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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
Mashed Potatoes.

WHEN potatoes are small, cut or mis-
shapen, they should never be put ON the
table without some preparation that will
not only fit them for easy digestion, but
make them have more attractive appear.
ance when they are placed among the
other dishes for dinner. The good house
wife, too, will feel considerable degree
of modification in seeing her guests cut
open boiled or baked potatoes and find
them hollow and perhaps badly discolored
in the middle. Not only are the center
portions OF such potatoes unfit to be put
upon the table, but the same is true of the
interior of very large potatoes The finest
port on Of the potato-that which is most
mealy when cooked and the most abund-
ant in starchy matter-is situated very
the center, except in some particular va
rieties grown in the best soils and well
ripened, is apt to be watery, tasteless and
indigestible.
To have very nice dish Of mashed DO
tatoes-and when well prepared it is a
very nice dish; though when badly gotten
up, an utter abomination-we should boil
the potatoes in the most approved manner.
Remove their coverings and select only
such portions as are mealy and white,
being careful to put in the swill pail every
discolored portion and the interior of all
the larger potatoes.
The MASKING should be thoroughly and
quickly done so that the mass does not be
come cold, and then placed on substan-
tial dish that will bear cons siderable de-
gree of heat If it is shaped by means Of
a tin vessel such as is u5ed for baking cake
in, its appearance will be greatly improved
The addition of good rich cream viii be
an addition indeed, and will render the
dish more attractive both to the eye and
the palate. Some add the yolk Of an egg
for like purpose.
The dish of mashed potatoes is now
ready, not for the table but for the oven,
which should be hot enough to impart a
delicate brown to the entire surface, or
this desired color may be obtained by
bringing over it the inner surface of an
iron vessel which is heated quite hot. A
cavity should now be formed at the top
and piece of butter placed in it, just as
it is placed upon the table. Another nice
way of serving mashed potatoes is to
shape and brown them in small tins such
as are used for baking cup cakes if pre-
pared in this way one portion may be
handed to each guest on o small plate by
ITSELF Mashed potatoes also make an eZ-
celIent breakfast dish, if they are shaped
In round balls covered with the yolk Of
eggs and fried hraYn.-v p.e'''Se Fsriasff'i
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
Bee Feeder.

A GOOD bee feeder can be made out of
the usually castaway tin, fruit, and oyster
cans. At the tinsmith's you can get the
zinc shoulder and screw top, such as are
used on kerosene oil cans Those of one
inch in diameter are the right size. Take
the top and from the outside punch holes
with the end of a file Small holes) being
careful not to deform it, After punching
eighteen or twenty holes evenly, turn and
file the top smooth. The end or edge of
the shoulder will lit most of the CAPS in
the crease around the hole made for the
cover. Fit and solder. Thus for one
dime you will have as good bee feeder
as any yet devised-one that you can feed
on syrup with, thick or thin, and water
your bees in the winter Or spring.
Or you can have q neck fitted around
the opening in the can, and by tying
piece of coarse muslin over the end of the
neck, you will accomplish the same ends.
To use, fill up with honey, sugar syrup,
or water, and place the neck In hole
over the cluster of bees.-J N. Price IN
Bee Journal.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
Common VS.. Improved Fowls.


Why is it that farmers, poultry raisers,
and others who keep fowls, either for
pleasure or profit, cannot see any advan-
tage in keeping improved breeds of poultry
over the common dunghill fowls? Is it
not patent to every one that it costs no
more to keep good stock than poor?
Every progressive farmer will acknowl-
edge that herd of thoroughbred cows
will pay better than the common moncrel
stock but why do they not carry the
same Idea into practice in the poultry
yard ?Tsr
The fifty or more chickens kept by most
farmers, If replaced by twenty of some one
Of the improved breeds, would weld a bet
ter return, and at a far less cost for keep
ing. Twenty Houdans, Crevecmurs,
Black Spanish, or some other good breed,
will produce more eggs, during the year,
ana as many chickens (if not non-sitters)
as one hundred common fowls, as the lat
ter are usually kept, or rather not kept :;
Tor they are allowed to run where they
please by day, roost where they please by
night, and shift for themselves. Either Of
the above varieties, and others we could
name, will yield two hundred to two hun
dred and fifty eggs each per year, and
many other older varieties will yield from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred.
But how many yards of common fowls viii
you find that viii average 0Uer fifty to
seventy five eggs each?
1t IS impossible to give any guide as to
the number of fowls any one should keep.
One person could probably keep one
hundred, and perhaps two hundred while
another would be oVeTst0cked with TWEEN
W. Keep only SO many as you can keep
well, is always q safe rule to follow. MANY
think 1t is impossible to keep large num-
bers of fowls together and have them
thrive. 1t is mistaken idea, and origin
ates from the fact that, where large wards
of fowls are kept, they rarely receive
proper care and attention, and therefore
cease to be profitable. While it is very
little labor to care for dozen or so chick
ems, Te are very apt to begrudge the time
expended on hundred or more. 1t seems
too much time to waste on a lot of chick
ens;' but actually the timc thus spent will
pay better than in any Investment of
equal amount on the farm. We believe
that, giving them the requisite time and
attention, there is double the profit on
| two hundred and fifty dollars, (or double
that) invested in poultry, than in an
equal Investment in any other kind of
farm stock.
Look at the prices paid for eggs in New
York city, the past winter and during the
past few years-sometimes as high as fifty
cents per dozen. The average for the
year will go G5oce thirty cents. Now, two
hundred eggs at two and a half cents each
make just five dollars. Allow two dollars
for care and feed, and there is three dol.
lars profit on the eggs, and probably a
brood of chickens yet to be counted in.
But to secure this result, they must be
cared for, good quarters for roosting and
laying provided, kept free from vermin,
regularly fed and watered, and the neces-
sary time devoted to their care and COM
fort, and then it will be found profitable
as well as pleasurable.-RurMN eao Yorker.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

had time to let it go, the head turned on
itself and the man was bitten! Twas per-
fectly speechless, the scene had frozen my
blood, and the wild shrieks of all those
round rent the air. The serpent was
loose and crawling on the ground, but, be-
fore it had time to go far, a long pole came
down upon its back and broke its spine,
and in less time than take 20 write it
down the monster was killed
To the Fro "a dc ctor who had charge OF
the little colony the man went (happily he
was just at handy; all the remedies were
prompt and powerful; the man suffered
intensely; his body became swollen, his
mind wandered, and his life was despaired
OF; butat last he got better, and, though
complaining of great pain near the heart
he was soon able to go out again. 4 short
time after this accident, having an ak in
his hand, going, as he said, to cut wood, he
suddenly split his own head in two. He
had become insanei
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

City Passenger Railroads are not in
Guided in the above summary. These are
now in general use in all considerable
cities and in numerous instances in places
where population is less dense. Their
economical bearings are fully recognized
and their popularity is increasing. Bos-
ton, New York, Brooklyn and Phila-
delphis count their street railroad tracks
by hundreds Of miles. Probably the total
is not less than 1000 to 1850 miles.
Nor have We included in our statement
any account of the second tracks with
which most of the leading lines are sup
piled, nor the sidings and turnouts on all
the lines. These may be estimated at %
or 30 per cent. of the length of road, and
are being added to yearly. Adding these
supplementary tracks to the tabulated
mileage we fud that the total length of
equivalent single track in use is from %,
500 to 5000 miles, and if We add to this
the equivalent for the city passenger tracks,
to nearly 10000 miles. 1t is now forty
years since we began to build railroads
and in that time we have built greater
length than is to be found in the whole of
Europe. Progress leads but to new de-
mands and tsrprises.-Anaerican Rail
road sJoal7ndg
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
A Cheap Bath.

Sun baths costs nothing, and are the most
refreshing, life-giving baths anyone can
take, whether sick or well Every house
keeper knows the necessity of giving her
woolens the benefit of the sun from time
to time, and especially alter q long rainy
season or long absence of the sun.
Many will think of the injury their clothes
are liable to from dampness, who will
never reflect that an occasional exposure
of their own bodies to the sunlight is
equally necessary to their own health
The sun baths cost nothing, and that is a
misfortune; for people are still deluded
with the idea that those things only can
be good or useful which cost money. Let
it not be forgotten three of Gods most
benefsent gifts to man-tbree things the
most necessary to good health-sunlight,
fresh air and water-are free to all; you
can have them in abundance, without
money and without price, if you will. If
you would enjoy good health, then see to
it that you are supplied with pure air to
breathe all the time; thai you battle for
an hour or so in the sunlight; and that
you quench your thirst with no other fluid
than cold water.-ESchange
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
g But, General, this letter is from Gen

"But, General, this letter is from Gen.
Grant"
at matters not who the letter is from,
you have my answer"
But what shall say to Gen. Grant? +"
"Tell him just what I have said-that
there is no vacancy"
well, Mr.. Spinner, I wish you would
read this letter, for have just come from
Gen. Grant"
81 have no place for you, Madam, and
couldn't give ysu one if you were an angel
from God"
AT this blunt but decisive reply the
lady was for some time speeches., though
she still fingered, reluctant to give up the
coveted prize. While she stood there,
who should step in but Gen. Grant him
SELF u1 ~
He had scarcely entered the door VINO q
the lady flew to him and poured fourth
her grievances.
"Can't you find a situation for this lady,
Mr.. Spinner ?" asked Grant.
Spinner turned to the General and,
Yankee-like, answered his question by
asking another.
General, if man came to you with a
whole cart-load of the very best recon-
mendations, and asked you to appoint
him Captain in regiment of infantry
which was already supplied with its full
complement of officers, what would you
say to him."
az should tell him there was no vacancy,
I think" s
"That is precisely the case, General, in
this instance."E NE .r
81 see, said Grant; sit is impossible,
and you are certainly right"
So the lady did not find situation, but
she did find public officer who could not
be tempted to create an unnecessary office
for any person, no matter how strong the
influence might be that urged the petition
= Washington Cor. NJ r Herald.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

and CON m,Ito erpressione). az love her.
how love her!" She shines before me
like Star"
?. L. (also turning over Music). ".Will
you love me then as now?"
r NJ Dearest, then I'll love, thee
more"
VI. "Then youth remember me"
Now, can I depend upon all these,
Y. AZ Certainly; and may I be al
lowed to add "My last thoughts of thee ~
Y L. That's strange Twas going to
say, "Why do | weep for thee?" But,
perhaps, we had better say both
Y NJ will put them both together.
T. L. Do. will go over both when I
get home, and as soon as I can make I'D
my mind viii let you know my choice
Good morning.
E1t.
T. ~ Good morning. Look5ng orer
Music as she leac5s the shop "She is gore
from nv gaze"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
The Language of Music.

THE following is specimen, not only
of what might happen, but what, no
doubt, does happen very frequently in
many musical circulating libraries:
ScENE.-A Shop. YOU'VE MAN dascocersd
sorting Music behind a counter.
Enter YOU'VE LADY aeith a roll Of Music.
Young Ladu (softgg). Oh! I've come to
return loves Whisper"
Young Nan. Allow me to offer you
The heart how'd down" I'm sure it
will please you.
r e. Be good enough to change g. The
heart how'd down" for Happy Heart"
and then I'll take it. / left it behind me
The last time I was here.
T. NJ If I had known you had left it
behind you, 1 would. have looked out
" The Manly Heart" to go back with it.
Shall | send it by Parcels Delivery
Z. L. No; I'll take that and "The
Manly Heart" home with me together.
Have you any thing else very pretty to
tell me off
T ii. Cooking over stock Of Music,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14


OF grain. Strawy manure will not max q
gram. The wheat-plant requires such
pabuium as is left in the soil after a heavy
crop OF red clover has been plowed
under; and also after heavy dressing Of
rich barn-yard manure has been applied
and crop of Indian-corn removed. The
barn-yard manure must be such as is made
by fattening sheep or beefcattle on Grain
oucn manure d Will yield liberal supply of
grain, producing material such as tho
growing wheat plants must have befors
large and plump heads of grain car he
developed. By adopting q system Of
mixed MISUNDERSTANDING out much
coarse gram and oll-meal, 50 as to make
rich manure-by proper cultivation of the
soil, and improvement of the seed farm
ers all over New England can raise large
crops of fine wheat, wherever the soil
will produce red clover, Indian-cern. and
turnips.
$ If vain and fruitless be your toll,
We ought to blame the ctRfltre-not the soil ;,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
The Farmers Savings Bank.

| HAVE been acquainted with two farm
ers more than twenty years. They re =
spectiVely came into possession of farms
of some two hundred acres each, worth
at that time about thirty dollars an acre
They are both Industrious and economi-
cal, yet prblic-spirited and liberal have
both been members of the Legislature,
and occupy a high standing IN country
society, but have pursued two very differ
ent systems of farming. Mr.C. d. immedi-
ately began to plant his surplus revenue
in the sol. Instead of dealing out his
manure inlhomGopathic doses over sew
eral acres he plowed no more than he
could manure highly and cultivate thor
| oughly, thereby producing IS large crop
! from one acre as his neighbors did from
| two, and was one of the first in this vi
| cinity, to introduce a system Of nigh cul-
ture. Having large amount Of pastures
and meadow, he bought young cattle to
consume his hay, never selling any, and
soincreased his manure. The loose stones
in the field were gathered, and put into
permanent stone fences and under drains.
His barns and sheds were gradually ex-
tended, so as to give a warm shelter to
his stock, and so save a large percentage
| of their food. His stock were always well
| housed and well fed / recOllect one year,
when, in consequence of excessive drouths,
| his crops were small, that he did not hest
tate to buy corn by the carload, rightly
| judging that the next spring his
cattle, if in good condition, must
sell at high price. Doggy mea-
doWs were drained, the boys con-
verted into fertilizing material for the up
land, and the lowland brought into good
mowing-land. By this slow but sure sys-
tenn OF returning the profits of the soil to
the soil again, ne has increased its pro-
ducts more than six fold, has farm that
you could not buy for one hundred dollars
an acre, and over twelve thousand dol
lars in farming and United States stocks
and money. Such is his savings bauk.
Mr.. E. has been equally industrious, but
by no means so successful. He looked
upon his farm as a bank of dividends, in
stead of a bank of deposits. His idea of
farming has been to sell all he could spare.
and loan the money at high rates of inter
est By pursuing this course his fields are
impoverished, barns rickety, fences
tumbling down, cattle often found in the
growing grain, while he is away from
home with his team, thinking he is max
ing money, because he gets five dollars a
day for his work His cattle and sheen
are fed at stacks, or in open yards. where
they waste and consume as much food as
would carry them through the winter, in
good condition, if properly sheltered but
as it is, they come out poor and thin, and
if sold at all, must sell at low price As
a&atural consequence, his farm is not
worth as much now as when he bought it
and he is not worth dollar more than ne
was twenty years ago. SHINING the faSm
and lending money has been has Savings
bank Which do you like best ?-H A.. s.
in Hearth and Home
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

Young Sears of Boston is only four.
teen years old and worth $40, 0O0. 600.
The three trustees are each paid $1,000 a
year to look after the estate. Until he
has attained his majority he is allowed
only $4,000 year, wher he receives the
sum of $40, 900 and 81, 900 year until he
becomes twenty -four, when he receives
$4,000 year until he reaches 30, after
which he is to receive $4,000 year,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

Inc. last year. s.36O.25 3,45O.37 S19S, 245, 1882
In the following table we show the cost
of road per mile in each of the States-in
the first column giving all the cost to the
completed portion and in the second col
umn the cost less deductions estimated to
belong to the portions of roads in pro-
gress and not yet completed, expressed
IN an intermediate column by a per cent
age on the gross figures of the first col
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

CANADA has 5000 miles of telegraph
wires, and an Office to every 1000 inhabi-
tants, while in England there is only one
office to every 10000 people.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

1862 -. 81 ,917 10 42.a7a1s 1853, ,On
In these tables, it is here proper
to state, the Union Pacific Railroad
is assumed to have been completed
to the Great Salt Lake, 1,035 miles,
and the Central Pacific of California a
length of 45S miles, These distances were
expected to be reached by Jaruary /, 1869.
The length of the Central Branch is set
down at 100 miles, and that Of the Eastern
Division at 405 miles, those being the dis
tances last reported. Should the actual
result of the year be more or less, the
proper allowances must be made by de-
duction or addition as the fact may re-
quire. PISA ---
The following compares the aggregates
as given by US for January /, 1868 and
1869: .5s. -ssTs7
Miles of road Cost of road
Jan. !. Total Open and equipment.
1869. 81 ,91710 42,272'1s 1855, 706, 041
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

TIE recent death Of Mr.. John Bairstow,
a munifcGnt benefactor in England, IS an
nounced. From poverty he rose 20 the
possession Of a princely fortune, which ne
distributed Iibcra1ly ia oheritiVe ne De
quests to religious and benevolent societies
exceed 100000. He rose at q. M, and,
at the period of his greatest wealth, his
personal domestic expense was little over
c20o a year. He was ninety at his death,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

Theannual progress of railroad building
since in 1927 the commencement was made
in the construction Of the Granite Rail
road at Quincy, Mass, to the present time,
il shown il, the following table.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

Total JAN 1, 60 62,917 10 42272 IS 1858, ZOO ,041
REHABILITATION BY SECTIONS.
g. North Eastern -.9s-.r- ~ s..---. . So.
States. ...... 4S12 80 1920 II $780,, 529, 034
g. Middle E. S.. 12008 IS 9,764 so SCI, 4S9 ,21S
5. South e s.. -. Z ,456 "a 5,651 81 $685., 1873
Z. Gulf 81 S'th - ,--.---fr -. -.-.
Int States. 9,046 As 50I0 So 15T ,S13, 431
u North Intr'r .tll
States, &C.. "a 439 "a 1852 0S 160, 666, 231
). Western S. &c 3, 1855 90 913 90 66,1S5, 0O0
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
A HINT TO FREE LuNcHErs.-There

A HINT TO FREE LUNCHEPs.-There is
a :. champion eater'' In Paris, who goes about
dining at. prix IKE Restaurants, THAT is. res
taurants where you pay so much meal, no mat
ter how much you may eat,) eni Is, like Oliver
Twist, always asking for more. Recently lie went
TO dine at the Restaurant du Grand Opera. F" II
the proprietor, Il shall be really obliged, and
here are ten francs' Can't be done at the
price y was the reply & the Diner de fEurope
gave me fifteen francs to come here.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

THE HUMoRs OF ERIE.--A crippled
broker recently went home TO his wife very much
detected. "What is the matter, my dear T she
"Ycs, ruined, Erie.trievablyt"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-07-05
CHAPTER XIII.


Some three months have elapsed since
the deaih.bed confession Of Monsieur Dali
garno; for that parsonage expired soon
after he had made all the reparation with
in his power to those he had so deeply
wronged; and i, is to be hoped that in bis
last moments, which were sof,cped by the
forgiveness Of the young Duchess Of
Br:dgouorth, and her husband and cousin,
that the man SO fully rcpcn,ed Of the
crimes be had committed, that the prayers
which were uttered about his bedside
gained intercession for him before a
higher tribunal than earthly justice. He
had departed, leaving other proofs than
his words to substan,iate the tale be had
told, and which was shortly to rcinstatc
the lady he had wornged III her rightful
possession.
The latter undertaking had been quietly
arranged. without any unnecessary delay
or trouble. for it lad only been needed
for tile young Duke dc Bridgenorth to
present himself before his majesty-King
Jamcs-and relate tho story told by
Monsieur Dalgarno-at the same time
giving the other proofs Of his cousins
identity, which were some articles Of the
clothing which had been worn by her at
the time of her abduction, and which were
marked with he. infant name and the en-
craven ores. Of the royal family Of Bridge
north.
King James paid due attention to the
tale--thc more so. as the young noblemar
who told it explained how it was the same
youthful duchess. whose prosecutions by
Monsieur Dalgarno and Lord Dunbarton,
had led to his own arrest and imprison-
ment by those unprincipled men; and as
his majesty was well acquainted with the
result Of that matter, and had aided him
then. he felt that he would now admins
ter justice to the beautiful! daughter Of his
former respected friend-,llc departed
Duke do Bridgenorth.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.