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Ladies' Store.

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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07

plants should grow from such little things.
"You are lust sowing such tiny seeds
every day, Bessie, and they will come up
large, strong plants after while, SAID her
father.
ooh, no, father, I have not planted any
seeds for a long while"
az have seen my daughter sow num-
Der of seeds to-day"
Bessie looked puzzled, and her father
smiled and said:
eyes, I have watched you planting
flowers, and seeds, and weeds to-day"
"Now I know that you are joking, for |
would not plant ugly weeds"
"I will tell you what mean. When
you laid aside that interesting book, and
attended to what your mother wished
done, you were sowing seeds of kindness
and love. When you broke the dish that
you knew your mother valued, and came
Instantly and told her, you were sowing
seeds Of truth. When you took the cup
of cold water to the poor woman at the
gate, you were sowing seeds of mercy.
These are all beautiful flowers, Bessie.
But hope my little girl has been planting
the great tree of love to God and that
she will tend and watch 1t until its
branches reach the skies and meet before
his throne"
"And the weeds, father?"
"When you were impatient with baby,
you sowed the seeds of ill-temper. When
you waited some time after your mother
called you, you sowed disobedience and
| selfshness. These are all noxious weeds
Pull them up. Do not let them grow in
your garden"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07
A School Boys Composition.

CoRNs are of two kinds-vegetable and
and animal Vegetable corn grows in
rows, and animal corn grows on toes.
There are several kinds of corn; there is
unicorn, capricorn, corn dodgers, field
corn and toe corn, which is corn you feel
most. 1t is said, believe, that gophers
like corn, but persons having corns do not
like to +" go far" if they can help it. Corn
have kernels, and some Colonies have
corns. Vegetable corn grows on ears, but
animal corn grows on the feet at the other
end of the body Another kind of corn
is acorn, these grow on oaks, but there is
a hoax about the corn. The acorn is a
corn with an indefinite article, but the
corn is a very definite article indeed. Try
it and see Many man when he has a
corn wishes it was an acorn. Folks that
have corns sometimes send for doctor,
and if the doctor himself is corned, he
probably won't do so well as if he isn't.
The doctor says corns are produced by
tight boots or shoes, which is probably the
reason why when a man is tight they say
he is corned. If a farmer manages well
he can get a good deal of corn on an acre,
but know Of q farmer that has one corn
that makes the biggest acher on his farm.
The bigger crop of vegetable corn a man
raises the better he likes it, but the bigger
crop of animal corn he raises the better he
does not like it. Another kind of corn is
corn dodger. The way it is made is very
simple, and is as follows Chat is if you
want to know) You go along the street
and meet a man you know has corn,
and is rough character, then you step on
the toe that has the corn on it, and see if
you don't have occasion to dodge. In that
way you will find out what a corn dodgsr
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07
A Remarkable Mental Prodigy.

THE members offs small but highly cul-
tivated world in Paris are at present much
occupied with q. great marvel. This is a
pretty young girl of twelve or fourteen,
who has received good but not eXtraor-
binary education, but who, to the amaze
ment of every one, speaks number OF
languages with extraordinary ease, and
has rapidly developed within few months
a depth and extent of knowledge of every
kind which is literally miraculous Her
parents and friends who have been with
her constantly, declare that her reading
has been limited, and her knowledge of the
world next to nothing, yet there is scarce
ly an event in history,a great work OF art,
distinguished man of letters, or artist,
or monarch, or statesman, unknown to
her. Of all these she speaks as if they
were known to her by experience.
A distinguished jurist and philosopher,
who had heard of this living miracle, de-
clared, after several hours conversation,
that there was not a Judge in Europe more
profoundly familiar with every phase of
crime, every caprice of the alterations Of
passion, or every theory of reform and
punishment. It has been observed that
her mind darts like lightning in converse
ton from hint to conjecture, and that she
surmises and draws to the facts and truths
with a strange power like divination.
She learned from me ten times more
than l knew myself on subject which /
had studied fer years, was the remark of
well-known sa0dat who had conyerscd
with her in hopes to fathom her secret of
acquiring knowledge. There is no claim
to supernatural or mystical influences, and
the power, whatever it be, is all purely
mental
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07
Disaster Follows Neglect.

Whoever feels the premonitory symptoms of
sickness should remember that it adds the agony
of selfreproach to the pangs of disease to remem-
Der that they might haze been pTe0ented.
. Languor, debility and low spirits are often the
precursors of terrible disorders. They indicate
an immediate necessity for tonic, and the best
tonic in existence is HOSTETTER'S STOMACH
BITTERS.
Sick headache, pain in the right side, and yell
lowness of the whites of the eyes are unmistaka-
BILE symptoms of an approaching bilious attack,
and, in order to ward it off, common prudence
dictates the propriety of resorting to the most
efficacious of all anti-bilious preparations-HOS-
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS.
Flatulence, nausea, oppression after eating,
irregularity of the bowels, and dstaste for exer
ton, denote disordered state of the stomach
which, if neglected. is to eliminate in chronic
dyspepsia, but which may be relieved in few
hours, and entirely cured in few days, by taking
half wineglassful of HOSTETTER'S BITTERS
at regular intervals.
All physicians admit that innumerable lives are
sacrificed every year that might have been saved
by precautionary naedcoti0n. Remember that one
of the principal uses of HOSTETTER'S BITTERS
is to put the system in condition to REPEL
DISEASE. 1t recruits and restores the waning
strength and is, therefore, especially needed dur
ing the season when intense heat makes such
heavy and constant drafts on the vital principle.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07
! t" Cheek.o

THE modesty which is so becoming in
peace was not much cultivated by our
"boys in blue;" when they were hum
cry they displayed a "cheek" that was
not without its reward, as this incident
testifies: ,t.
A soldier, being on picket reserve, went
to farm house, as he said, to borrow
frying pan, but for what none could i'm
agine, as there was nothing to fry. How
ever, he went to the house and knocked at
the door, which was opened by a lady,
who asked what he wished. Madam,
could you lend me frying-pan? belong
to the picket down here" "Yes, sir" and
forthwith came the pan. He took it,
that it was clean. "Well, sir" said the
lady, can l do anything more for you?"
"Could-could-could you lend me a
piece of meat to fry in it, ma'am?" and
he laughed in spite of himself He got it.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07
White Specks in Butter.

A LADY correspondent of the New
England Farmer says: From ten years
experience in butter making, come to
the conclusion that it is neither strong
current of air nor excessive heat that
causes the white spects. A strong current
coming directly on the milk will break the
cream and prevent its rising. Heated air
will make the cream soft and oily. I am
troubled about white specks only in warm,
wet weather. Warm, damp air brings the
specks on the top of the cream. They do
not originate in sour milk at the bottom
of the jar. They may be seen by looking
across the milk before skimning At least,
this is my opinion. My milk is set in
large, airy room, having two large
windows at the north, which are taken
out during the summer two at the west,
and one at the south, and door at the south
covered with veranda. The tempera-
ture of the room is regulated by blinds
which are opened at night, and for awhile
in the morning, and closed during the day
if the weather is warm. Our milk shelves
are made by placing four hard wood scant-
lings, two inches and a half square, on two
carpenters horses which make solid
place for the rows of pans, accessible on all
sides, and of convenient height to strain
ana skim the milk without moving or lift
ing. In this way the air comes in contact
with all the milk in the ROOM During the
past week of extreme hot weather, no
white specks have appeared, and with the
use of ice when churning, which we think
tends to prevent the specks, good butter
has been made. Some pass the cream
through a strainer to get out the specks.
There is also now in use cream grinder
or condenser, that takes them all out of
the cream We think it best to make
cheese during the warm sultry weather of
dog days" ~
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Eating Fruit.

FRUIT should be eaten alive, like oysters.
There is an edge to the taste of a fresh
opened oyster, which comes, | sup
pose, from the surprise he feels at being
suddenly scooped out of his shell. In a
few minutes this gives place to feeling of
alarm; and then, in an hour or two, to one
of despair. When he is laid out with his
brethren in a dish, the whole brood is
hopeless and sad They may still taste of
life, but it is of life disappointed. But the
fresh-opened oyster has no time to grow
feverish or melancholy He is caught in
q state of serene inconsistencies of sor-
row. He has sound mind in a sound
body, and is therefore wholesome and nice.
Allow him to reflect before his dissolution,
and the brightness of his spirit is gone.
But the quick operation Of detaching him
from his shell sends a spasm through his
being, which startles all the latent excel
lence he may possess into sudden and
unique perfection. If eaten at this crisis
of his healthful powers, he conveys all the
qualification which an oyster is capable of
giving to the superior animal man.
So analogously, [ believe, is it in eating
fruit. 1t must be eaten alive, before the
reaction begins to set in from its sever
ance from the life carrying stem. While
a plum, for example, hangs upon its stalk,
it is in some kind of magnetic correspond
ence with all the powers of nature il
shares the life of the earth and the skv.
it has sunshine in its veins, and dew in its
cells. Cut 1t OIL, and inetime it dies, cor
rupt, unwholesome; and every moment
in its progress from life to death is marked
by a decadence of that essence which
makes fruit delicious. Therefore, suppos.
ing that you pluck it ripe, the sooner a
plum is eaten the better for you. This of
course applies most to tender, thin-skinned
fruit A firm apple dies slowly. A nut
holds out long against the debasing influ-
ence of separation from its source of life.
But plums, figs, peaches, apricots and
Strawberries begin to suffer directly they
are gathered. This is the case even with
pines, which are susceptible of bruises,
put they contain such an apparent sur
plusage of flavor, that the first stages of
their decay are not perceived, except by a
cunning palate Chambers Journal.
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WOlcOtt's AnnihilatOr.

Thy nostrils drink the healing balm,
Snuff quick and hard, there is no harm,
Repeat the dose, while in the eye,
The pearly dew-drops sparkling lie.
The smart is o'er the pain is fled,
From teeth, from temples, or thy head,
AS if by magic comes repose,
Forget thy pain, forget thy woes.
DR.. WOLCOTT is man of business. He has
been in the Office nearly six years, and folks
know just where to find him. He has no time to
visit race-courses or baseball matches-hardly
time to snatch lunch. People of common sense
know that he means just what he says He has too
much honor to make single false statement.
1t is needless for to state the success he has al
ready achieved in the sale of his old standard
rmedy, the ANNIHILATOR, universally patron
lied for Catarrh and Colds in the head which is to-
day the only leading and reliable remedy for that
loathsome yet universal complaint Still more,
he now puts up the ANNIHILATOR in pints in
stead Of halt piats, and makes it one quarter
stronger and more efficient. He has cured, by the
use of this invaluable medicine, not only thou
sands of almost hopeless cases OF Catarrh,, but
hundreds of weak nerves. Many man whose
hands trembled to such degree that 1t was I'M
possible to read newspaper without laying 1t on
desk, and who could scarcely write their name
once week, find immediate benefit. Pint bottles
hold three of the so cent bottles, and he.sels fifty
pint bottles to one the smaller size. Thousands
suffer who would be wholly restored from that
disgusting disease CATARRH, which leads direct
ly to lung complaints, dyspepsia, weak nerves,
pain in the side and stomach and liver complaint.
Doctors in general do not understand Catarrh, and
taken into the stomach it, for the disease
is in the head You might as well put plaster on
the foot to cure an ulcer on the hand Catarrh is
an liberation in the head and running sore; the
matter falls in the throat and clogs it; at night
runs down to the stomach and undermines the
whole constitution.
Catarrh snuff will always produce Catarrh and
aggravate the disease. A sneeze is natures most
emphatic No, and dust of any kind is most posi-
lively injurious.
You must cure the fostering ulcer in the head
and the difficulty in the throat and stomach, from
this load of phlegm constantly pouring from the
head, is removed. 1t must be cleaned out, in
stead of adding snuff and more filth.
Buy none Of the Doctors remedies unless IN
pure ao1site wrappers.
CUT THIS OUT post it up, and never forget
there is ONE PLACE you can go, or be carried
and have all physical pain removed, free OF ex-
penses, at 10 Chatham Square, New York, when
all other doctors give you up as hopeless
Folks possessed of common wit,
Buy bottles that white wrappers fit:
But fools are often caught and sold
With tinted wrappers, brown and old.
Call and test it free of cost
I. N. IRWIN Il CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Agents, No. 159 South
Clark St. Chicago,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-07
Sowing Little Seeds.

LITTLE BESSIE had got a present of a
book, aud she eagerly opened it to look at
the first picture. 1t was the picture of a
boy sitting by the side of stream, and
throwing seeds into the water
81 wonder what this picture is about"
said she; "why does the boy throw seeds
into the water?"
"Ohl know said her brother Edward,
who had been looking at the book "he
is sowing the seeds of water lilies"
"But how small the seeds look" said
Bessie. cit seems strange that such large