No. 2457,
TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
O!VE DOLLAR PER AA"A" LH,
I IN ADVANCE.
s For six months, 75 cents.
vf VV subscriptions must tie paid in
0 ' j,- t f, e paper is continued, and m t
,if f?ithi-i th ' ti rit " lonth - SL 2S u "i 11 be chars-
Pf l 0 -nil i"' three months, 51,50; if not
si s months, $1,75; and if not paid in
"ufnjiers Vllressed to persons out of the
will he discontinued at the expiration of
ffL p iid fjr, unless special request is made
•je "on'rarv or payment guaranteed by some
Lndhle person here.
"F ADVERTISING.
r - lines of minion, or their equivalent, con
• a square. Three insertions sl, and 25
far each subsequent insertion.
foe West Branch Insurance Co,
of LOffc HATES, PA.,
rvsitßES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer
lehandi'e, Farm Property, and other Buiid
and their contents, at moderate rates.
T DIRECTORS.
, 0 . , ohn J. Pcarce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
Sail Hall. T T. Abrams,
W ej \ Mavcr, D K- Jack-man,
E les Crist, VV. Wnite,
El Dickinson, Thos. Kitehen.
W Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
if T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
]V;s. Kitchen, sec'y.
REFERENCES.
u_ 9C l H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman. 1). D.
[A Winegardner, Wm. Vanderbelt.
• k. Mackcy, Wm. Fearon.
White. Or J. S. Crawford,
lime- liitgle. A - Updegraff,
üBW.u B W. Mavnard, James Armstrong,
j on Simon Cameron. Hon. Wm. Bigler.
fur Mifflin county, G. W. STEW
fjr. Esq. _____ a f 23
y f oinity from Less an 1 Damage by Fire. |
iii-it Peril* of Marine ami Inland Transportation.
T CONTINKNTAI.
INSURANCE COMPANY.
jfew/"rated by 'he Legislature of Pennsylca
/id;, wi'h a Perpetual Charter. .
Authorized Capital, 51.000,000.
far So.til Walnut St. above Second, lliila.
Fire Insure ace on Buildings, Furniture, Mer- '
famlLc, Ac., generally. Marine Insurance ;
ii Cjrgoes and Freights to all parts of the i
borid. Inland Insurance on Goo*!-, &>*., by j
[jie-. Rivers, Canals, and l.and Carriages, to
ill parts of the Union, on the most favorable
Itfuiv consistent with security.
niRF.CTURS.
Storre VV. Cdladay, William Bowers,
ten >l. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
(Itin V Machette, Howard Hinchman.
GEORGE W CO EL ADA Y, President.
GILES WILSON, Seer tary.
®s*A;ent for Mifflin county, Wm. P. KL
iWTT, E-q. . fcbl9-ly
INDEMNITY AGAINST LiISS BY FJiE.
I'rankliii Fire Insurance Compa
ny of' Philadelphia.
See V.'i.'i and 437 Chestnut street, near Fifth
ITATEMF.NTOF ASSETS, January 1 1858, !
)pub!is!ied agreeably to an act of Assembly,
BSF—
trst Mortgages, amply secured, £1,590,825 19
*al E-tate, (present value §I(K),-
jt)U./ cost, 74,281) 92
enporary Loans, on ample Col
lateral Securities, 101,088 17 .
bets, pres'tval £76,904 22) cost 71,547 97 j
iot" and Bills Receivable, 4.307 00 :
teh, 40,855 48 j
Perpetual or lAmiled Insurances made on every
bcripti in of property, in Town and Country,
ites as low as are consistent with security.
Since incorporation, a period of twenty- ]
ghtyears, they have paid over Four Millions
1 Dollar-" losses by tire, thereby affording ev
ince of the advantages of Insurance, as well
1 the ability and disposition to meet with
roaptness a!) liabilities.
Losses by Fire.
■ses paid during the year 1857, $203,789 4
DIRECTORS.
Iss..V Baneker, ' Mordecai 1). Lewis,
ob.l- IVagner, j David S. Brown,
auel Grant, j Isaac Lea,
Kob R. Smith, | Edward C. Dale,
W. Richards, 1 George Fates.
CHARLES N. BANCKER, Preside .t. '
I'M. A. STEEL, Sec'y pro tem.
Sff*Agent for Mifflin county, 11. J. YVAL
'fl'3, Esq., Lewistown. fcb2s
I ITT CrROOBRT,
3ION AND FISH STORE.
has opened a Grocery, Pro
and Fish Store opposite Major Eisen
el, where he has just received a fine
tof fiesh
aumig (£rocento,
iich may be found fine Coffee, Sugar,
lasses, Syrups, Cheese, Crackers,
n, Shoulder, Fine Ashton and Dairy
icco, Segars, Soap, &c.
rooms, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, and a
irtment of Willow-ware, which he
cash very cheap.
pay Cash for Butter, Lard, Potatoes,
c.
c prices, and judge for yourselves.
JAMES IRWIN.
CHANCE
re ry Person to Raise their
Own GRAPES,
0 HIKE their own wise.
indersigned will deliver from the Ist
he 15th April next, to any persona
m Mifflin co., ISABELLA GRAPE
T ODe year's growth, from cut ingr
ita A ineyard, at the following rates,
when delivered: 25 Vines for $3,
1 $5.50, 100 do. for ?10.
utting" will be delivered at half the
iaes. Also, Osage Orange Hedge
' sell, and Hedges grow n by contract,
nust be received before the Ist of
insure attention. Address
A. lIARSHBARGER,
McVcytown, Mifflin Co., Pa.
-Mackerel, Shad and Herring for sale
™hll F. J. HOFFMAN.
ilSTllS) IPWIBSJUSSIISIS) SftT G3 > I3i®l&<B'i3
II A R D VV A R E !
To Buy Cheap for Cash,
Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's,
Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's,
Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's,
Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Farmers, buy at Hoffman's,*
Builders, buy at Hoffman's,
Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's.
Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Pump
Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, iron, Cutlery,
\ ices, Bellows, Chains, Giass, &c , F. J. Hoff
man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can
be accommodated. mhll
DRIT.S, BRI GS, BRIGS,
Medicines, Medicines, Medicines,
Paints, Paints, Paints,
Glass, Glass,
Oils, Oils, Oils,
Trusses, Trusses,
At HOFFMAN'S.
pARDEN SEEDB!—I have now 011 hand a
FT fine assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds,
consisting of some of the finest varieties.
Pole and Bunch Beans, early and late.
Dwarf and Bush do do do
Cabbage, do do
Also, Radish,"Beet, Onion, Lettuce, Chinese
Sugar Cane, ar.d other seeds,
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN.
I^LOUR. —I have now on hand and shall con
i linue to keep a supply of Extra Superfine
Flour from Pittsburgh, which we will warrant
to give entire satisfaction.
N. B. Those who want a good article can find
it at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
\T7 ALL PAPER!—As the Spring opens,
\Y housekeepers will be looking around for
Wall Paper, where a good supply can be found
and cheap. This can be done at
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
mssm &sm QAMS
For sale by [mhll] F.J.HOFFMAN.
Sugar Cane and Flower Garden
Seeds
At [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN'S.
White Corn Meal,
An excellent article for sa.e by
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN.
32)20 -Libbid3,
A good article for 1*2.) cents at
mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S
WEST'S
Patent Galvanic Cement
3 J :rJ Lie n"*. zl" !li v 'Cv a
undersigned having purchased the
I right for this Cement in .Mifflin and Cen
tre counties, are now prepared to furnish and
put it on roofing wherever desired—the root
being sheeted by the owner. Scientific men
under the direction of government, and ar
chitects and builders in various parts of the
country, for years have been studying and
experimenting to discover some composition
or article for roofing, w Inch would resist the
changes of our climate, and would unite the
qualities of Imperriim.mess to Hater, htcom
bastiljititij. Jtmabitit;/ and C'Jieajmesg. No
article now in use possesses these qualities.
Shingles are not fire proof, and cannot he used
upon fiat roofs. Slat - can only be used upon
steep roofs. The contraction, expansion and
rusting of metallic roofs are so great in this
changeable climate that they soon become
worthless, or the repairs will cost more than
a new roof. The various cements and com
positions which have been introduced, can be
supplied only to very fiat roofs, and they are
all so affected by the action of the weather
that they will nult and run in summer and
| crack in winter, and in a short time become
crumbly and worthless. The inventor of the
j Galvanic Cement has laLored twenty years to
| obviate these difficulties, and it is behoved by
, those who have had opportunities to test the
matter, that he has entirely succeeded. As
! now applied.
First—lt is completely impervious to water.
Water may continually stand upon the roof
i without affecting it in the least.
Second—lt is fire proof. It is so incombus
tible that it will afford ample and perfect pro
tection against fire, sparks and burning shin
gles from another building immediately ad-
joining.
Third —It is durable. It is not injured by
atmospheric changes, having been tested for
several years by the Patentee, at Syracuse,
New York.
Fourth—lt is cheap. Roofs will be put on
for about half the cost of tin, and will last
much longer.
Fifth—Repairs are easily and cheaply made.
Sixth —lt is sufficiently elastic to entirely
resist the expansion and contraction by heat
and co'.d, and will remain perfect and solid in
the warmest and coldest weather.
Sevei th—lt is adapted to all kinds of roofs,
either fiat or steep.
Eighth—lt is valuable for repairing old
roofs. Old shingle roofs may be covered
without removing the shingles. Old metalic
roofs can be made perfectly tight and secure.
Ninth —It is especially adapted to all kinds
of seaming around battlements, sky lights
and chimneys, and for the lining of eave
troughs and gutters. Roofs which have given
trouble for years, and which have continued
to leak in spite of all efforts, can be made
perfectly secure by this cement.
Tenth—lt has been proved to be the best
article ever used for covering car tops and
steamboat decks.
Eleventh —This cement applied to new un
roofs preserves them from rusting, by fur
nishing a coat which is at once impervious to
water and an almost perfect non-conductor of
heat.
Twelfth—lt is t!io only roofing material
patented which contains India rubber and
gutta percha.
For a specimen of this cement we invito
owners of property to call at our mill-, where
a single coat in j, put on in December last, has
kept the buildings perfectly dry through the
winter. E. E. LOCKE <& CO.,
nplo Locke's Mills, Mifflin e<., Pa.
JHoral anij XUlt&tous.
A Sailor's Story of his Conversion.
At one of the recent prayer meetings in
! New York, a sailor rose and narrated to the
congregation the circumstances of his con
version. He was a young man, a native of
Kngland, with an intelligent face and an
impressive manner of speech ; and his re
marks were received with great attention.
He said :
' I am a stranger here, and such a scene
as this, is one that until very recently,
would have Leen altogether new to me.
Nine weeks ago i was converted, and since
then have become in some degree familiar
with prayer-meetings and church-services,
though before that 1 knew litue of either.
L have been a very wicked man. For one
so young, I have gone into almost incredible
dissipation, and have committed almost ev
ery known sin. I can hardly imagine a
person to have gone a greater round of
wickedness than 1. Jam the youngest of
a large family of children. My father is
dead, but my mother is living. She is an
old woman, now more than 75 years of age.
She is a devoted Christian, and has always
fried to bring up her children to be like
her, and some of them have followed her
example. Several of my brothers and sis
ters are earnest and sincere christians, who
with her, have oftentimes at home prayed
for my salvation. l>ut 1 could never en
dure a single thought of religion. When
ever the subject was mentioned to me, I
immediately repelled it, and repelled it of
ten with a horrid oath. The thought that
the members of the family prayed for me
always made mc angry. 1 was warned
against my dissipation, but went more into
it the more I was warned. I grew more
and more wicked every day, out of spite,
and I tried to be a great sinner. At last 1
determined to leave home. I wanted to
get away from the influence of a praying
mother. I wanted to be free from all re
straints. so that I might indulge myself in
whatever I chose, to my own satisfaction.
My mother implored me not to go. I told
her I was going to sea, and would go Her
eyes filled with tears, and she could say
nothing more. With whatever sins 1 had,
I had some love for my mother, and 1 gave
way before her tears. She asked me to
promise her that 1 would never go to sea,
until I could first obtain her consent. L
! assented, and remained awhile at home.
' A young man, wh > was my companion
in dissipation, left England and came to
tills country, and after being here a short
time returned in the same ship. He told
me I could enjoy myself grandly if 1 would
go away from home as lie had done, and
that there was all manner of pleasure in
New York. I again determined to go to
sea in company with him. My mother see
ing that I was bent on going, could not
bear the thought that 1 should leave with
out her consent, so she gave it. 1 accor
dingly made preparations to .-hip at Liver
pool. Just before L started, which was
about the first of hist December, my moth
er gave me a sealed letter and a small Bi
ble to put in my trunk, and told me not to
open the letter until the 21st of December,
j That was her birth-day, when she would be
75 years old. She gave me her blessing,
which 1 shrank from receiving, and 1 went
off. -As soon as I got clear of home I felt
at liberty. 1 said to myself, 4 Now there
will be no one to pray for me. and f shan't
he annoyed with Dihles%nd texts.' I left
! home without any sadness, hut rather with
ja kind of wicked pleasure; and when I
| got on board ship, I soon Ibrgot all about
jmy mother, and brothers, and sisters. Af
! ter we had set sail, and were well 011 with
j the voyage, a storm arose that was very vi-
I olent. Just about this time 1 was taken
very sick —not with sea-sickness, hut a dan-
| gcrous fever. I lay in my hunk, tossing
| about with the ship, as wretched and mis
j crublc as any man could he. The doctor
| told me that I was at the point of death,
! and that if I had any preparation to make
for eternity I had better make it, for 1 had
; not long to live. This he repeated in
i the cabin among the passengers, one of
whom, an aged man, came to see me. I
I remember his face; it was all kindness;
hut I hated the sight of him. He came
with a hook in his hand, and said to me:
1 ' Young man, you are almost gone; I have
| come to read to you something out of the
word of God.' J looked up at him a mo
ment, and said in a rage, ' Hand me the
j book ;' and when lie offered it tome I took
it and put it to my lips, and made a solemn
oath that 1 would have nothing to do with
j God or with religion. I told him that if
i lie read it to me 1 would not listen, and hid
him, with an oath, leave me alone. lie
then went away, and 1 lay stark alone in my
hunk. It seemed to me I was at that mo
ment more miserable than I had ever been
before in all my life; I do not refer to my
bodily sickness, hut to my distress of mind.
It was evening and there was no light near
mo, but all was dark : midnight. Sud
denly the thought caiue over my mind that
it was the 21st of December, and J remem
bered my mother's letter. I could not
and get it, for I was not able, and my first
impulse was to call one of my messmates to
got it for me. Hut I remembered that it
was between the lids of my Bible. I was
ashamed to let any one know that I wanted
the Bible; and I did not want that, but my
mother's letter I lay for some time, and
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1858.
at last determined to call .some one. One
of my messmates came at the call; I asked
him to get a lantern, and go to my trunk
and get a liible with a letter in it." 4 Ah,'
said he, with a sneer,' Now you're sick, you
begin to he a coward ; what do you want
with that book V 4 I don't want that book,
but the letter in it, 1 replied. In a few
minutes he brought a lantern, opened my
trunk, and handed me the liible and lan
tern. He then left the lantern on my
bunk and went away. I sat up a little in
bed, and opened the sealed package. The
very lirst words that 1 caught brought tears
to my eyes. They were my mother's words
—'.My dear Tom.' I read the letter care
fully from begining to end It was a moth
er's prayer for the conversion of her son.
I had been miserable before, but these
words made inc more wretched than ever.
1 then began for the first time to feel re
morse for my sinfulness, and to have a fear
of judgment. 1 turned about in my bunk
in agony which T cannot describe. I bad
been told that I could not live, and now 1
was afraid to die. What could I do? I be
gan to pray! That was what 1 had always
hud a horror of before, but I was forced to
come to it at last. 1 prayed to Hod to let
nie get well again, and made a solemn prom
ise to Him, on my bed, that if lie would
only raise nie up I would reform my life.
The burden of my sins almost crushed me.
Even if I had not been sick, it seemed as
if I should have died of these. J contin
ued to pray, and when it was expected that
I would die, 1 was still alive, and 1 was
kept alive, and instead of growing worse 1
grew better.
Ihe doctor told mo that 1 had a nar
row escape, and that 1 had been lying at
death's door. As I got better, 1 got more
and more comfort. The light gradually
dawned it upon my dark soul, and dark
ness was dispelled. At last, one day there
came a sudden joy—a sweet peace —that
wrapped me round likesunghine. My heart
was happy, and while I was wondering what
it was, the mercy of Christ was made known
tome, 1 felt the consciousness that my sins
were pardoned. I began to be stirred with
a new life. Whereas before T hated my
home, now my heart yearned toward it. My
mother—oh, I wanted to st e her, and put
my arms around her neck. I wanted to tell
her that I had read her letter, and what
1 had found in it. And my brothers and
sisters —I had no more desire to be separ
ated from them, but with my whole soul
I longed to see them, and to tell them that
I found the Saviour. My joy continued,
and I told lily shipmates of it. Some of
them laughed at me, hut 1 didn't care for
that; I knew in whom 1 believed. At last
we came into port; it was on a Saturday
morning. On the next day 1 found the
Mariner's Church, and, my kind friends,
I have been here ever since. lam happy
to be here, and can only thank God that
lie has led me to Himself, and has led nie
to you in so wonderful away. lam wait
ing here to go home and see my aged moth
er. She is near the grave, and J want to
throw myself upon her neck before she dies,
aud thank her and thank (I od for her pray
ers for a wayward son !'
JUST AS I AM.
[Tiie i'xllou iuif beautiful lines, it is saLl, atv rmtijr with
much jiovver ami filed in the prayer myelin);* in Now
Vxrk city ami elsewhere.]
.lust as I am. without one plea
Hut that thy blood was shed tor me.
And that llnm bidd'st me cine to thee,
O! Lamb of Ood, I come.
Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To thee, whose blood cau cleanse oat h .spot,
01 Lamb of Ood, 1 come.
Just as I .nr. though toss'd about
With many a conflict, many a doubt.
With fears within and wars without,
O! Lamb ol Hod, I cotne.
Just as I am—poor, wretched. Mind,
Sight, riches, healing of the tninu —
Yea, ull I need, in thee to liml,
O! Lamb of Hod, I come.
Just as thou wilt receive.
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve :
Because, thy promise I believe,
0! Lamb of Hod, I come.
Just as I am- thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down-
Now to be thine, yen, thine alone,
O! Lamb of Ood, I come.
FEAR OK ENEMIES.—IT is a well known
fact that most people arc often guarded and
cautious in their conduct, lest they afford
to those persons who make
" Envy and crooked alice nourishment"
an opportunity to give vent to their venom
ous feelings; and to so great an extent is
this desire to escape slander carried, that,
not uufreqnently, a certain degree of timid
ity is manifested. Now, this is going too
far to stifle calumnious reports of enemies.
We conceive that we should always pur
sue the even tenor of our way regardless of
what evil-disposed persons may say. We
should live above the fear of cool, calcula
ting, lurking hatred. Or, as the hard of
Avon has it :
"We must not stint
Our necessary actions i" tlie fear
To 'scape malicious censures."
It is no disgrace to a man, a society, a
state, or a church, to have enemies. In
deed, we view it in the contrary light; for
the good, the great, the noble and the hon
orable always have met, and. beyond doubt,
will continue to meet with opposition —aye,
with more than opposition —bitter hatred,
relentless enmity, base and slanderous ac
ensations, and wholesale injurious fabrica-
tions. But this is only indicative of the
evilness and loathsomeness of your ene
mies' hearts—it cannot hurt the good, the
true, the faithful. For a time, perhaps,
your honor may be dimmed, but. sure as
the Great Searcher of Hearts lives and
reigns you will ultimately shine in all the
splendor of your real character. Man lorn
self, only, assassinates his own reputation.
iwali&ffFiraT
A Son Charged With the Killing of his
Father.
Ihe Meadville (Pa.) Journal says that
Hugh Sliellito, jr., a young man of about I
eighteen or nineteen years of age, was ar
rested last week, in Sadsbury township, for
the murder of his own father, bound over
and is now in jail. The circumstances are
about these: The father, Hugh Shellito,
sr., was a man of intemperate habits, and
on the night of the Ist of April, about ten
o'clock, he got wrangling with his wife.
The son interfered, and they both drew
chairs upon one another. A relative named
William Shellito, who was pre: eat, separa
ted them. Young Shellito, however, pick
ed up some kind of stick and struck his
father over the head, whereupon the old
man got his gun and threatened to shoot
him. Meanwhile the son left the house
and got a club, and when the father open
ed the door, lie struck hiin over the head
knocking him down against the stove. He
died during the night, and was buried with
out any suspicion of foul play, the neigh
bors supposing he had died from intemper
ance. It was soon rumored around, how
ever, that all was not right. The body was
raised —a post mortem examination was
held by Dr. Th <mpson, of Meadville, and
Dr. Hitchcock, of Fads bury. They found
the skull badly fractured, and several severe
contusions about the head. A jury of
inquest being empannelled, gave a verdict
in accordance with the foregoing fact char
ging the murder upon Hugh Sliellito, jr.
Dead Dt'dg Disintei red and the la art ta
ken out to Cur■ Consumption. —TheGlenns
Falls Republican gives an account of an af
fair extraordinary though of occasional oc
| eurr< nee, which transpired about a mile
from that village a few days ago. It ap
pears that a man by the name of Adauis
died and was buried about seventeen months
ago, leaving a wife to mourn his less. The
widow removed t<> the West and remained
there until a short time since, when she re
turned to Glenns Falls. Upon her return j
she lound her deceased husband's brother i
dying with the consumption, and declared
i that he could be cured only in the follow
ing manner, which she said was practiced
where she had been living:—The bod\ r of
her husband should be taken up, the heart
dissected, and if any blood was found in
the heart, it should be burned , and the sick
man would recover! This proposition uas
immediately (feted upon —The dead body
disinterred, a physician called, who took
out the heart and lungs, but not enough
blood being found to answer the purpose,
the further prosecution of the infamous pro
ject was abandoned.
A Xegro Slave Shot by his Clergyman.
—The New Orleans Picayune of the loth
contains the following paragraph : 44 Rev.
i>r. Taylor, who recently married the wid
ow of the kite S. W Downs, shot a few days
since, says the Ouachita (La.) Register,
one of his wife's negroes. The negro kill
ed was one noted for insubordination, hav
ing previously been shot two or three times,
j Mr. Taylor attempted to correct him, when
he drew a knife, attacked the overseer and
defied his master, who shot him on the
spot."
A Cra~y Monarch. —The London cor
respondent of the New York Tribune says:
44 The King of Prussia has become stark
mad. lie occasionally belives that he is
a private soldier, who has just received his
commission as ensign, but has since lost
the parchment, and therefore he anxiously
seeks in all the hidden corners of the palace
and nooks in the garden, lie dislikes to
be watched by his aid de-cauip, whom he
believes to be his commanding officer.
Though his mental aberration is hopeless,
the question of the Regency remains un
settled, as the Queen prevents any step in
this direction, and the Ministers do their
best to delay it still more, well aware that
the first measure of the Regent would be
to turn liiin <u' of office. The question
becomes still more complicated by the fact
that the English Court wish for the abdi
cation of the Prince of Russia, and that
the Queen's young son-in-law. Prince Fred
eric, may try his hand in governiug the
country."
a debating society in Schenecta
dy, the other day, the subject was: — 4 Which
is the most beautiful production, a girl or
a strawberry ?' After coutiuuiugthe argu
ment for two nights the meeting finally ad
journed without coming to a conclusion—
the old ones going for the girls.
.'-iyA poor Yankee, on being asked the
nature of bis distress, replied — 4 That lie
had live outs and one in —to wit, out of
money and out of clothes; out at the heels
and out at the toes; out of credit and in
debt'
New Series—Vol. 111, No. 25.
INFANTS' FOOD.— What a Bali/ routs
a l'car. —When it is necessary to feed in
fants artificially, and cows' milk is used, it
should l>c first boiled, th n skimmed, then
sweetened a little with sugar, and next a
little salt added, not enough to give it a
saltish taste; milk thus prepared will not
only prevent the indigestion and consequent
acidity, flatulence, colic, diarrhoea, Ac., from
which sucking children suffer so much, but
will actually cure tliem.
A hearty infant will swallow, during tire
year of its life, fourteen hundred pounds
of milk, in which are twenty-one pounds of
cheese, thirty pounds of butter, and a hun
dred and twelve pounds of sugar. At six
cents a quart, with the necessary sweeten
ing, each "dear" little creature costs, for
food alone, fifty dollars for* the first year.
—Hall's Journa l of Health.
To .MAKE CLOTHES WATER PROOF.—
A new method is thus described:—Take
about thirty ounces of alum, and dissohe
in thirty quarts of water. Then dissohe
in another vessel the same number of ounces
ol' acetate of lead in an equal ejuantity ef
water. On mixing the two liquids, there
will be a precipitate in the form of a powder
created, which is the sulphate of lead.
Turn off the liquid, which retains in disso
lution flic acetate of alum, and plunge into
it the fabric desired to he made impermeable
to water or other fluid. The cloth should
then he kneaded with the hands, until it
becomes thoroughly saturated, when it
should he taken out and exposed in the
air to air. Goods rendered impermeable
by this process retain 110 unpleasant odor
after the second trial.
Fiom the N. P. Aiwrimn Agriculturist.
[An intelligent lady subscriber on Long-
Island. (Mrs. Clementine H.) furnishes for
the Agriculturist, the first, four of the fol
lowing recipes, each one of which she has
tried thoroughly and can recommend as
good. 3
Nahant Tea Biscuit. —Put in one ves
sel : 3 teacups i fluur, 2 of sweet milk, 3
eggs, a little salt, and beat all together for
fifteen minutes. J>ip into cups, making
them half-full, and hake 25 minutes,
in a quick oven. [This we can commend.
The eggs make the biscuits light enough,
and save the use of soda and cream of tar
tar, so objectionable to many persons. ED.]
Election Cake. —Hub together 1 howl su
gar, I bowl butter, 1 teaspoonful soda, then
add 1 pint of milk and 1 buwl of flour.
When mixed well, add 2 nutmegs grated,.
1 bowl of currants, and cinnamon or cloves
to suit the taste. Bake in loaves. This
cake will keep well for two or three months,
or till "after 'lection."
Federal Cafe. —Warm a pint of milk and
stir in one tablespoonful of lard. Add one
beaten egg, and flour enough to make a stiff
hatter, and one cup of yeast. Put in the
pari in which it is to be baked, to rise. One
hour's baking required. Serve hot—with
butter of course.
Mountain Cake. —Rub 1 lb. sugar with
I lb. butter. Beat together 6 eggs, one
teacup of sweet milk, and A teaspoonful of
soda. Mingle thoroughly 1 lb. of flour
and 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Then
] stir the whole of the above quickly but
thoroughly together, and bake 111 loaves im
mediately.
Another Mountain Cake. —Mrs. E. H.
Hoffman, Wayne Co., Ohio, encloses the
following two recipes in a letter to the Agri
culturist: MOUNTAIN CAKE. —Stir to a
cream 1 cup butter and 2 cups ot white
sugar; add the whites of 0 eggs heateu to
a stiff' froth ; 1 A cups of butter-milk ; o cups
of sifted flour; A teaspoonful of soda; 1 tea
spoonful cream of tartar; flavor to taste
and bake in a moderate oven. It looks
nice cut in slices. DOMESTIC CAKE. —TH
Alb. sugar and Alb. butter beaten to a cream,
add 1 lb. flour and half a nutmeg grated;
work to a smooth paste; roll to half an inch
in thickness, and cut into square or round
cakes; bake in a quick oven.
Corn Starch, Delicate Cake. —This we
have tried 'at home' and like it. A 'friend'
gives the following prescription: Beat 1 cup
butter, with 2 cups sugar, to a cream ; add
1 cup sweet milk in which is dissolved a
teaspoonful of soda, beat the white of 7 eggs
toastiff froth and stir lightly with the above.
Mix thoroughly together 1 cup corn starch,
! 2 cups of flour and 2 teaspoonsful of cream
jof tartar. Then mingle the whole of thj>
! ingredients, beating quickly but thoroughly,
| and flavoring with essence of lemon or rose
water. Bake immediately in a deep dish.
I J'onr Man's Cake. —" A Cottage Girl,"
Dauphin Co., Pa., prescribes : u Put into
| 3 lbs. of common bread dough I lb. butter
and ■] lb. sugar. Then mix with it 1 lb.
currants and 1 lb. ' candied peel.'"
Loaf Cake. —A Litchfield Co., Ct., cor
j respondent offers the following: With 3
1 cups of milk, 1 cup of sugar and J cup of
yeast, make a thick batter aud let it stand
over nighi. In the morning add 2 cups
sugar, If cups butter, 1 egg, and spice to
, i liking.
(A R.OCERIES.—F. J. Hoffman's is the store
j where good Groceries can be found, and at
: low prices mbll