Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-03-16

with the horse--attaching the strnns to-.
gcther AZ you proceed, till you have
your strans forty rods in length. This
Is under the supposition that your line
of fence Is 50 rods, in which case YOU
should divide the stran into two stretch
es of 40 rods each, by attaching to post
midway of the side of the field.
Cast keys may be purchased to wind
up on, or very good key can be made
of 2 by oak, Is inches in length, leav-
ing head upon one end to be turned
by a wooden wrench, making a shank
on the other to flt two-inch hole in the
corner post. A three-quarter hole should
be bored through the head Of the key,
into which insert stiff seasoned pin,
long enough to reach to the key above
or below, rs the case may be, to prevent
up, measuring the spaces, first putting
in u staple in every fourth or fifth post,
then finish by fastening to the remain
ing posts, keeping your wire upon
true line II the ground be level, other
wise curving to suit the surface. Three
wires will turn large stock, but four are
required for calves and yearlings, and
these should be placed about nine inch
81 apart. fEl,t.7..... st.E..f.f,g 9H3
Objections .dnsWcred. list. "Horscs
are said to be In danger of running
against, or becoming cntangled, in the
wires, to their injury" The instance
cited above is the only ono within my
knowledge, and horses have run in the
vicinity of my fence yearly.
| 2d. "That the wires become taut in
cold weather, and break" have strans
of wire 10 rods in length, that were
n r0v in1, in hnr Il l.
passed through entire winters, the mer.
curry at times down to 240 below zero,
and no break has yet occurred, nor do
we think it worth while to loosen tho
keys in cold weather. ..-.......
| Having sixty acres of corn inside of
this wire fence, frightened the wires to
the full capacity of the keys to bear, on
my return home in August, a. q safe
guard against neighbors' cattle. These
wires have not been loosencd, and the
mercury has been, and is to-day "a I
write, far enough below zero to settle
the question Of capacity to stand con-
traction. ...
Sd. "That breachy animals do not
fear wire." have repeatedly asserted
that wire fence four feet high Is bet
ter security against jumping animals
than board or rail fence of four and a
half feet.
l had a colt that was an adept at
(nearly five feet in height to get into
! the field with the team while at work,
but would turn from the wire fence four
feet and four inches In height, after
feeling of 1t with his neck aud he, nor
any other animal, has attempted to
jump these wires to my knowledge
Nor will they, If the wires are secure
and taut. Herein lies the whole secret.
! The Lbst.-NO. 8 wire weighs about
one pound to the rod. Hence four strans
at the price before the war would cost
25 cents per rod. Atpresent price about
40 cents; staples added at u cents per
pound. .H
believe a good fence can be made by
! planting the posts l6 or 20 feet apart,
putting either two or three light strips
Of hard wood extending from the ground
to the top wire, securely fastened to the
wires by staples. r....
But the aim I'm this article has been to
impress upon the minds of those not ac-
quainted with the use and utility OF
wire for fencing, that the security II,
this kind of n fence depends mainly up
on the unyielding barrier afforded by
the wire. This condition is augmented
by, and in great measure depends up
on, the the .nearness Of the posts to each
other; hence l would advise that no
risk be incurred, unless you are forced
to adopt spaces greater than eight or
ten feet on account of scarcity Of timber
for posts. .... tu
ISLAND GROVE, Butler Co.. Iowa, jan, 1896.
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a Coop PRESCRIPTION.---T editor
Of the Racine Wis. Journal deserted his
sanctum for u week, and on returning
explains the cause of his absence as fol-
lows: .. .... ..-.
That there may he no mistake about
what we have been doing, we say bold
ly that We have been getting Il not
"drunk, as we suppose''--but married,
as every sensible person ought to do.--
We believe ii is generally conceded to
have been a sensible affair on our part !;
but serious doubts'have been entertain.
ed about the woman's side of the qucs-
tion. 1t Is thought by some that drugs
or enchantment have been used. To all
such potent, grave and reverend sign
nors we have to say, that once in every
week we carried her Racine Journal.
In this way We did beguile her. This,
and nothing more, was the witchcraft
say to our numerous lonely friends,
from whom we have just parted, the
experiment proved a success with U.S.
Select your victim, and try few copies.
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DURING recent revival of religion
in Lincoln township, man named
Andrews-whO had formerly been u
professor, but who had backslidden--.
was re-cOnverted, and became very
Jealous in the cause. The excitement
consequent upon his conviction and
conversion had the effect to render him
partially insane ut times, and i'm one Of
these moods he conceived the idea that
ii couple Of his neighbors, who lived
at distance Of two or three miles from
him, were not Immediately baptized
they would be eternally lost. So he re-
solved to administer the ordinance him
self, and accordingly, one of the coolest
nights of the winter, he arose from his
bed, and, barefooted, bareheaded and
almost naked, he started to perform his
some time after his departure, and I'M
mediately started in pursuit, but it was
too late He was found about midway
between his house and that Of his neigh
bors, with his head, feet and hands fro
zen SO badly that he died the next day.
These are the facts as near rs we can
give them in condensed form.-M0,s-
teSuna0 Republican.
A DR0IL. POsTMAsTER.-In the days
OfAndrew Jackson, his Postmaster Cen
eral, Amos Kendall, wanting to know
whereabouts was the source Of the Tom
bigbee river, wrote for the required in.
formation to the postmaster of village
on its course. "Sir," wrote the higher
officer to the lower, this Department
wants to know how far the Tombigbee
river runs up. Respectfully, etc." The
reply was brief, and read thus: "Sir,
the Tombigbec river doesn't run up at
all; It runs down. Very respectfully,
etc." The Postmaster general contin-
ued the correspondence In this style:
"Sir, your appointment as Postmaster
at Is revoked. You will turn over
the funds and papers pertaining to your
Office to your successor. Respectfully,
ETC." The droll understrapper closed the
correspondence with this parting shot: