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IXHEYES & KOBISON,
MAcrACTCKEBS Or
ROOTS AND SHOES,
. BETWEE HT AND SECOND STB.,
BKO.V.NVILLE, T-
.iv nirchased the Shoe Shop formerly
rr-f we t)oW off((r our WOVK ,t K reat-
'Bw,V We manufacture all that we offer
i wrk warrantea.
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TTp.. STEWART,
LECTICPHYSICIAN
SURGEON,
' . Ti.-rnian's Drug- Store, Whitney's
J. J. -uri vC-u43-lr
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CHOENHEIT.
1-nRNEY AT LAW,
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ioLICITORSAlN CHAiVCERV,
I Comer First and Main Street
pWARD W. THOMAS,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
"OR IN CHANUtlllX.
of Main aul Flrat Streets.
((gce corner
HOWNVlLu
E. NEBRASKA.
MAVIS,
LECTICPHi-sllAl
BLE-ROCK, NEBRAc
lur;c'Bj, Dr. I), (iwin, Urownrxlle
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LEWIS WALDTER,
ISE. SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
I1IZER AND lArEU IIANGER-
and
VUUVN'ILLE. K. T
E. MOODY 8c SON,
IAGARY NURSERIES,
case
LOCK POUT, N. Y..
holesoio and Betail Dealeis in Fiuit,
ikit and Ornamental Trees,
AND SHRUBS AND
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DR. D. GWIN,
Mavinz iiermaDently Ivocated near
R0WNV1LLE, NEBRASKA,
lr the proct'ice of Medicine and Surgery, ten
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hi preiesMonal services to me nuiicicn.
5i-e one mile eoutb. f town, vn the t!4
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3DKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY.
. . . J." SCHUTZ
!Tonldanatineiothecitl;ns of Bownvllle
Tj-..,r.,iii. jjidintendskeeptTiB a full assort
vi.inilv that He Has locaiea uinincii u
ievcrytbincil"8liieof busiucss, wmcn
. Tie will also do all kinds of
turf ducts, watches andjewelry. All work war
J a m t -n a rrT.TflTP.Ti.
111. A. GODFREY,
HYS1CIAN, SURGEON
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OBSTETRICIAN,
? in Pr.,r bavin twenty-.ve year expe
),cNi lbs Medical Knenc. and one of the curre-pon
"bi lm-aied permanently in Browuville, and re
r.'iniiiyicuderb hi profesrional bervices to me ni-
u Unsiiiy and vicinity.
e.1llm.tc..n..e his services to common practice,
I ntendtbem to chronic cai diww toa
imt -M'.isnnt Tuim.rs and S.re Ace and
Csncrs Ld Sre Eyes, even paril! BUUdueba,
cmn.oi.ly callcl Falllns Sickness. Pals,
-Ppeiy, 0mnumptiiii in the nri ana
t'Jie, lnsaniiv in s..me Jorine, and diseases or
' vknia Particular attention paid to Ague
Htwtll. if reaneHied. give reference to m pro
r'nir1 incurable In the United States, and atierwards
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.ifnivfce found at all hours; cither at J.
ruf Store, or at his dwelling house, when Dot enfaeed
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proteMionsi business.
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. JACOB HAHHON ,
1ERCH A NT TAILOR,
j BROWNVILLE,
"ill the attention of Geutlemen desiring new, neat,
frncatiie mi fashionable
WEARING APPAREL,
j TO HIS
ew Stock of Goods
II' JUST RECEIVED,
- aD CIX)THS. CASS1MERS, VEST1SGS. &.C.. &C,
rTIIE VERY LATCTT STYEES,
Tiirh he will kell or makeup, to order, at unprece
N l- price. . . . .
I Wt miMuus: any thing in bis line wtll do well to
al! md examine his stock belore Investing, as he
hiueir to hold out peculiarly lavonoie u-
i February I3th, 1862.
ent.
D.
A. C O 1 S T A R L E ,
1MPOKTEK AKD DEALEB 13
IRON, STEEL, NAILS,
HASTINGS, SPRINGS, AXLES, FILES
BEIiXjOWS,
HAC K SMITH'S TOOLS
Also: Hubs, iSpokcs,' and Bent Stuff.
Third Street, between Felix and Edmond,
SAINT JOSEPH, MO.
vich he sells at St. Louis prices for cash.
ft HiKhest Price Paid for Scrap Iron.
."Member I,i8b9. ly.
J. WILSON BOLLINGER,
COUNSELLOR? AT LAW,
rjfral and Collecting Agent.
HEVriiJCE. GAGE CO., .NEBRASKA.
VlLL nwu in tTi al Courts In Gajre and
S"'&in2ountiM, and will give prompt attention
oil Uiiines entrusted to bim. Collections uminpt
7 ttade. rzf, riionlsr attention idven to locnt-
Und Varranu oa lands carefully selected by
Sepuiwber ?5, '61.
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5ats, Boots and Shoes.
, tv jut received a Xew Supply of nats, Boots and
""..hlcn will sell cheaper than they were -ever
lrertIl'rt- Csllaudsee me.
- DAVID EIEGaX-
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vol. vir.
JOHN L CARSON
" (Successor to Lushbaugh & Careon,
i. sir r? o
LAND AND TAX PAYING
Dealer in Coin, Uncurrent Money, Land
Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust
MAIN STREET.
DROIYXTILLE, IVE1IIIASKA. '
t will give especial attention to buying and selling cx
UmhRe on the principal cities of the United States and
Europe, Gold Silver, uncurrent Bank Bills, and
Gold Dust, Collections made on all accessable points,
and proceeds remitted in exchange at current rate.
Depoeiu received on current account, and Interest al
lowed on special deposits.
OFFICE,
3IAIX STREET. KETVFEE!, TKE
Telegraph and the U. S.
Eand Offices.
REFERENCES:
Lini & Brother Philadelphia, Pa.
J. W. Carson 4c Co., ' "
Hiner. Di- k & Co. Baltimore, Md.
Touiifr k. Carson, ' "
Jeo. Thompson Mason, Col'r of Port, " "
wm. T. Smith. n, Eq.. Ilanker, VTashlngtoP D. C.
J. T. SteveiiK, Ksq., Att'y at Law, " ' "
Jno. S. Gallaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S.T. '
Tarlor &. Krirgh, Bankers,
Chirac, 111.
St. Lou s, Mo.
Aninpul n, Md.
Meicerl uisPa
Ilagertowu, Md.
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Kaoton, Md.
Cnniberland, Md
Havana, Alabnia
Kov 8, lo60-tf.
McClelland, Pre &. Co.,
Hon. Thomas G. Pratt,
Hon. Jas. O. arson,
P. B. Smli. ER(j., Pres't S. Bank,
Col. Geo. R(bly, A'y at Law,
li. Sm.Uaint)letonA.tt'y at Law,
'nofThos.Pei
l'ro.r. I?. Tutwil
Perry,
ler.
BKOWNVILLE
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THORMj-COLMAH, CO.,
nee to the trsvelinR public that their e,lenCW
Aft." Ou iou Stum Firrv ruuuiuz across froi.'1
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BrcwnviV'c,
rin Nebraska.
-v respect on the Cuper Mis-
s one of the best In e. , recular tripsverv hour
sourl river. The Boat iiih -itini?.
so that no timewill be lostin . -i ver are low and well
The banks on both sides of the neceesary as is the
aded which renders unloading u'u
at most other ferries. ,V .Hies at or near
No fears need be entertained astodiffli..; i.th sides
this crossinir. as everybody in this regiou, . "
the river, is for the Union the stronpeit ki.. u- 'ower
Our charges too an Item these hard times m .
than at any other crossing.
Travelers from Kansas to Iowa and to the east will flu -
this the nearest and best route i" every respect.
THORN. COLEMAN & CO.
Brownvllle, Nebraska, Sept. 21st, 1S61.
APPLE TREES.
brownville"nursert.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE STILL A . -FEW
THOUSAND APPLE TUEES,
BAISED IN THIS SOIL AND CLIMATE,
WMch they offer this Fall,
CHEAP FOR CASH,
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APPROVED TRADE.
THESK TUBES ARE LARGE,
Will commence tearing In a year or two, yet we
will sell them at
15,00 TER HUNDRED,
o a
t2,CO PER DOZEN.
MAUN, FISHEN HACKER.
FAST HORSES.
CITY LIU ERY STABLE
AND
FEED .STOKE
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
KEXJA3IIX ROGERS,
. avjfcl
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owned bV Rogers & Brother. He Is now prepay.
accommodate the puimc wim
Carriages,
Ua
Sulkier
Saddle Horses,
&c., .Ac.
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC
Can find at his. taoie impi, -l""--w
. .. ..n.mn.;.M.na fnr
horses, uiu.c. o. v.i... bkvjaMIN ROGERS.
. i.. ..in.
v b. The partnership heretofore existing between
Benjamin Jwb?a. Row" uiw" nnfisks.
JUMIA a- e."
Vsy 2th. 1S62. n47-tt - " .
LANDRETH'S
Warranted Garden Seeds
waiiauw,uw
BLUNDEN. KOEXIG & CO.,
I Late johw AiAHJii v.-
, ttrtb nd street, ahov, pine,
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ST. I.OUIS, MO,
end wei.
..sorted .toe. of Agricultural ""V'iSa fiSS"
ments conipriKins everything necessary to the armer,
r,hwithai.rceandfre,usuPpij ot
Offer for sale at very low CRures. a larpe
nnrn Spods.
CROP OF 1S6I,
For
rel
pure
seeds
T. .! kpivl . TOO
would do well to heua
Send for Almanac .no i X'ui S.CO.
BLUNUEN, KOEKltt & CO.
March 6, 1S63.
D35-ly
To Western Farmers.
Totoftooo JSoocSU
.ell i. ihi.iatitd.. To .. . ' bu 1,",cl
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wreral varieties ofTobacco that will ripen
Order, must J iha cU'ltIlf. of
ina ucwun.
Pf 1 I. Wa Viet
lodre . It. O. THOMPSON,
Address QU0 tj, Nebraska.
P. S. Papers in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Ne-
braska
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at lowest martet raies vn.ur.vo-. hich We See the SKY, are last loeiuu
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'LIBEBTY AND
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY,
From the Country Gentleman.
Romance of tlie Seasons October.
BY C. N. EEilEKT.
Itia October, rnild solemn October
the twilight of the year. We are
not going to write an essay, yet out of
our heart a fullness we must note a
passing farewell to that season of the
year whose influences steal so grate
fully and calmly over us. More and
more, and more lovely the autumn
appears, as years gather upon us ; and
at each farewell we turn with a sadder
smile to linger and love. We look
out with a feeling of regret. How
beautiful and yet how fading, like the
hectic flush upon the cheek of ihe con
sumptive, ihs crimson and scirlet
hues linger upon the forest, but its
very loveliness is the language of
decay. So fade and fall the aspirants
of the earth.
October is come ; there is a shiver
ing of the leaves in the woodlands,
and their dark green gives place to
golden yellow, to russeUbrown, and
their dark ensanguine red. How
different to the tender greens of spring.
More gorgeous these hues it is true,
and the painter rejoices in them ; but
they tell us of the wanning year; and
the winds as they murmur through
the branches, sing an elegiac strain.
Another strain is at hand : the glories
of autumn will fado, and the storm
and the tempest will sweep over dess
olate fields and through the naked
forest. Earnest are now our summer
birds of passage in their preparations
for departure. Clouds of swallows
are dashing around, crossing and
rcrossing each other in every fantas
tic variety of evolution they whirl
about, & Cttling, not without clamor and
tumult, oa fence 33 evening yields
to night. They congregate in flocks,
myriads sometimes, as we have seen,
like clouds of locusts darkening the
sky. Wo have seen them cover the
pillow islands, and the roofs of houses
. barns on the banks. Xiy the end
fQ, ber these flocks have ail di3
anPearW ilh the ""eptipn of a few
JZZire o.-Uich if they gain sufficient
stragglers, . r b , .1, p
.rflf. ' 'ollow in the track of
strength soon. , , .
the more early b: ,yus ' 11 uut
linger and die. . ,
The yellow -bird, witti
a noie nan
sau, come
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C3 rising and fah. .
IzCy and picks a duin "7 mcix
to the
lorest s ecse, ana p
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from the t Little beside the fent;
Here ccnieii n downey sail, now liftt
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up and then falling to the earth. So
with the good deeds of men.' They
are swept onward an on some spot
linger, as the seed, to germinate and
bear fruit. The notes of the blue-bird
are heard no more. He is the first
songster in the spring, and with the
exception of the robin, the last in the
fall.
"When all the gay eeene- of summer re o'er,
And Autumn, slow enters so silent anl sallow ;
And millions of warblers thitt cb Armed in before.
Have fled in th s train of the sun-seeking swallow.
The blue bird forstken, yet true to his home
Still lingers, and looks for a milder to-morrow ;
Till forcod by the horrors of Winter to ro.un.
Will.
But we miss the music of the birds
that cheered us through the long sura
WW1 1
mer hours, lliey no longer give
morning concerts in the orchard and
grove, and pour forth their joyous
songs at the sunset hour. The little
brook, wandering through the valley,
leaps and sparkles along its pebbly
UCVi lAlllA Ol 11 LLO CA O O i W Vrf a y av
in summer. The winds have not
lin,l nn1 oitiito oo crontlT nniv !ia it
r.tt.. tol emmar nffnt
and late asters twinkle like stars
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though in the shade of thickets.
The small buttonwood leaves have
changed to yellow; the Virginia
creeper has assumed a crimson, while
the soft maple is decked out in scar
let. The sugar maple i3 dressed in a
! nf n.anira ii 1 tf l II lpflVPSI ttiril
sunui ouuo. " w..
yellow ; elm, yellow brown ; whitii oak
leaves dark orange ; hickory, pale
yellow ; yellow oak, bright scarlet ;
cherry tree leaves become red; apple,
vellowishbrown. There seems to be
a great coincidence in the discoiori-
Zation of the leaves of deciduous trees;
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and the beauty of our torests at tnis
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believe, in any other part of the world.
season oi me year are uuauuww,
But the leaves are falling ; morning
after morning vou can see them drop-
thicker and more frequent, loos-
ro i.J
ened bv the early frosts, till all day
loner there is a shower tnrougn tne tan
I wuuuo. AU5J
i i Than o rc ilrnnninfr nrnnnfl MS
their tracery of painted arebesques.
A clear broad lake is before us blue
and fathomless for it holds the au
turan heaven, and away through the
linht haze, some purple hills rise with
o . -.11 mi
a long curve above tne nonzon. ne
chryStaline brightness 01 me aunoh-
phere touches them with a clear glon-
fg purity ; and, gazing on -the soft
w outlines, our soui goes uay iu uui
vouthful daYS
l mi .
A deeD dreamy naze vetis eerjr
K;0t nnil far in the dim distance
hnth earth and sky meet and blend in
..nfotl.nmfthlfl denth of blue. The
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"WOOUland glOWS iu iw 6i6u) i
. i.u.:ii rmn I n.Wti o cnnnH I1L-0 tnti rain, nnrl
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UNION, ONE AND INSUPERABLE, NOW
ery of crimson and gold, but like the
hectic flush on the cheek of the con
sumptive its very loveliness is but the
emblem of decay. The soft mellow
sun-light of autumn. bathes in beauty
the landscape around us, that lies
stretched out as it were, in slumber, in
the arras of the blue mantled hills,
that cluster like guardian genii around.
Anon, the sun rises with a red, fiery
glow, and sends his long radiating
shafts of golden light streaming
through the smoky atmosphere. The
mist-wreaths hanging around the hill
tops and mountain peaks, soon disap
pear before his broad beaming gaze.
Yet it would seem from the pleasant
scene on which we look, that summer
is reluctant to give up its final parting,
its last adieu, and leave the earth to
winter's long icy reign. Indeed, the
brilliant scenery but lately lit up by
the magic touch of a master artist, and
the pure air and light sunshine of to
day rival the most delightful periods
of the spring or summer months.
September and October are the
sportsman's months ; there is cock
shooting in the cornfields and in the
marsh lands ; then in October comes
the season for invading the haunts of
the patridgc, and then too the wood
cocks, which resort to overshading
oozey ground or miry spots intersect
ed by sluggish rills and pools or ditch
es. Snipes now begin to make their
appearance, driven from the higher
latitudes, and swell the number of
game birds; they resort to logs and
willow banks bordering creeks and
ditches or covering low swamps adja
cent to the winding river. From early
morn till the evening shades come
on, the forest echoes with the crack of
the rifle or the report of the sports
man's double barrel. Slowly pass the
quiet hours of the afternoon, and the
sun sinking in the west behind a cur
train of haze seems half asleep long
before he reaches the horizon. By
night,
"The moon in fleecy clouds is dressed,
And slowly wanders down the west."
Her pale beams silver the field and
forest till the morning breaks again
in the east. So pass the days of Oc
tober. It seems strange that the face
of Nature should wear such a calm
sunny smile as though she had not
been already touched by the cold hand
of death. Perhaps she knows it is not
death, but only a deep sleep, from
which the arm rfunshiae and showers,
offering 'will a-.vaken I.cr. ,
' 1 (Frora th IIorticuItarisL
Wine for the Million.
jj AN AM0R-ITE.
The Grape crop the Hudson like
nil nthpr fruit cror. uCc-.i
very
abundant. Mat
of our friends
will probably be pleased Co bave a simple
and reliable recipe for mating, wine -Mv
experience is at their serv'ce' an1
if any of your intelligent readers sa'.'5CeJ
as well as I have in making a really gSoa
wine, I suggest that they send a bottle to
the Editor The day before he invites me
to dinner. I shall endeavor to make my
recipe short and comprehensive.
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1st. All the manipulations snouiu uc
conducted with scrupulous cleanliness.
All the vessels should be procured before
hand, to contain the fruit, broken grapes,
and juice.
iM. Gathen tne grapes in a ciear uiy
day, and at once have them picked over,
removing all green berries, and all that
are soiled, wormy, or decayed.
3d. None but fully ripe grapes should
be used to make choice A No. 1 wine.
4th, Break the grapes in a tub withjt
nnundfr until all are mashed. I use a
Welsh butter tab about two foet
dppn flarinr at the lop. Cleanse it with
vnnrl ashes and water if it has been pre
vinnslv used, to remove all grease; soak
it whII with hot water and scour it with
sand ; turn it upside down, and fit a piece
th bottom even with the
J A LUUI U w
chime, to prevent knocking the bottom
out.
5th When the grapes are all mashed,
put about four or six quarts into a strong
iahtba!?: thin hempen cohee bagging
s best: tie loosely and press out all the
aice bv maans of a screw or lever press ;
do not press a second lime for the best
wine. ...
6th. The iuice obtained will be thick ;
it must not be strained; the mucilage
contained therein is quite necessary to
the fermentation, and it will in due time
"find its level" at the botiom of the cask.
Do not put the skins of the grapes into
thft fermentin'T cask.
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7th. The fermenting cask must be
clean and pure. It should be nearly tun,
and fitted with a tube bung, a tuoe mane
by a linner, in the shape of a syphon.
It will cost six cents. Let the longest
arm pass through the bung, ana the shor
ter one enter a cup of water, so that the
carbonic acid gas- may escape without
admitting atmospheric air.
Sth. The leimeniing cask should be
kept in a warm room, and the fermenta
tion should go on until the bauble ceases
fn risi in the cuo of water. Draw off
the wine as soon as it is clear, into a
clean cask, and place m a dry cellar; a
vent hole with a spile in it, will enable
the vintner to allow the escape of gas,
and should be looked to frequently, being
careful to stop the vent immediately
Oih Draw off the wine during the
month of March, from the lees into i
, dean caik, and let it stand until the fol
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AND FOEEVEE.-
NOVEMBER 8, 1862.
lowing October, when it may be bottled
Use the best velvet cork, first wetting
them with wine, and make them go tight,
driving with a wooden mallet while the
bottle is standing on a smooth hard sur
face. If held up in one hand and driven
with the other, the bottle is liable to
break; so also will it break if the bottle
is too full. :
10th. Treat your friends, don't forget
the editor, and drink a little for the
stomach's sake. A reason why you
should not drink it all at once is, that it
will improve by age
I have said nothing about sugar, which
with some persons is inadmissible, but if
one has neither Delaware, Diana, nor
Hyde's Eliza grapes to make wine of, and
nobody has these in sufficient quantities
yet, he must use the kinds in cultivation,
Catawba, Clinton, Isaqella, &3.; these
require an addition ot grape sugar to
produce enough alcohol to make them
W a
keep. Under no circumstances must
apple brandy or other liquor be used for
that purpose, as the aroma of the wine is
thus destroyed. Then the deficiency
must be made up with the very best re
fined loaf sugar, to be added to the grape
juice and fermented with it; this is first
converted into grape sugar, and then into
alcohol. The quantity of the sugar to be
added depends upon the ripeness of the
grapes. Good ripe grapes contain ten
and some twelve per cent, of sugar.
One jjound or a pound and a half of sugar
to ihe gallon will add enough to equal
fifteen per cent., quite sufficient to pro
duc3 within a fraction of seven and a
half per cent, of alcohol, the amount re
quired to prevent acetous fermentation.
Wine with this quantity is far better than
if stronger; it will "cheer but not ine
briate ;" neither the chemist nor the
thin-skinned Tartar can detect it. It is
a mistaken notion to suppose that sugar
is added to the must to tweelen the
wine; if well fermented it simply adds)
strength. Sweetened wine becomes sirup,!
and is no longer wine. The usual prac
tice is to sweeten after fermentation ;
hence the sugary taste. For uneduca
ted palates, it may be sweetened when
ready to drink, as the sailor makes his
switchel, half molasses and half rum, and
may be thus rendered nearly as palata
ble. No water must be added to the
grope juice except for the purpose of pro
ducing a light drink, which will not keep,
and must in no case be added to the real
wine. Water is an adulteration of wine,
though a learned judge has decided that
it is not of milk ! Thoso who think water
an improvement to wine had better try
the experiment on a small scale, and see
the folly of it for themselves. A bottle
of good wine will cost four to six cents
more that the poorest. Really good w ino
cannot be made of poor materials, sucL
as unripe fruit a:3d forown srcgsr, but I
will give the' ricipe to make the belt
wine possible of, unripe grapes: ,
1st. Let the manipulations be as be
fore described.
2d. Select the ripest grapes you have.
3d. Add three pounds of the best sugar
io each gallon of juice, and be sure that
it ferments until all sweetness disappears.
Add no spirits.
4th. With a lively imagination, equal
to that of the Marchioness in Dickens'
Old Curiosity Shop, putting it "very
strong," one may suppose he has good
wine.
The recipee for poor wine is to use
poor materials. Success will follow even
tbvn with cleanliness.
Giod vinegar may be made from sour
grape.s, and grape skins, by adding two
gallons of water and one pint of molasses
to each gai.'on of juice, and keeping it
moderately w.trm.
If not out ot olace here allow me to
say a word on ihe pe crop of this re
gion. Those who hare reaa ana louuweu
you Hints have ripe frcm to seed to mar
ket, and are getting eini ana nine ckuw
for Isabellas, while the qciotetion are two
to five cents; they also ha VP ripe cane
for the next year's crop, whil the larger
number of grape growers have neither
ripe fruit nor ripe wood. While snip
ping fruit to New York on one or. our
targes, I was delayed by two men who
were bringing packages of grapes asnore.
As this bad quite the appearance of a
water-running-up-hill process, inquired
what wa3 the matter, and was informed
that these grapes had made two voyages
to New York, and were returned, marked
"no sale,' an offer of one cent a pound
being the maximum. The owner kindly
permitted me to look into one basket. It
contained small bunches of Unripe grapes.
I suggested that he had picked them too
soon. On no, said he. I did not pay
much attention to my vines this year. I
neglected to prune them until it was too
late, and then I got so busy wity my
spring work that I did not plow among
them, and neglected to tie them up.
think the vines bore too heavily. My
fruit did not ripen well nor the wood
either. The fact is, the grape business
is a failure, I don't believe I shall have
ten pounds of grapes next year. . Last
season I asked thi3 man to take the Hor
ticulturist, but he . said, as it-was war
times, he would try and save the expense
My opinion is that he has saved it over
the left shoulder, rerhaps my receipt
for making vinegar will be of service to
him, and I give you his address, hoping
you will send him a copy.
Figures won't lie, is an old homely
expression ; but few men look on a fash
ionable woman's figure now-a-days and
say as much.
Educate the whole man the head, the
heart, the body; the head to think, the
heart to feel, and the body to act.
Losses drive good people to their
rrayen, bad ones to thiir curses, -
II .111
NO. 17.
A New Silkworm.
The Soclete d'Acclirnation has re
ceived a letter from Mr. G. Simon,
now in China, in which he gives an
accountof a curious breed of silkworms
inhabiting the province of CheKiang,
and especially adjoining vhe town of
Hangcheoo. This silkworm is much
smaller than the common one, but doe3
not differ from it in other respects ; it
has the same number of legs, the same
spots, and the same color; but its
habits are much more independent.
The butterfly deposits its eggs any
where, but chiefly on the branches and
within the interstices of the bark of the
mulberry tree, on the leaves of which
it generally feeds. The inhabitants
do not attempt to collect their eggs.
Early in August that is, two months
after the ordinary silk worm has per
formed its various evolutions myriads
of minute worms suddenly make their
appearance on the bark of the mul
berry tree, and invade the new crop
of leaves which has made its annear
ance. They grow fast, the gardeners
doing nothing more than protecting
them from the birds, by casting nets
over the trees, which are all dwarfed.
As these silkworms make their ap
pearance unexpectedly, as it were, and
yield a second crop of silk without
any trouble, they are called Tien-tze,
or children of heaven by the people.
The warmer the winter has beea, the
greater is the number of these worms ;
the bear a temperature of 25 Fah.
very well. Their existence as silk
worms does not exceed three weeks.
At the end of that time they congre
gate under the leaves, which they bind
together, and then spin their cocoons,
an operation which takes them three
days. A week later their metamor
phosis is complete, the cocoon is per
forated, and tho butterfly come3 out.
The cocoons are extremely small, but
from 15 to 18 kilogrammes of them
yield one of silk ; they aro wound off
in hot water like the others. The
pekul (60 kilogs.) of cocoon fetches
from 9,000 to 10,000 sapecs (36 to 40
francs) in tho market. The Chinese
do. not use this Bilk alone, but mix it
with the other. Galignani,
Union Village Shakers, Ohio.
The society at Union Village, War
ren county, Ohio, is worthy of particular
note. It is one of the largest Shaker so
cieties in the world. It was founded ia
the year 1S3j. It now numbers near
COO perfens anl owns upwards of 4,000
acres cl lizd in one body.- i.e son 13
remarkably fertile, and the surface and
scenery beautifully diversified, . and the
locality remarkably healthy. The soci
ety here is divided into four different
"families," located in different parts of
their domain. . The largeat family num
bers near 200 persons, and is called the
Center, it beiiij the residence of their
Elder and Elderess, and where their
church is located. The "dwelling," as
it is called, where this family eats and
sleeps, is an immense brick structure;
four stories high; it fronts S8 feet and is
10S feet deep; it is divided into dining,
sleeping, and kitchen rooms. In the
large cellar underneath is kept the milk,
and the butter and cheese apparatus.
Their butter is churned and chee?e made
by horse power ; their bread is also
kneaded in the same way. Their bread
is certainly tie best we ever tasted. In
fact, the dinner they generously prepar
ed for our party was one of the most
palatable we ever enjoyed. The fine fruit
and other soasonabie delicacies with
which our table was loaded, were such
as princes might feed on and be glad.
They live upon plenty of the very best of
everything that is good and healthy.
They cultivate none but the best fruitr.
of which they sell large quantities.
They have the finest stock we ever
saw. Their cattle are altogether incom
parable. Some of their cows give daily
from six to eight gallons of' the richest
milk. Such cows they readily sell at
ql50 to S"200. Calves, from two to four
months old, they sell at trom fcou to otuu.
They have an animal that weighs nearly
3,00 pounds. They have a botanical gar
den of about twelve acres, in which they
cultivate all the medicinal plants a.ad
herbs of this climate which they ga.iher
and remove to the chemical and roedical
laboratory where they are dried and pre
pared in the form ot extracts, poxders
ice, ready for market. Those medicines
es are the purest and best of the kind that
can be- had. The celebrated "Shaker
Sarsaparilla" is manufactured here, and
affords the principal, source of their reve
nue. Their mechanical shops are kept
in the neatest oroer, and their work is
done in the mot.t systematic style.
They excel in the manufacture of car
pets, woodware, leather, blankets, and
various kinds of trinkets and fancy articles
We were shown some silk handkerchiefs
which were made by them from silk of
their owe production, which were quite
oqual the European silks.
Their seed garden is noteworhy.
They annually put up and sell about
1,400 boxes of garden seeds, each box
containing 200 packages of seeds.
They have now in there doman abou
3,000 of sheep, 500 cattlo, 100 horses
countless numbers of poultry, but no hogs
or dogs, the former to unclean and the lat
ter useless yelpers. Dayton Gazttle.
Look fate full in
before the resolute.
the
eye; it quails
The use of the soldier's "drill" to
rnak a hole ia th enemy.
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The Highest Balloon Ascent. .
Late English papers contain reports of
ascents made by M. Glaisher, aa aero
naut, who has reached a higher eleva
tion than has ever before been attained.
On a recent trip he ascended to a height
of five miles and three quarters (30,360
fee. Approaching that point, he observes,
the correct barometer read 10.8 inches.
"In endeavoring to read the wet bulb,
I could not see the column of the mer.
cury. I rubbed my eyei, then took a
lens and also failed. I endeav
ored to reach some brandy which was
lying on the table at about the dUtanca
of a foot, and found myself unable to do
so. My signt became more dim.
. I looked at the barometer and saw it
at ten inches and still decreasing fast4
and just noted it in my book. Reading
was at this time. about 9 3-4 inches, im
plying a height of about 5 3-4 mile, as a
change of an inch in the reading of ths
barometer at this elevation takes place
on a change of height of about 2,500
feet; I felt I was loosing all power, and
endeavored to rouse myself by struggling
and shakiug. I attempted to look at the
carometer again : my bed fell on one
side. I struggled and got it right, and
it fell on the other, and finally fell back
wards. My arms, which had been rest
ing on the table, fell down by my side.
It became more misty, and finally dark,
and I sadk unconsciously as in sleep."
The writer continued insensible for
some time, but his place waa taken by a
Mr. Coggswell, who ascended still high
er, until the barometer is believ ed to have
marked only eight inches, implying that
they were then six and & half miles abova
ground! The temperature was then
some degrees below zero ; on leaving
the surface it was at 59 degrees Fahren
heit. The descent was made without
any accident. Pigeons let loose at ah
elevation of four miles, fell down Iik
stones, and were taken up dead.
Coffee Substitutes.
The love of coffee is an acquired taste.
Perhaps nine tenths of families using it
"burn" it almost to a coal, so that, in re
ality, any other burnt bitter would answer
quite as well. In fact, innltiti'des in the
far West, removed from markets, have
become accustomed to use burnt bread
crust as a substitute, which certainly is
not injurious, but it is a known fact that
a cup of some mild, hot drink at meals Is
a positive benefit.
Tho following substitutes fof coffee
have been collected, in all of which it is
suggested, first, that the substitute bo
mixed with the genuine article, half-and-half
; second, that in order to know what
you are teally drinking, roast and grind
your ci'va ccTee. In this was only, can
you know that yor. aye r - imposed upon
or md Lui ba drir.
terial. either fi'ihy ct rj!ionou3.
1. It i3 said that three puts of Rio
with two parts of old Government Java,
well prepared, is quite as good, if .not
superior, to that made of the latter alone.
2. Wheat Cofie. Wheat coffee, made
of a mixture of eight quarts of wheat to
one pound of real coffee, ia said to afford
a beverage quite as agieeable as the uu
adulterated Rio, besides being much more
wholesome.
3. Rye Coffee. take a peck of rye
and cover it with water, let it steep or
boil until the grain swells or commences
to burst, then drain or At-j it- Roast to
a deep brown color and prepare as utir
coffee, allowing twice the lime for boil
ing. Wheat coffee probably could be made
the same way. '
4. Another. Take some rye; first
scald it; second dry it; third brown ti
and then mix it with one-third coffee and
two-thirds rye, and then you will have as
good a cup of coffee as you ever drank:
5. Sweet Potato Coffee. Take sweet
potatoes, cut them fine enough to 'dry
conveniently, and when dried, grind in ft
coffee mill ; dry them by the fire or stove,
at this season of the year, cr by ihe sun
when that will do it; grind and use one
and a half teacupfuls for six persons, or
mixed with coffee in such proportions as
you like. Some omit half of the coffee
some more.
6. Rarley Coffee. Take common bar
ley, or the skinless, if it can be obtained
roast as you would coffee, and mix in such
proportions as suits your Uste. It is go d.
7. Pea Coffee. It is probably known
io many that a very large per cent, of the
ground collee bold at the stores is common
ield peas, roasted and ground with ihe
coffee. There are hundreds of thousands
of bushels of peas annually used for that
purpose.. Those who are in the habit or
purchasing ground coffee can do beUtr to
buy their own peas, burn and grind them.
and mix to suit themselves.
- 8. Carrot Coffee. It is recommendetX
by an exchange. Cut up, dry and grind.
and mix with conee in quantities to auit
the taste. "!
9. Chestnut Coffee. Chestnuts, also,
are said to make excellent coffee.
10. Dandeliqa root, dried and slightly
scorched, never burned.
11. Chicory Coffee. Equal weights of
chicory and coffee, dried and roasted in
m MM! -w .
tho usual manner, ihe chicory root ys
raised as easily as carrots, and exactly In
the same manner. The chicory ro.01
raised as easily as carrots, and exactly ia,
the same manner. To prepare the root,
wash it clean, slice it lengthwise in focr
or six pieces, according tosize,cwt iotwon
inch lengths, dry ad keep in a dry place
until wanted. Chicory is largely used to
adulterate cofree in this country, andVi
pecially ir Europe," 25.000,000 of pounds
being i:sed in England and France alone,
l'i. Excelsior Coffee. (Our. own,)---Kalf
a cup of pure, new, farm-house.
milk, and while almost boiling hot,, add
to it as much boiling water, and when
sweetened to suit, call it 'coffe,, a,fc4
drmk it dowal HalVt "JbyracsV' '
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