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of Annatto, & "Perfected? Butter Color". W.W. Moore uses the
former, his butter said to be a beautiful color.

How long shall men's wives stay from home on
visits etc. Still an open question.

The reading of scrap from "Chip Box" occasioned
the discussion of various topics. One article
told us to water house plants thoroughly, not sparingly
if we would have bloom, which was corroborated by the
experience of R M Thomas. [...] Dr Thomas in
fulfilling this appointment, read from the Home Interest
Column of the Tribune, an article showing the value of
execution ability in women, the disadvantage of being drawn
from our purpose by side issues. Also a brief sketch
of how a man churned up a farm, followed by a close
calculation made by himself, showing not only the magical
power of compound interest, but the positive loss to
every man who begins the, shall I say desirable? practice
of using tobacco at 16, & continues it till 60, provided he
should instead, take it into his head to must that weekly
outlay, for the benefit of posterity, be not being supposed to
fill any disposition to spend himself, the money saved
from principal through 45 years. The answering
remarks were intended to justify a practice, which custom
has sanctioned for so many years; one thought this
whole farm a good deal to digest, but the satisfaction paid.
Perhaps so, if satisfaction means, gratifying our selfish
pleasures, without consulting the comfort of even our nearest
& dearest friends, And because some men who are