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  2. The Farm, the City, and the Sea,

    ON the day before Christmas all the household at Cloverly were astir at the first streak of daylight, for there was much to be done in the way of preparation for the approaching great festival of the year. The usual work ...

    Article : 3,660 words
  3. Domestic Economy.

    MAKING SWEET PICKLES.—For seven pounds of fruit allow four pounds of sugar, one ounce of cinnamon, and one-quarter ounce of cloves, both unground. Put in a stone jar a layer of fruit, then one of sugar and spice, then ...

    Article : 1,390 words
  4. THE ANCIENT PORTRAIT.

    IT hung alone in massive time-tinged frame, Upon the corridor's dark [?] side, And sunbeams through the antique [?] came, To kiss the face that beamed like a bride. ...

    Article : 198 words
  5. MAKING A NEW MAN OF HIM.

    ONCE, after having delivered a temperance lecture, I heard the secretary of the society say to a poor fellow who loitered about, apparently with half-decided mind upon the subject, "Come, my dear fellow, sign ...

    Article : 965 words
  6. THE LITTLE PEACEMAKER.

    Mamma leaning gainst the mantel With her face all in a pout, Papa hid behind the paper, Shows there's been a falling out. ...

    Article : 142 words
  7. Percy Anecdotes.

    THE CONVENT DUNGEON.—While the French were [?] Mantua, a convent which lay exposed to the cannon the garrison was evacuated by the nuns, and immediately occupied by the besiegers, who hearing ...

    Article : 1,788 words
  8. A GIRL'S FAITH.

    No two leaves above na waving Ate quite like in form and hue, No two flowers in equal measure Bold the blessing of the dew; ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. Temperance.

    NEXT to financial starvation the greatest hindrance to the progress of the temperance reform just now is the undue importance attached to the use of alcoholic liquors as medicinal agents, not only by those who in ...

    Article : 1,213 words
  10. AN OLD BORE.

    A WELL-KNOWN citizen of Hertford, Connectieut, a few days ago had taken his sent in the afternoon train for Providence, when a small, weazened-faced, elderly man, having the appearance of a well-to-do ...

    Article : 619 words
  11. Light Beading.

    AN urchin, not quite three years old, said to his sister while munching a piece of ginger-bread: "Sis, take half of this cake to keep to this afternoon, when I get cross." This is nearly as good as the story of the child who bellowed ...

    Article : 966 words
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