that the cornstalks are yet standing in some fields, not having been cut down at the proper time. Such corn is a dead lost to the farmer so far as the fodder is concerned, and reduces the profit of the crop. It is such farmers who abandon their farms because ‘‘farming does not pay.'’ and they go in debt, or mortgage their farms, because they do not know how to manage their business. —All fruit trees should be sprayed, with- out regard to whether they have been at- tacked by insects or diseases, or escaped, as it is less labor to prevent attacks than to remedy an evil after it appears. It costs more to repair damage than to ward off danger. In some States, such as Califor- nia, spraying of trees and vines is enforcod by law. If the grower neglects his duty he is considered as one maintaining a public nuisance, and some official is ordered to spray the orchard and add the cost to the tax bill of the negligent owner. —It pure, unleached wood ashes could be obtained plentifully, and at a moderate cost, they would give perhaps more satis- factory results, as the ashes are rich in pot- ash and contain lime in its best form, also serving well as a protection against the at- tacks of some kinds of insects. Ashes can be used without liability of injury on all kinds of crops if broadcasted over the soil, as many as 150 bushels per acre not being considered excessive on certain soils, and they make a better fertilizer for clover than barn-yard manure. For fruit trees ashes cannot be excelled. —Batcher’s wagons are now traveling the country roads in all directions, ped- dling fresh meats, and sometimes taking along bacon, ham and sausage. It is en- tirely proper for merchants and merchanics t0 patronize these traveling markets, be- cause they have not the time nor the con- venience to fatten animals and make meats 80 cheaply as farmers can. The butchers can supply them at less cost than they could supply themselves. With farmers, the case is entirely different. and it is poor financieriog to sell a hog to the butcher at six cents a pound, and buy it back in small pieces at from 12 to 15 cents a pound. Economical farmers endeavor to salt down pork enough in the fall to supply their families with smoked bacon, hams and shoulders for a year. The jowls aie also better smoked. There ate pieces of lean meat and scraps that can be made into sausage to last all the winter after butch- ering. Unless a large quantity of lard is desirable, hogs designed for family use should not be too large nor nrade too fat. When at the right temperature for cut- tiug up: (cold, but not frozen), a hog is taken down and laid on the chopping bench square on his back. The head is first taken off by a cut just back of the ears, and thence down through the stick- ‘ing bole in the throat, and laid aside to be cut up later. Then, with a sharp axe, the hog is split down, through the centre of the back from the neck to the tail; but is only chopped through the bone; the meat should be cut sinooth and true with a sharp knife. Some people ons at the side of the backbone because they cannot strike straight enough to split in the centre. Ouehalf the hog is laid aside, and the other is left on the bench. The first and most difficult oper- ation is to take ous the spare-ribs without making is too spare, or leaving too much meat on it. ‘If too spare, a person has to guaw a rib like a dog. and not get a mouth- ‘ful of meat. If too much is left on, a large proportion will be clear fat, and will grease the chin of the eater more than is desirable. There are two small strips of lean meat along the back called the tenderloins, which should be eaten fresh, when very tender and sweet, either baked or fried; but the tenderloins are good for nothing when salted. There are two larger strips of purely lean meat along the back under the spareribs which should be laid out for sausage. When salted this meat is coarse grained, tough, and unsavory, but in the sausage it is excellent. The hams and shoulders are next taken off, being out smoothly in an oval shape to give them a handsome, pleasing appearance. There is a great deal in 100ks to tempt the appetite and make food taste better. We should take as much pains in preparing our own provisions, with an eye to beauty, as if we intended them for sale. The trimmings from the hams and shoulders, and all the neck, should go into the sausage. The side pork is cut in strips from back to belly, about four inches wide. Western packers cut them much wider than this, but for farmers’ pork three or four inches is wide enough. The pieces are more easily packed when placed on the edge and curled around in the barrel, but if laid down flas on the rind, the brine does not settle so much when a piece is taken out for use. ‘Meat should be kept constantly covered with brine. The other half of the hog is now placed on the bench and cut np as .already described. The heads must he cut with an old axe, as the teeth, if hit, will dull a sharp axe. The jowle are usually -yery bloody; and must be soaked and wash- ed to get the blood off before being salted. The pork barrels before the pork is pack- ed mass be thoroughly scalded and sorub- bed inside and ous, with boiling water. Pork cannot be kept sweet and palatable, no matter how much salt is used, unless the barrels are as sweet a8 if they had just come new from the cooper shop. Many farmers sals the hams, and shoulders of their hogs in the same barrel with their side pork. This is not the best way, as the hams and shoulders become too salt for eating, and when freshened by soaking, or pathoiling, lose their finest flavor. The writer packs hams, shoulders, jowls ‘and some thin pieces of side pork, called bacon, in a barrel by itself, putting no salt _on it, only a strong brine, which will bear an egg, or potato, aud prepared as follows: For 100 pounds of meat, take about 8 pounds of salt, 5 pounds of sugar, 1 pint of New Orleans molasses and 2 ounces of saltpetre. Pulverize the saltpetre, dissolve it in water, and with the sugar and mo- lasses str it into the brine. It requires three gallons of water with the eight pounde of 2alt to make the brine strong " enough. Selecting Christmas Presents. It is quite heartrtending to me to hear people say : *‘Oh ! don’t you dread Christ- mas ? I am always half dead before it is half over.”” Long years on years of inex- pressibly delightful days come back to me. and I cannot understand. Memory travels back even to my childhood, and I can. yet conjure up the thrill of delightfal excite- ment with which, despite every precaution on the part of my parents, I, reveling in the wholly uncommon state of being awake at midnight, could detect faint echoes of footsteps and soft rustlings of paper which wight mean anything. What effort would be too much to bring to one’s children the same unique delight, different from other pleasures because of some subtle link with the supernatural, created by the divine cause of the feast ? Perhaps Santa Claus, perhaps fairies, perhaps the ‘‘Herald angels’’ —an imaginative child is ready to see and believe anything on Christmas eve. Perhaps in the old days men and women we did not know it or hear of healthily, wholesomely but eminently happy over and weary only when the said, ‘‘Go no further.” Let us count the cost of our celebration aud resolve that our expenditures shall be strictly in accordance with our means— that there shall be no Christmas bills to worry aud perplex the head of the house— that not once shall any petty rivalry or ignoble strife as to exchange of gifts be even thought of. One can keep a happy and even a jolly Christmas without gifts but the custom is so natural, so delightful, so full of possi- bilities of giving enjoyment, that it is worth saving from the beginning of the year to its close, cent by cent, to keep it up. And the poor are happier than the rich in thus giving, since sacriiice enters into their scheme and a bit of one’s self lies hidden in the gift. The children must of course come first, but, to begin with donot crowd the nur- sery with a lot of expensive toys that may be easily destroyed. A few gifts wisely selected are far better. Mechanical toys, leaden soldiers, iron trains of cars, fire engine, hose cart, etc., are a delight to the heart of the small boy. Gamesare excelle- nt gifts for small children, and so are hooks, only the selection must be eareful in each case. A doll, or a doll’s house, of course, is al- of it. Plenty tired women, their fatigue, empty purses ways a source of unlimited delight to the mother, and these may be had in all sizes, and in all degrees of completeness. In buying dolls besure not to have all the same size. For the little girl wants a dolly in long clothes, and the ‘‘mamma doll’”’ must be larger than the baby. The young girl who bas put away her dolls, and is merging into womanhood, will be proud of her dainty fan, brooch or bracelet. If she goes in for athletic exer- cises, there are numberless presents which suggest themselves,—skates, hockey-sticks and tennis rackets for the summer months. Furnishings for her room, too. are very acceptable. A picture in a pretty frame will be appreciated So will be a cup and saucer in delicate china, or any article for her teatable. Cases for handker- chiefs, veils and gloves she will receive gladly. Books, too, may be given, only be sure the anthor is one of her favorites. The aforementioned gifts, of course, are nearly all equally suitable for married lady friends. But one could add to the list such things as center-pieces and dollies in lace work or embroidered linen. A pin cushion or sofa pillow is also a pleasing gilt, or, in lieu of these, a quaint fruit and wearied themselves with preparations, but’ bonbon dish or cracker jar, all of which form handsome acquisitions to the home. Christmas gifts for men folks are some- what more difficult to choose, and it is much easier to tell what not to give than otherwise. Never select pipes or cigars for a man. You know nothing about them and he knows everything about his favor- ite kind. If yon give bim a cigar case, do not select too large a one, and if there is any silver mounting let it be flat and as plain as possible. Then it will be a joy, not a trouble. If a card case is to be the gift, let it be a plain curved silver or gun- metal case. Books are also good presents. A man likes substantial, masculine-looking things, and not gifts which he is almost afraid to handle. ——Maybe its an umbrella ? The Fauble Stores are showing the kind men like to carry. A big variety. You will be sure to find what you want. REVOLUTION IMMINENT.—A sure sign of approaching revolt and serious trouble in your system is nervousness, sleeplessness, or stomach upsets. Electric Bitters will quickly dismember the troublesome causes. It never fails to tone the stomach, regu- late the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the Liver, and clarify the blood. Run down systems benefit particularly and all the usual attending aches vanish under its searching and thorough effectiveness. Elec- trie Bitters is only 50c, and that is return- ed if it don’t give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by Green’s Pharmacy. ——If a man or boy wears it, it's at Faubles. Castoria. “C Cc Cc Bb bbb nnn WEEE 00000 0 0 0 ae 1m 0 NT ccc The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and ‘‘Just-as-good’’ are but Ex- periments, and endanger the health of Children— Experience against Experiment WHAT IS CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Cas- tor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neith- er Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhea and Wind Colic. [It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa- tion and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea--The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 48-43-21m * Lyon & Co. EE CHORE. Lyon & Co. LYON & CO We have just received a big assort- ment of all silk Taffeta Ribbons in the new bright colors for making and trimming Christmas presents. We bave divided them into three lots : Nos. 5, 7 and 9 in black and all good colors, 5c. per yard ; Nos. 12, 16 and 22 in black and all good colors, 10c. per yard ; No. 40 in black and all good colors, 450. per vard. The Fur selling has been excep- tionally good. We have again bought a fine line of the flat: Furs. A handsome stole effect in Sable, Mink, Martin and Bear, finished with handsome tails, $5, $8, $10, $12 and $15.00 The new flat effects in Boas in martin, mink and all other new fars, from $2.50 to $12.00. A handsome black Fur Scarf at $2.50. GLOVES AND MITTENS-Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s Gloves and Mittens—the largest assortment in town. Golf. Gloves in black and colors for ladies and children. In heavy, closely woven the regular 40c. quality for 25c. Better quality in with black stitching ; navy blue with white, and ‘grey with black stitching. A very handsome glove, fits like a kid glove, real value 75c., “our price 50c. Men's Golf Gloves. Boys’ Golf Gloves from 25c¢. up. LYON & CO. 47-17 p ) 4 4 4 4 ) 4 4 4 ) 4 4 4 q ) 4 4 § 4 4 S ) ] 4 S ) b 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 black with white stitching ; white LYON & CO. Men's Kid Gloves. far top, from 50c. up. Ladies’ Kid Gloves from 75c. up. Men’s Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear in cotton, fleeced and wool. Single and combination suits from 25¢. np. Children’s Underwear, merino, from 10c. a piece up. We begin our reductions, before Christmas, in Men’s Overcoats and Snits, Boys’ Overcoats and Suits, Children’s Overcoats and Suits. This gives you the advantage of buying in season at greatly reduced prices, Also special reduotion in Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Coats and Capes. A handsome line of Table Linens with Napkins to match. A fine 2-yd-wide white Satin Damask Table Linen. at $1.00. Better quality 2-yard-wide white Satin Damask Table Linen, beautiful pattern, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. 22 and 24 inch Napkins to match at $3, $4, and $5 per dozen. These are exceptionally fine quali: ties of linens and’ are very acceptable Christmas presents. i Bellefonte, Pa. LYON & CO. 4 b y > ; h b ; h r b » > b ) b p p b p ) ’ b p p y b ) > ; b p s y : b ; p p » p p p b y b ; b r b CY OY UY WY UY UY YY TY WY YY YY VY ve ov vw $1.00 a year. importance. 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Y, "Manufacturer, os ? and wholesaler | and retailers of i A aie 4 Jin A Ji 4 Sewing EE CTSA, OY OY UY OY OY YY YY PY VY vVYVTveTYY ROLLER FLOUR, : Machines. Meat Markets. FEED, CORN MEAL, Ete. TMEROVED.. Also Dealer in Grain. GET THE BEST MEATS. You save nothing by buyin or gristly Ar Fo Ta | | LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE, and supply my eustomers with the fresh- es Jol z Ye cest, ing Steaks and Roasts. Manufactures and has on hand at all times the following brands of high grade flour WHITE STAR, OUR BEST. HIGH GRADE, VICTORY PATENT, r, thin e st blood and muscle mak: My prices are ers. Positive take box. and Superior: to all oth- : le; self threading Scuttle ; automatic r exorbitant prices for tender, All kinds of Grainbought at office. tension release is automatic - bobbin Joes; biking Good meat » en Io here. Exchanges Flour for Wheat. winder; positive four motion feed : cap- abouts, because good catiule sheep and calves ped needle bar; ball bearing wheel and are to be had. ; OFFICE and STORE, - Bishop Street, pitman; five By laminated woodwork. Bellefonte ns with a beautiful set of nickeled stee! WE BUY ONLY THE BEST * attachments in velvet lined fancy metal Ask your dealer for the Improved Eldredge **B,” and do not buy any machine until you have seen it. NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE CO BELVIDERE, 1LLINOIS. «R”? higher th: ats are eise- ELDREDGE “B Uo higher than Foores He FANCY PATENT—formerly Phos Lalways have nix Mills high grade brand. Y —DRESSED POULTRY,— —— | | Guune in season, and any kinds of good The only place in the county where ! meats you want. : Tey My Suor. SPRAY, thd 830Iy P. L.- BEEZER. an extraordinary fine of High , Bellefonte Spring wheat Patent Ho be Th Eldredge h FOR stood for tho "BEST in : ALSO: THIRTY World, iy oe iy QAVE IN INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD. ere is a New redge ! FEED OF ALL KINDS, 2 ; ILLS. § silt YEARS BETTER than EVER, YOUR MEAT B Whols or Manufactured. -up ; self setting need- There is no reason why you should use poor : MILL, =-, - - .~- ROOPSBURG. and we sell only that which is good. We don’t le ; Ver dia romise to give it away, but we will furnish you : §oop MEAT, at prices that you have ‘paid elsewhere for very poor. GIVE US A TRIAL— and see if you don’tsave in the long run and have better Meats, Poultry and Game (in sea- T FREY Green's Pharihficy.” © JH Goda Go gigneg due hioow Firs EY ———,ir apply the paint to the woodwork. 47-3 son) han have been furnished 5 . Serine ; ; 9s ; GETTIG & KREAMER, He RI 93 Reade Street, New York City. BeLLewoNTE, PA. Bush House Block | heii iin. RARE Sh Rd, AEGAN 2. 46 Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. 44-18 . bai it At H3tiga iP | 48-39-6m ~~ Hearst Building, San Francisco, Cal. £ rig Wall Papering and Painting. : : a3 sien 30H ul dug 4 C HRI MAS 2 i io TREY La T { 1 : ty ‘ F £ : i ECKENROTH ; ; y r 1 i : THE OLD RELIABLE 4 ‘ . : b = Will soon be here, have you made 43 JERR ind what you will giv ; PAINTER 4 5p your mi i you give 2 3 , as a present. It should be some- ..{ £ 3 AND $ thing practical—Perfumes, Combs : 5 : and Brush Sets, Military Hair 5 PAPER HANGER i Brushes, Hand Mirrors, Shaving { 2 ; i Sets, ManicureSets, Pocket Books, > i Ph 18 Wind Shad £ make suitable presents—You have v3 Our entire stock of Wall Paper, Window es i » bifter sdlection | 1 poke trom if and Picture Frame Mouldings. I have the exclusive 3 you buy early—We will :be. happy : sale of Robert Graves Co., and M. H. Burges Sons & Co. 4 to show you what we have and to b Fine Florals and Tapestry effects. They are the Finest 1 give you prices. { Wall Papers ever brought to this city. = It will pay you r to examine my stock and prices before going elsewhere. ; % class mechanics to put the paper on the wall and GREEN'S PHARMACY Bush House Block. All work guaranteed in every respect. BELLEFONTE, PA. 44-26-y E. J. ECKENROTH, Bush Arcade, BELLEFONTE, PA. 080 0 0G 0 ma, rt Fit AY Se A I A wey
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