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Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 421, 28 January 1875, Page 2

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How to Propo>e. -Don't be too sucUen about it. Many ,a girl haa 6 «id " no" whea B lie mc&nt; "jpes," simply because her lover didn't choose the ri^ht time and pop the question T»ke a dark night for it, Have the blinds closed the curtains down and Hie Lirap lurned most owt. Sit mai enough to her so that you can book jour little tinker into hePa. Wait unlil conversation begins to fl«g, and then q uiet l j remark;— " Susie, 1 want to ask you something." Sue will fidget around a little, reply *' yes," and after t pause you <■£» add—" Susie, my actions must have Blown— that is,., you must have seen — I mean you .must be aw ire 'that — llmt — " Pause heiefra while, but keep your littla lingers firmly locked. She mny cough and fry. to turn the subject off by salting you how jou li&ed the circus, but she only does it to encourage you. After about ten minutes you can c mtinup. — " I was thinking, as T came up the path to-night, that before I went away I would a«k. you — that is, I would broach the subject nearest my — F mean I would know my~" Sop afroin and give her hand a gentle hquepze, She m^y, give a yank to get it awnv, or she may not. In either ci^o it ai^urs well for .you. Wait abottt five minutes ,A(ul > en go or». — w Th(^pn*»i year Ires been a very hnppy one to me. But I hope that future years will'etill c hap-H'-wever, that depends entirely on you. lam hew tO'iiii»lit to know — that ')», to a^k you — I nietjn lam her* to night to he»r from y< ur own sweet lips the oi>r"iweet-*-* Wail aj:nin. It isn't be.»t to be too rash about such tb*T>d| Give her plenty of time to recover her componuie. und tW put jour hand on her lienrt and rontinue — '• Yes, 111 1 hnugflu as I wHsrononj through the ateto-nigM, bow happy I hat been, and I said to myself that if I'- only knew jou woulc consent to \e my — tlmtip, 1 paid if I only knew — if I wai only tjertam that my heart hart not. deceived ne and ym were rettny to s 1 are — " H Id on — there's no luiiry abiu it. Give tho wind a ohunce to soli and moan aro nd the cablet*: This will m»ke her lonesome nnd call up all tbi love in her heart. When she bepins to cough and prow restless, you cßn po on. — " Before I met. yon thin world wis a deport to me. I didn't take any pleasure in going blafekberryinsr and pealing- rare-rrpe peaches, and it didn'l matter whether the sun shone ar not. But w'mt a ohange in one siiort year! It is for you to say whether mj fu'ure sUall He a prairie of "huppmpss or a summer fallow 'of Canada thi-tles. Si eak, d(»rti«t, Sump, »nri any — and -ay that — that — " ( Give her five nvnutcs more by the cl.ck and 4hei> add .• — '• That you will be- -that is, that you Mill — I meaji that you will — be mine!" She «ill he^ve a si^'i, look up at the clock and over the «to»e und then as bMh glide* her h«nd over your vest pocket, slie will whis-er: — You are jnst right — T will. In the remoter portions- of the western states of America fie farmera have to take their produne great d Stunorfa to find » market ; ard perishable article* require great care in theirjrmnßgfinent when taken great distunpes." Here 19 the account which a Colora lo frtrm^r gives of hU method of sen ling his butter to market at Denver, a distance o( 77 nile*. He siys: — lam milking 24 cow* this seas >n, and find a market in Denver, 77 miles from Collins. I nut my buttor into bleached otton saofes holrlinsj three pounds each, I and wrap with a »nt woollen cloth, tind pack* in a z>nc lined box with a tfwo inch apace filled with .«awlust. T-»e sack-) are nickel close m the box, eice'it a small sixfe left for ice. Tlie bix » sent by ooho'i to 2t5 *niles, on eitch Tups lav, »mH t'ieno» by rail to Denver on W^dties lay m >rninir, b"ing 2i hours on the w^y. Ttie bu^t^^arrive* in fin* condition, »n 1 brings ino the high6«fc price, 45 cents per pound, ihe marchaot wli > bu\s m? butter and hs customers all agree in eaymg that my method of marketing butter is fuoerior to any vet a^op'ed in C'lora to. The sucks are Xoxl2n» .doubled the wide way, and after b'i ig filled are neatly suwert up at the en'i, wrauping t ie oornerj so as to leave them one-half inch 1 >ng If desirable to k^ep the huttnr any length of time, I pack tne saek^ on end in birrelg, and cover with a s'roiig brine. I have kept it perfectly m this' w»y for cix months. Foremost as wheat is among tbe oerea's of tbe-if mperate 7one, it is not selected for uniformity of coni|KiBiiion ; few grains, indeed, vary more according to season, soil, and En»li-ih wheats, however, come neirest to an average standard of best bread -making qualiiies ; and if we do not. turn out the highest-priced flour, it is entirely owing to the wa >\ of skill or judgment on th© part of the .miller. Tbe wheat cir» ot southern cltmtteg, and during exce«Biv^lv warm peioils of growth, preponde» ate in glutin and hardneBB of grain over thote of older count rieß and cool, wet canons. Henfo, the hard wheats <jf Ven<2ula, Africa and Taganrog. Payen, who ehiefh itlustratea from these, declares that they j ield 20 ptr cent, of nitrogenous subatauoe when chemically dry ; but th'» is an in)pi>Bsible ordinary condition, and leaves tbe real amount very uncertain. Whatever may be the maximum por centa^e of flestifonniutf compouals ii\ wheat from the sunnier clime, anything exceeding must bo taken, from the 13 per c nt, entire •■ rain. But when the kernel of hard corn shows as much as this, it is altogether uutit for bre id-making unless a Urjje qu intity of a poorer or softer wheat fl >ur be mixed with it. We find tbe hard Italian wheat only Bui table for ra iking macaroni, vermicelli, and similaj- pastes; nevertheless, koo«1 h.rd Ru sun corn, oonrsely ground ami dried, jaukea the beet pub^titui e f>r oatmeal in porrilge, wheo that ia found to-j hoa L in^ to tie bWI of yo.ia^j children, »a experienced phyuiciana t«ll us is sometimes tbe case. 1 - Air.erieftn blight on apple trves \\ unioiiVe'llv ourdbla say# a correspondent of the Armidale Telegraph, by a very simple pri6eiB > l HHmely, by boiling bulluckVfeei to jelU.aud aittr well baring the roots, pour a few qmrts of tn is soup, when cold, on and arouod the boH« of tns tree, imd rovtr the earth over uputu, *1&# oihi q vet j c»refu\iy rTery portM»n above ground showing t; c least si_n of blight; one good dressing will be found siiffluient for the rooting and puntyf>in^' of tli* ihscets. . The J.quid seetna to destroy all \iiality m the insect under the root*. Tom Hood is now acous-d of being a cremationiat because he eaid, shortly b^iore hit> n»-ath, U'at " he »ac dy ny fui of oi-anty to tin- ui.dtrulifr, who wie.)<fU to urn a U\t\) Euod."