sarm, (Sardtn&pSouistboW.
HOUSEHOLD TALES.
BY AC XT IUTTIE.
Roasting meat. Many persons seem to
suppose that it is an indifferent matter wheth
er meat is cooked for a short or long time,
provided oniy that it is cooked enough. I
hare often seen them place the meat for din
ner in the oven as early as nine o'clock, mak
ing no distinction between beef, mutton,
lamb, pork, chicken, goose, or duck, or three
pounds, seven, or fiftt en. Tie y rightly con
sider that it is not necessary to watch, for a
generous supply of water in the pan effectu
ally prevents its burning. Mow. there i- us
much difference between a piece of well
cooked or badly cooked meat, as between a
loaf of good bread or bad bread, ami perhaps
more Meat of mature and by mature I do
not mean old) animals, such as beef and mut
ton. requires less time to cook than meat
from immature animals, such as lamb and
veal, which needs thorough cooking. The
reverse is the case with poultry: all young
poultry, such ts spring chickens, young ducks,
and green geese, take far less time than tough
old fellows that can stand any amount of lire.
Pork should always be well done. lhese
few hints I throw out a3 a sort of key to the
methods of roasting that I am about to give
you. Another thing, mature meat should
never be put into the oven until the latter is
very hot, in order that the intense heat may
quickly sear or shrivel the surface of the
meat, which will prevent the juice from
escaping. Never stick a fork or a skewer in
to a joint of meat while it is cooking, as the
gravy will ooze cut. It is obviou- .he: where
water is put into the pan, this quit. scaring
of the surface cannot be'effccied. I think if
advocates for water as an element in roasting
would consider that it cannot be raised above
a certain temperature, (its boiling point.) and
that fat is susceptible of n much greater de
gree of heat, their scrurdes against grease as
a roasting agent would be removed.
Roasting Beef. —Apiece of beef to roast
for my table must come from the sirloin or
first or second cnt. The third cut is near the
shoulder, and is not as good as the ethers. A
small portion ot the shoulder-blade is taken
with the third cu!, which the batcher removes,
and in its place neatly inserts a piece of fat,
thereby deceiving the uninitiated: but it
makes a poor roast. Epicures require that
beef and mutton should be cooked rare.
There is a great diffetcnce between raw and
rare meat; raw meat inside of a roast will have
a dark purplish color, while rare meat is of a
delicate crimson. The plates should be very
warm when rare meat is served. Allow no
flour or fat in the gravy. Carrots chopped
fine, turnips inasbed. ar d whole potatoes and
cabbage, are excellent with roast beef I
never mash potatoes for hot roast beef or mut
ton.
Roast Veal.—A loin of veal should be thor
oughly cooked; a large piece will require three
hours in :i moderate oven. I should not pat
water in the t an for veal: a few slices of salt
pork placed upon the top will improve the
flavor, and will also serve to moisten or baste
it.
I illet or Ito?.—This is cut front the thick
part oi the leg. Insert into the opening a
stuffing made of crumbs of bread seasoned
with summer savory, pepper and salt, and a
little lemon juice, if convenient; tie around
with a tring, making the piece the shape of
a small cheese. Never use rage or onions
with delicate meat like veal. Roast thor
oughly; make a brown gravy by adding flour
and water to the exuded ;uiee in the pan:
serve with slices of lenton, and fried or boiled
Tork. The loin should be served also with
pork and lemon, and flour should always be
added to the gravy.
Lamb should lie thoroughly cooked, but
will require less time than veal or pork: when
o: a fine brown on all sides, yon may conclude
that it is done. Nerve with mint sauee, made
as follows: To one dozen leaves of spearmint
chopped to a pulp, add two tablerpoonsful of
sugar and a half teacu>- of sharp vinegar.
Lamb aud green peas is the rule, but anv
vegetable nicely served will be acceptable.
Meat for Children. —Many persons consid
er meat injurious to children, but I allow my
children a little beef or mufn whenever we
have it for dinner, which is about f utr limes
a week: even the baby must have a piece a
large as a finger, from which he pretty effect
ually extracts t,e juice. While 1 consider
that meat in moderate quantities gives tone
and vigor u> the coustitutl n. its indiscrimi
nate use by children sLonld be forbidden.
My mother always gave her children milk and
bread for breakfast, and bread and butter for
tea. I reverse that order, giving them a few
warmed up potatoes, and bread and butter
for breakfast, with a bowl of milk and bread
for supper. They are at table at breakfast
and dinner, but not for tea.
leaf Pie. Take a deep baking dish, and
place tome small pieces of veal in it, allowing
any little bones to remain. The neck pieces
may be used if desired. Nearly cover with
wafer, and sprinkle with salt and pepper, ad
ding little bits of butter. Cover with a paste,
and bake. \\ hen the crust is done, open the
oven door and let the pie remain art hour or
more, to cook the meat. Is delicious ear. ;,
cold.
Minced Veal or If ash.—Take any cold veal
which may be left from the roast, and cut up
into very small pieces, but do not chop: cover
with a water, adding a little pepper, salt and
butter; bncg to a boil, and thicken with a
teaipoonful of flour. Toast a few slices of
bread freed from crust, butter and place them
around the dish, and pourthc mince cicely in
tac centre. It is a most acceptable di-l:.—
American Agriculturist.
WHEN TO Brr A FARM. -Very few persons !
seem to know that the months of June and
July are the best in ii.e year in which to look
or the purchase of a farm. At this season I
one can judge whether the land can or does:
produce good crops, for if it is rich, the wav
-1 grass and grain will be oenlar demonstra
tions of the fact: and if there is, according to
the stereotyped assertion, an abundance of 1
choice fruit, it can be seen at this time to the !
be-f advantage. The low land-: will show '
whether they are really dry enough for pas
tures m summer, and the upland its capacity
•or withstanding a draught. It there are any
mosquitoes about :hey will usually make their
presence known a: this time it ever, and bv
observing the children in the neighborhood
one can readily determine whether the local
ity is a healthy one or otherwise, bummer is
also a very good time to view the never failing
sprmg and the trout pond near by, and a
draught from the one and a lunch from the
er a.c attraetioEs which those who possess
i e.it seldom fail to bestow upon those who
•re likely to become purchasers. Even the
weeds upon a farm will waist a mau in deter
mining Rs value, for if nothing but stunted
ragweed and fivefi ng e r 3re to be seen, then
he land may be set down as pocr indeed:
but H burdocks and catnip abound it shows
atrength to produce crops of higher order
- he pasture and meadow, orchard and <rar
exnected of H, W "iF are and wbal be
expected o, thsm n, these months: but curlier
or later th. aspect of thing, may change In
i" I'™B 1 '™ 8 the trees have not ah own lea vea,
tiowars, or fruit; the road .are mitddv, if ever
and the distance from the railroad station to
the farm appears to be much greater than it
actua.lyis, especially to a stranger. In au
tumn the leaves are turning yellow, the gram
has been gathered, and the dry stubble is all
that remain®, and the fruit® are nearly gone:
•'id 'he air is fresh, and the landscape glow
ing with autumn tints: bnt the valuable prop
erties of a farm, which are its products, are
mainly out of sight, being stored in the barn,
or in the proprietor's pocket.
MANY a fool who has had sense enough to
get a good wife, lacks wit to know it.
To make a window blind—Fill it with
bricks and mortar.
ARTEMCS WARD said that the man who
wrote 'Tm saddest when I sing," was a fool
to sing much.
JOSH BILUKGS says, If yon trade with a
Yankee, steal his jack knife fust; for if he
gets to whittling, you are gone in spite of
thunder.
Yoc talk of the selfishness of bachelor:,;
why—there is not a married couple in ex
istence who would not skin their dearest
friends to make shoes for their children.
Tat: site of the garden of Eden i 3 now
settled definitely, for a placard has been dug
up at the East, on which is painted this
warning, "Keep off the grass—Adam."
WHAT nose is more brilliant than a toper's
nose? Why. vokan-oo's. to be sure. Pat
remarks that the chief glow of each comes
from the crater.
A : T EXE in a Morris and Essex Railroad
LIT; Fond Wife—" I.et me see your paper a
moment, dear." Husband—"Yes, as soon
as we get to the tunnel.
Ax English Judge, Baron Alderson, on
being asked to give his opinion as to the
| proper length of a sermon, replied :—"Twen
ty minutes. with a leaning to the side of
| mercy.
A I.ADY teacher was endeavoring to impress
upon her pupils the terrible effect of the
punisbmr-ut of Nebuchadnezzar, saving,
•seven years he ate grass like a cow," when
a b y asked : "did he give milk ?"
EAR MARKS.—A lawyer onec asked a
-Dutchman • ncerning a pig "in court."
"What ear-marks had he?"
"Veil, ven I first became acquainted mit de
hock, he hab no ear-marks except a bery
short tail."
Ax Irishman, noticing a woman pass along
the :-tree!. spied two strips pending from
u; *er the lady 's cloak. Not knowing that
tfcc.-e were styled sashes, and were hanging
in the right place, he exclaimed, "Faith,
ma'am, your gatlasses arc untied."
"HOT, fortunate I am in meeting a 'rain
!>f 'in thl- storm," said a young lady who
was c- :ght it: a shower the other day, to her
be3u of promise, who happened to come
along with an umbrella. "And I,"said he,
gallautly, "ant as much rejoiced as the poor
L ;dander when he has caught a 'rein deer."
A I.ADY in Bangor, Maine, huug her hoop
skirl on a nail in her chamber, and a mem
ber of her household, while exploring the
premises, was o unfortunate as to get hie
head eugfct therein, and being unable to ex
tricate himself, soon expired. The name of
the victim was Thomas Cat.
TUT PALINDROME. —The palindrome is
a line that reads alike backward and for
ward. One of the best is Adam's first ob
servation to Eve:
"Madam, I'm Adam!"
Another is the story that Napoleon, when
at St. Helena, being asked by an English
man if he could have sacked Loudon, re
plied:
"Able was I ere 1 saw Elba."
The latter is the best palindrome, proba
bly, in the language.
A BROTHER being injured by another, came
to Abbot Sidonius, told his story, and said
"1 wish to avenge myself, father." The
abbott begged him to leave vengence to God;
but when he refused, said, "Then let us pray."
Whereon the old matt rose, and said. "God.
Thou art not necessary to us any longer, that
thou shouldest be careful of us : for we, as
this brother says, both will and can avenge
ourselves." At which that brother fell at his
feet and begged pardon, promising nevct to
strive with his enemy.
A well known physician of Burlington, Yt.,
driving into town on election morning, was
met by a friend, who hailed htm with the ques
tion if he had voted.
"Not yet," said the doctor; but I have
bt en out all night after a voter. I got him
too."
'When will he vote?"
"Oh. about twenty-one years from now."
"Ah —I see. Not bad. Well, look after
him, at.-' see that be votes right."
"No tear. He can't go wrong with the
name he's got. Ills father is a Democrat,
but when I told him he had got a boy. and
asked htm what he would name him, he said:
'Ulysses Grant, by thornier.' So be 11 do."
JOSH BN. LINGS. —Ifa man wants tu get at
hi., aktua! dimensions, let him visit a grave
yard.
If any man tracts to be an old bachelor, and
get sick at a boarding tavern, aud have a
l ack room on the Ith story, and a red haired
eha.n! er-maid bring his watergruel to him in
a ;.-h basin, I havealwus sed, and I stick
to it yet, he has a perfeck right to do it.
When a man loses his health, then he fust
begins to take care of it. This is good judg
ment. This is 1
It getting nowadaz'-, that if a man can't
cheat in on:-, way he isn't happy.
Success in life iz apt to make us forget the
time when we wasn't much. It is so with
the frog on the jump; he cant remember
when he was a tadpole—but other folks can.
ADVANTAGE or BEING Boon.— A poor man
never has any taxes to pay. He can sit down
and laugh the assessors to scorn, and read off
the big appropriations made by councils with
a feeling of inuiseribable exhilaration.
A poor man cau enjoy life. He lives in a
rented house, audit needn't worry him to see
it abused, and his equanimity need not be dis
turbed it it burns down.
A poor man can repose in the bosom of his
family and know that there is no avaricious
young man prowling around after any rich
daughters. m
Nobody wants the poor matt to die; nobody
is laying around in misery and impatience
waiting for him to die: so as to absorb his
funds.
Another thing—uo poor man is ever wor
ried liy debt. for nobody will ever trust him,
and when he does see a greenback he heartily
enjoys it.
Is Wisconsin, an Indian woman died
recently at the age of one hundred and
twenty-three. She left a son who is ninety
seven years old.
The above "reminds us of a little story"
lately narrated in our hearing, of a gen
tleman, who, in the course of his travles
in the West, one day emerged from a neck
of timber, and suddenly descried a coun
try tavern, upon the porch of which, sat
one of the oldest, white-haired men he
had ever seen, and crying like a child.
In answer to au inquiry as to the cause of his
trouble he sobbed, out that "his father had
just iicked him." Upon entering the bar
room, the traveler discovered another and
much older man, behind the bar, whom he
addressed: You seem to haTe some trouble
here stranger: your son informs me that you
have whipped him."
"Yes," rejoined the landlord, excitedly, "I
could not avoid it—the young rascal was chas
ing his grandfather round a ten-acre lot, and
stoning him. I had to interfere stranger.
tKedirinal
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The confirmed dyspeptic may almost say with
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"Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
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Fulness or Weight in the Stomach,
Sour Eructations, Sinking, or
Fluttering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming
of the Head.
Hurried or Diffi
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Perspiration, Yellowness ot the Skin and Eyes,
Pain in the Side, Back, Che*t, and Limbs,
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WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN,
Are made strong by the use of cither of these
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MUS, without fail.
Thousands of certificates have accumulated in
the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Those, it will be
observed, are men of note and of such standing
that they must be believed.
THE WHOLE SUPREME COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA SPEAK FOR
THESE REMEDIES.
WHO WOULD ASK FOR MORE DIGNIFIED
OR STRONGER TESTIMONY?
IIOX. GEORGE WOODWARD,
CkieJ Juetir.e of the Supreme Court of Penneyl cei
m'a, writes:
Philadelphia, March 16, 1867.
"I find 'lloofland's German Bitters' is a good
tonic, useful in diseases of the digestive organs,
and of great benefit in cases of debility, and want
o( nervous action in the system.
'•Yours truly, GEO. W. "WOODWARD."
It OX. GEORGE SUA HS WOOD,
| Juetice of the Supreme Court of Penutylvania,
writes:
Philadelphia, June 1, 1868.
I have found by experience that "llooflaiHl's
German Bitters" is a very good tonic, relieving
dysneptic symptoms almost directly.
GEORGE SIIABSWOOD.
IIOX. JAMES TriOMPSOX,
Judy, of the Supreme Court of Pcnimyhania.
Philadelphia, April 23, 1866.
"I consider 'lloofland's German Bitters' a vol
! ■■ ' dicine in case of attacks of Indigestion or
Dyspepsia. I can certify this front my experi
ence of it. Yours, with respect,
"JAMES THOMPSON."
BOX. JA MES ROSS SXOWDEX,
i Protkonotary of the Supreme Court of Penneylra
nia, writes:
Philadelphia, Sept. If, 1867.
"lloofland's German Bitters" is a very useful
article as a tonic and an appetiser. It is not an
intoxicating drink, and may he used beneficially
by persons of all ages.
Respcctlully TOUTS,
JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN.
cAuT I o N :
lloofland's German Remedies are counterfeited,
••see that the signature of C. M. JACKSON, is on
the wrapper of each bottle. All others are coun
terfeit.
Principal Office and Manufactory at the Ger
man Medicine Store, No. 631 ARCH STREET,
Philadelphia, Fa.
CHARLES M. E\ ANS, Proprietor.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON it CO.
TRICES:
Iloofliand's German Bitters, per bottle $1 00
" " balf aoten 5 00
lloofland's German Tonic, put up in quart bottles,
$1 50 per bottle, or a baif doien for $7 50.
Do not forget to examine well the article
you huy, in order to get the genuine.
S*. For sale by druggists and dealers in medi
i cine everywhere.
Dr. B. F. HARRY, Agent, Bedford, Fa.
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class are sold anywhere.
JOHN LUTZ.
Jon* 19, 1858.
§*g ®oads, At.
81,000 "WAD. J IOOO
WILL BE GIVES TO ANT MAS WHO CAN
PRODUCE A3
LARGE AND AS C HEAP
A STOCK OF GOODS AS
G. R. 08TER & CO.
who are now receiving and opening at tlicir Spa
cious New Store, the most extensive and varied
assortment of new CHEAP
WINTER GOODS
ever opened in Bedford, purchased under favora
ble circumstances since the great break down in
prices, and will now offer them to CASH buyers,
both wholesale and retail, at much lower prices
than the same kind can be bought for in Bedford
county. Country Storekeepers will find an op
portunity of sorting up their stocks, if only a
siugle piece is wanted, at wholesale prices.
SPECIAL.
EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS
In ladies dress goods, each as Striped and Chene
Mohair, Striped plaid, Shot and Chene Poplins
in changeable effects, for suits and walking
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Extra heavy mixed Melange Poplins and ne plus
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CALICOES!
10000 yards of beautiful calico prints that
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MUS LI NS!
Piles of bleached and unbleached muslins, at
, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 20 cents.
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nels. It is all over town. The ladies talk about
it as much as of the coming holidays; all wool
flannels at 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 60 cents.
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A full line of sugars and syrups. A choice as
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lSdec:3m
QOOD NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE
J. M. SHOEMAKER
HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE EAST
AND IS RECEIVING A LARGE AND
CHEAP STOCK OF GOODS,
CONSISTING IN PART OF
DRY GOODS,,
GROCERIES,
HATS k CAPS,
READY MADE CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
CEDARWARE,
QUEENS WARE,
TOBACCO,
SEGARS, Ac. Ac.
GIVE IIIM A CALL AND SEE FOR
YOURSELVES.
J. M. SHOEMAKER.
Bedford, Pa., Nov. 6th, 1868.
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AGE OF SOLUBLE BONE PHOS
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AND SODA. THE ESSEN
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OF A
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PRICE $56.00 PER TON OF TEN BAGS
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS EACH.
Ask your neighbor about it. Send for a pamphlet,
and give it a trial. Address the
ALTA VELA GUANO CO.,
57 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
T. 51. LYNCH, Agent, Bedford, Pa. 3july:ly
pfeaUatwflu*.
PRECEDED TED SUCCESS.
THE AMERICAN COMBINATION
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IXD
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Medal Awarded at the Paris Exposition, 1847.
Havre International Exposition, France; Gold
Medal and "Diplome d' Honneur." Over 42
competitors.
Maryland Mechanio Institute Fair, Baltimore,
Md.: Gold Modal.
New England Mechanics' Fair, Concord, N. H •
Gold Medal.
Mechanics' Fair, Springland, Mass,: Silver
Medal, (highestpremium awarded.)
Maine State Fair, Portland, Me.: Silrer Medal,
highest awarded.)
Strafford Ccunty Fair, Dover, N. H.: Silver
-Medal, (highest award.)
New England Agricultural Fair, at New He.
ven, Conn.: Silver Medal, (highest award.)
Green county Fair, Xenia, Ohio, First Premium
New Jersey State Fair, at Waverly, N. J., First
Premium.
"Washington county Fair, N. Y., First Premium.
Rcnssalaer County Fair, N. Y., First Premium.
Bucks County Fair, at Doylestown, Pa., First
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Cuyahoga County Eair, Cleveland, Ohio, First
Premium.
Erie County Fair, Sandusky, OL., - Pre
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Orange County Fair, N- Y.,First Premium.
Chester County Fair, West Chester, Pa., First
Premium.
Berks County Fair, Reading, I'a., First Pre
mium.
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able machine at the rooms of the company,
S. W. CORNER ELEVENTH AND CHESTNUT STRUTS
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and 483 BROADWAY, Xew York.
Sold also in all the principal towns
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PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS,
LOWELL, MASS.
PRICE SI.OO.
28Aug:ly B. F. HARRY, Agt.
W. CLARK & CO.,
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No. 35 S. Third Street. Philadelphia,
GENERAL AGENTS
FOR HIS
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COMPANY
OF THE
UNITED STATES 0 AMERICA,
FOR ins
STATES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTH
ERN NEW JERSEY.
The NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY is a corporation Chartered by Speeial Act
of Congress, approved July 25, 186S, with a
CASH CAPITAL OF $1,000,000,
and is now thoroughly organised and prepared
for business.
Liberal terms offered to Agents and Solicitors,
who are iavited to apply at our office.
Full particulars to be had on application at our
office, located in the second story of our Banking
House, where Circulars and Pamphlets, fully d
, scribing the advantages offered by the Company,
i may be had,
B. S. RUSSELL, Manager.
E. W. CLARK A CO.,
No. 35 South Third Street,
j Usuglyr PHILADELPHIA.
jgEDFORD CLASSICAL SCHOOL.
FOLSDED BY RET. JOM LTOJt, 1859.
FREDERICK WOODS, Principal.
A first-class school for the instruction of youth
of both sexes in a classical and English education,
including Latin, Greek, French, German, Mathe
matics and the ordinary English branches
Terms moderate. Students from a distance can
obtain board in town at reasonable rates.
REFERENCES:
Hon. A. King, John P. Reed, Esq.
Hon. J.G. Hartley, H. Nieodemus, Esq.
Wm. Hartley, C. N. Hickok,
O. E. Shannon, Esq. Geo. Blymyer,
B. F. Harry, M. D. G. D. Shuck,
lien.Sam'l L. Russell. Ross Anderson, M.D
Jacob Reed, John Luti,
B. F. Myers, William Lyon. Esq.
WILL RE-OPEN, OCT. 12TH, 1868.
25 sep
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