Home-made Holiday Candy

As lilis is tlie hohday season, ana tüe young folks will be wauting some of the sweot things to add to their joys, ve append a few tip-top recipe9 for mnking candy, wliioh soine of our readers inay be glad to learn : No. 1.- 3 cups sugnr, 1 cup vi negar, tablespoou butler, flavir wlth v.iulüa. Boíl 20 luimiii's. Pull to ruake whlte. No. 2.- 2 lbs. ugar, half cup water, tablespoonslul vluegar, 1 oí bulter. Boíl 20 minutes. Kluvur. No. 3.- Boíl half gallon molasses untll it strings, sur la soda untll tliero ín twice as mucli candy as tliere was niolasses. Flavor, lemon. Ur, beller stlll, 3 cups uar. 2 oí molasses, half cup vlnegar, 2 tablespooua butter. Wlien, brtttle flavor. No. 4 - Taffy.- 3 plnts brown svgar, half pint water, oull untll brlttle. Just befcre lt 18 don add lablespoonful vlnegar. Pour Ín Imtierod dlshes. Pull and forni m cakes. No. 5.- Peanul Candy.- 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sugur, boíl mi til brlttle, stlr lu Malí tablespoon of dry oda, add 2 quurts clean peauut uieats. Pour lu butlered piales. No. 6.- Pop üorn üandy.-l cap whlte sugar, half cup water, 1 teaspoonful butter. Cook tiutil ready lo caudy, then add ' quarts ulce popped coru and stlr until we([ mlzed. No. T.-Houev Candy.- I pint sugar, 3 tablespoonsfuls water, half pint stralned houey. liuil untll brlltle. Pull. No. S.-Hickorynut Candy.- 2 cups sugar, half cup water, boíl uutll thlclt, flavor wlth ii-iniin. Uien stlr In one cup of hlckorynut meat8. Pour in Hal dlsh and cut In squares whfii cold. No. 9.- Butter -Scotch. - 3 lbs. sugar, onefourth pouud butter, teaspoonful cream lartar. lablospoonlul .ext. lemon, add enough cold waler to dlssolve sugar, boll untll brlttle. Pour In flut dlsh, cut lu equares. No. 10.- Cream Candv - cups white sugar. 2 oups water, half cup vlnegar, 1 cup creum, tablespoonful butter, plncti of soda. Boll uu111 brlltle, flavor- vanllla best. No. lL-Cwcolate Creams-Ï cup cream, 3 cups white sugar boll untll thlck. When cold roll up In liltle halls and drop In mul led chocolate. Trim even when cold. No. 12.- Chocolate Caramel.- Half Ib. chocolate broken uu, 4 tbs. sugar, half lb. butter, -i cups inllk. Putlu sauce pan and boll half huur. Klavor, tablespoonful vanilla, stir uutll thlck. Pour In buttered dlsbes and mark In squares. Or, 'i cups sugar, 2 cups molasses, 1 cupmllk, half Ib. chocolate, tablespoou bul Ier, boll tlll thick, stlr constanlly. No. 13.- Cocoanut Drop. - 1 lb. cocoanut. half lb. sugar, the white of 1 egg, cook all together, roll In balls, and set In a cool oven on buttered nauer. "Boys do not juinpon bobs as tnuch as they used to wben we were boys." Certalnly not. We counted only 32 boys on one sleigh yesterday noon, and then several didn't get on. The toboggan will "cut out" the "bobbs"fora time, but the latterwill sl'ule into popularity again soon. There's too niucii sport In them to allow ru-it to collect on their shoes. Ex-prlsoners of war in tuis vicinity, In the late rebellion.are requested to forward their names, post-offlce addresses, couipany and regiment and time of imprisonment to J. B. Saunders, Adj't of Welch post, O. A. R., of tuis city. Porcelain Hned kettles sometimes become burned on the bottom. In such cases if jou will procure a piece qf pouiice stone and rub the burned portions with it in a little water, you can clean the worst burned kettle to be found. Thls is warranted in every iustance. The announcement that Judge Thomas M. Cooley, of this city, had been appointed receiver of the Chicago división of the Wabash K. R , by Judge Qresham, was a complete surprise to himself and fuinily, who tirst learned the news from the local correspondent of the Detroit Evening News, who called upon hint to ascertain whether or not he would accept. Tlu position is an important and protitable one. The Judge has been connected with railr ad matters somewhat as cotnmissioner and referee, and has always giren entire satlsfaction, so that he will without doubt flll this positiou with llke credit. We understand that Qov. Alger and Jas. McMillan voluntcered as bondsmen, and that he will enter on his duties at once. 80 that amo:igdt the ill-luck whicli has hung like a cloud over our city for tue past two or three weeks, one bright ray of ftood luck, at least, has buaiued in upon one of its citizens. Last Thunday Messrs. Cbauncey II. aml Charle9 S. Millen, of this city, were eacli made happy by rcceiving from Juile Brown, of the U. S. District Court, a discharge in bankiuptcy. The history of. the case is about as follows: "Ia July, 1878, Chauncey H. Millen and hls son, Charles S. Millen, of tliis city, became involuntary bankrupts under the oíd law by a pctiüon of their creditor?, and vere go adjudicated. The stock of goods in tlieir store was turned over to tlie morlgagee, a settlcment was arrlved at and the bnnkrupt parties secured the consent by petition of all their creditors for a decree of discharge from further liability exeept Bates, Keed & Cooley, of New York, creditors to the amonut of $4,000, who entered a protest against the granting of the decree. The long-pending, aud bitter llght was finally settled Thiirsday on a second trial of the case on the hearing of a petition for the discharge and the speclflcations in opposition. Tlie jury impaneled in the case were lnstrncted by tlie judge to render a verdict for the Messrs. Millen, and they were discharged from all furtber liability." A. Moore la uow permaiicntly loeated ,vith Doty & Felner. John J. Duryea, of Detroit, Iim told hta ilace on Spring st. to Gustav Vogel. The abstract books of Capt. Manly ivlll be founJ at Register of Deeds Kenrns' ofüce hereafter. The stock of goodu in Detroit formerly belonglng to John Keck has been pureliued by Hiulson & Symlngton of lht city who expeot to continue the business S:it induy moralng next the youngtr'i will he buiging out their ryes at tlie buiging stocking- that Is if there isu't a lióle i n thestockinx for things to slip throngb. Dam the holes. Two Bands of Merey have been oiganixed n this city, No. 5272, the Aun Aiborband, wlth Jeuuie Hatch, preddent: and 5978, the Fifth Wurd Public School Band, wlth John Corcoran, president. A toboggan slide has been erected at Ypsilanti, and the grand opening was held last Saturday. Prices have been cBtablished as follows: Scason tickets, $5,00, to toboggan owners; 15 cents un hour or 5 cents a slide to others. Blow biiRlesof bittle the marches of peace; Kast,' west, north and south lel tbe long quarrel cease; Sintf tlie song of great Jiy that the angels bcgtin, Slneof elory to Gxl and of good wlll to mnn ! Hark ! Jolntnn In olimu The heaven bend o'er u ! The dark nlght in eudiug, and dawu has begUD-Whlttler. Dr. L. J. Gihbs, medie '70, of Chicopee Falls, and a nieniber of the body of select men of that place, was niarrled Thanksgiving Day to Miss Helle Chapín of the same place. The bride was a resident of this city some years since, and has relatives and Iriends here. The religión! inclinations of the members of the faculty of th e university is given as follows: Whole immber, M, of which 01 arc members of evangelical cburches, Unltarians, 5, Catbolics, 2, atteudauts and rapporten of erannlieal cburches, 17. Thia leaves 9 out in the co'.il entirely. January meeting of ttie Wasbtenaw pomological society on the Sth of January 1887 at 2 p, ui. in the basement of the court house. Mr. Frank Alinendiuger, secretary of the liusiness Mcn's Association, will propose a schenie for the erection of a (ruit preserving f ictory in this city. Every fruit grower and farmer is interested. Winter work. Reports of committees. Question box. Kxhlbition of fruits and fruit preserves. Monday, about dinner time, as two "rijts" niet eaeh ottier on the new rnilroad bridge, the tliird, a dray, canie niMiing up, and notwithstanding the fact tbat both of the aforesaid "rigs" gave way to allow the impetuous driver all the room po9sible. and the driver of the cutter puiling bis horse up short, in order to avert a collision, the dray collided wirh the farmer1! wagon, throwlng its driver out fiill lenjrth on the ground, breaklnp both thills, deinolisliing the harness and nearly turning the dray upside down. Monroe l$ros. & Co„ extensive luinber dealers of Cleveland, niade an aulfnment last Monday. They had a branch yard In this city, of which Aid. A. F. Martin, of the 6th watd, bas been the manager, known as the Ann Arbor Lamber Co. Mr. Murtin is one of the most respected business men in our city, and the fiiilure of the tinn is to be rejrretted. It is thought that arrangements m iv be made to continue the business. Mr. Martin loses nothing personally by the failure, nor aro there any creditors of the firra lu the city. One of the readers of the C:uiuer lately visited New York and had the pleasure of riding over the world renowned $13.000,000 Brookly.i bridge. It conimences opposite the City Hall purk, runs quite a distanee far above ttafl buildings then by a single span it is suspended over the East river 200 feet trom the water. A (rain of cable can pawei oTcr tlie bridge every two minutes iluring the day - fare live cents - toot pataenver one cent. The reoeipts of the bridge are daily $2,500, and the trafile; is so great that another bridge is already talked of. The young people's society of the Presbytertan Church, last Sunday even-, ing were very ranch entortaiued by K. Kimura and Koh Jehl Takasaiei, two Japanese students of our unlverslty. They discussed in glowing ternis of the wonderful advanceuient Jipan hu mude since the Introductloo nf ChrUtlanlty into that country. It now has 160 Protestant (hurche?, and sustains " ïnis-ionaries in Coren and 3 iu China and they give America the entire credit tor tula glorioua impulse to clvilization. 'l'he government ltslf althiHigh napioK the henelits of elnistimiity i.- not yet wil liiiir to have its principies Uught In its great universily at Tokio who?e professors are mostly GetUl :m. Louis J. Liesemer of the WashteHaw Post, is about to coinmence the pabllcation of a story paper, in the Germán lauguaga, to be patterned after the Xew York Weekly, Saturday Night, etc, taking liberal translations from English, Fiench and Italian lictiou, tojrether with the best stories to be found in the German languae. It will contain no advertiseraents, will be a G-column quarto, and be called "Licht-und Schatten-Seiten," which being rendered in Enlish means "Bright and ilark sides of Life." The first issue will be out about Febiuary lst, material for the same having been already ordered. As there is no paper of' the kind publlshed in the Oerinan language, Mr. Llesemer will have a broad lield in whicb to work. Success to him. The funeral services of Hit. Jolin Qarrlson wen held at the M. E. Church, Dixboro, on Tuesd:iy last. After a severe illness of nearly four wwki, she died and was at rest. Mis. Harrison was born in London, Bnglá&3i In 1818, and leaving her native land In 1843 carne directly to Ann Arbor near which she lias since lived. In the sketch of her life reail at the church occnrrecl tliese words: "Mr. HarrUon was a womitn of noble character, quiet yet klWayi exertinf? m inflOSDOC tot good. Friends she had many, enemlei none. l'atiently has sliu borne tlie ills and hardships of lift1 1 and the legacy she leaves hnr hnsbind and childreu is a pure life, a irlfe'l and mother's love. Her children riM np and cali her blesseil. Öhe niadi; home happy." __