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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
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TO Destroy Potato Bugs.


A FARMER writes to the Western RatrGt ::
Almost as soon as the potatoes are ups
the layers come and deposit their eggs on
the under side of the leaf. After have
plowed my potatoes the first time, L h1re
my children to pick the leaves that nave
the nests on, and bring them in and purn
them. The first year | set them TO WORK
without pay it soon became tiresome, III d
day or two they could scarcely find any. L
told them would give them fifty cents
hundred for every hundred brought IN, OF
one for two; they went to work with re-
newed energy, for children do not ike TO
work without pay any better than you OF
l do. The result has been in the last Two
years my potatoes have been unlnJureo,
while some of my neighbours potatoes
were stripped by them. In the year 1856,
| had half an acre in. The bugs were
very bad that year The potatoes rotted
so bad that some of my neighbors did not
get more than their seed, while | got only
about one bushel of rotten potatoes that
year. My boy gathered about 100 nests,
and my little girl about 40 nests. | paid
them as | had promised, and with his fifty
cents my boy bought slate and Spen-
cerian copy book, which he needed, and
he priced them more than if had got
them for him, because he earned them and
bought them with his own money. have
tried ashes and other bug humbugs, and
find this the best and surest; besides it
keeps the children out of mischief and
cultivates in them desire to earn some
thing for themselves. Try it this year,
brother farmers, and you will find your
money well invested. ta
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
Sore Backs ON Horses.

A STRONG horse with a sore back is fire.
quently shorn of half his strength. A
sore back is usually the result of a msera-
BILE harness. Yet in many instances, the
back band is made too short, or is buckled
up too tight, so that the traces at the back
band are raised above direct line from
the names to the whiffie.tree. When this
is the case, the back-band, when the horse
draws, is pressed down with force on the
back; and unless the pad is soft, or the
harness be made with patent back, a
wound will be made, which will be diff
cult to heal, so long as the harness that
made the wound is employed on the
animal. When horse has a sore back,
and it seems necessary to keep him in
the harness, let the back band be removed
entirely or let it be heightened, and
fastened few inches back of the wound.
1t will be very easy to determine
whether back hand is liable to iniure
the animals back, by observing, when he
draws, whether the portion of the harness
directly above the back is drawn down
forcibly or is lifted clear from the back.
A wound on the back of horse is fire.
quently irritated so long by the rough har-
ness that it becomes almost incurable. A
fresh wound, if not kept bleeding by the
rubbing of the harness, will heal in two
or three weeks in warm weather without
any other medicine than soapsuds. But
an old wound that has tried to heal after
the scab has been rubbed off several times
requires an application of burnt alum,
pulverized, to cleanse it of the "proud
flesh" The best remedy is preventive.
The driver is the one on whom the blame
should rest for allowing horse to have
a sore back. If the harness is not right,
let it be made right before a horse
is required to work in it. 1t is bar
barous to work an animal in harness
that will gall the flesh. Better cut an old
collar and harness into fragments, and
bury the pieces beneath grape vine,
than to continue to use such fixtures as
will wound q faithful beast of burden.
Furthermore, when a sore back has been
allowed to ulcerate, frequently discharging
ichorous matter, one of the most effica-
cious remedies is, to battle the wound for
two successive hours in strong soapsuds
every day, and after the bathing, wash
the affected part with solution. Of salt.
petre and spirits of turpentine, prepared
as follows; Put one-quarter of a pound
Of saltpetre and half pint of turpentine
into bottle; shake up we'll before using
apply to the wound three times a day with
feather. And when the wound has as
sumed a healthful appearance and seems
to be healing, this medicine may be dis
continued.-Aneracaa Stock Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
Curing Hay.

EXPERIENCE proves that grasses should
be cut for hay when the stalks are in
bloom. The best time Of ALL both for clo-
yer and other grasses, is just when in full
bloom, and the earliest blossoms are be-
ginning to fade. /. If not too heavy it can
then be cut in the morning, and, if care
fully scattered, can be hauled into the
barn in the afternoon of the same day
This makes the best quality of hay. It
retains more of the nutrinlent of grass
than if it is left exposed to dews ard rains
for a few days, and goes much further
both for fattening stock and producing
milk. But when the grass is very heavy
and is cut with moving scythe and
thrown into heavy swaths or rows, it will
not cure thoroughly under two days, and
is not SO good for food as that cured and
put away in one day. Dew and moisture
always effect the fibre of cut grass, and
weaken the strength of the hay. They
also injure and destroy the sugary matter
contained in the stems, and render them
dry and tasteless. When branch of hay
can be twisted tight without showing
moisture or juice it is dry enough to be
slowed away. A little salt scattered over
hay which has been caught in showers
will improve it, aud render it more plata
BILE to stock.-ErperSnaen Farm Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
Water for Horses.

Mr. B. CARTRIDGE, of Sheffield, a
member of the Royal Veterinary College,
calls attention to the very common mis-
take made by keepers of horses in limit
ing the supply of water to their animals
Many owners of horses, most grooms,
and others who have the charge of them,
profess, he says, "ro know how much
water horse ought to be allowed, and,
when poor, thirsty, over-driven animal
arrives at his journeys end, he is treated
to very limited supply, and the pail is
taken away before its necessity is half met.
1t is a mistaken notion that cold water
frequently. produces "colic" I have
known it cure the disease. When cold
water does cause abdominal pain, it is
from long abstinence, and when the horse
deiaks to excess. But even this is rare.
l allow my horse to drink from every
trough | meet on the road, if the water
be clean, and, IN my own stud, | never
had a case of collie. At home, my horses
always have water before them. A friend
OF mine, to whom, the other day, l gave
this advice, directed his servant to adopt
it, The servant shook his head, and said,
she thought he knew as well as Mr. Cart
ledge when his horses required water and
how much" The owner, in reply, told
his servant that might be so, and he must
allow his horses to drink as often and. as
freely as he did himself-Engl5sh Farm
er'S Journal
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
A Trifie and its Results.

A MAN from the country invested five
cents in the purchase of an orange, and
preparatory to getting himself outside of
it threw the peel on the sidewalk. Soon
after young woman came along, slipped
upon the peel, and fell upon the walk,
breaking her leg. The young woman was
to have been married the next day, but
wasn't. The man who was to have mar
ried her had come from st. Paul, Mime
sofa, andwas obliged to return on account
of business, to await the recovery of the
girl. On his way back he unfortunately
took a train on the Erie railroad, which
ran off the track, and his shoulder blade
was broken, forcing him to stop at Dun
kirk for repairs The Travellers Insur-
ance Company, in which he was insured,
had to pay $3.50 in weekly installments
before he recovered. sOn getting back to
St. Paul, he found that his forced absence
had upset business arrangement which
he had expected to complete, at pecu-
MARY loss to him of $4,000. Meantime
the injured girl suffered a relapse, which
so enfeebled her health that her marriage
was delayed, which had bad effect upon
the young man, and he finally broke the
engagement and married widow in Min
nesota, with four small children. This so
worked upon the mind of the girl that
she is now in the insane hospital in Mid
dletown. Her father, outraged by the
conduct of the young man, brought suit
for breach of promise, and has just re-
covered $4,000. The anxiety and ex-
pense of the whole affair thus far has
been enormous, as anybody can see.
Similar cases are likely to occur so long
as people will persist in throwing orange
pee, around oose.-Haryord Courant
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
The Washington Election.

THE Times is sorely exercised because
three negroes, a waiter, bootblack and
barber, were elected to the Common
Council of Washington. 1t thinks that
(" as Common Councils average, the one at
Washington will not suffer from the char
acter of its new members" So long as
negroes were chained in slave pens, the
Times was silent and satisfied The negro
was then fulfilling his divine mission, &C.
cording to Democratic theory. The
Times consoles itself and friends with the
reflection that possibly the good old sys-
tenn will come back again. When" it
says, "the Democratic party shall once
more be in power, it will restore these
Washington bootblacks to their normal
condition"
Such is the aim and aspiration of the
Democracy. There is no striving for the
good which progress has in store for us.
On the contrary, the members of that
party are constantly turning from the
results already attained, signing like q
furnace for the vicious evils of the past.
II they could they would bring back the
old slave regime, with all its horrors and
desslations. But there is no cause of
apprehension, for such catastrophe is
not in the range of the possible.-C Chicago
Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
A Picked-Up Dinner.

NELLIE Wick, in the Ohio Farmer, sets
forth what a tired and cross housekeeper
got for dinner one day when house clean
ing was in full blast" as follows; '@
In the first place she made big johnny
cake, but of course something must come
before that-something appetizing and
hearty-and there were four to eat it,
She couldn't stand on her feet another
minute, so she threw herself on the lounge,
and called her little girl, nine years old
Bessie, is there any cold meat in the
pantry ?"
=" Yes, ma'am; two little pieces of
boiled beef-not. quarter enough for
dinner"
SECT the chopping bowl and knife and
chop it finep Bessie did it. p
Is there any cold potato?"
"a few little ones" "a o.
Chop them up nicely with the meat.
And is there any bread except the small
loaf saved for tea p" a..t sraz ~ Us!
Yes, mae717;some broken pieces and nice
Moisten them with little water, and
chop with the rest.p; ore s,daf3sal
It's done, mamma" ..+aa
Now take an egg-or if they are plen-
tyy take two-beat them and stir with the
rest. LIS there any other eatable thing in
the pantry?'
"Just some butter and cheese; that's
ALL" -
Put in small lump of butter, and let
the cheese CO."
ma ~ 90 80
every funny. Is there enough for din
ner, do you think ?"
81 guess not, ma, if you and / eat any"
"Of course we must eat. Pour in two
thirds of a cup of sweet milk, (water
would do, ifmilk wasn't plenty,) then sift
in a handful of flour very carefully so that
it will not lump. This will help the egg
to bind all together. Season it with pep
per and salt until it tastes savory Now
if it is of the consistency of rather moist
mince meat, you may put the frying pan
over the fire, put in little lard, dip out
the mixture in large spoonfuls, and fry it
as you would fish balls. Be sure that all
are well heated through, and Drowned on
both Sides" &@~ ~ l9a q x
When the folks came to dinner Bessie
dished up the balls in the new turreen,
and they looked tempting enough. But
men never think any thing out of the
common way can be good until they've
tried it; so the tired housekeeper's hus-
band looked rather contemptuously at the
dish and said s3 3#
s" What kind of formation is that ?"
"Conglomerate," answered the wife,
spunkily, for she was feeling any thing but
pleasant. f'saa" '
why, it tastes like dressing" returned
he, taking a good sized mouthful. " Did
you make it to stuff any thing WITH"
/" Yes" said the tired house keeper.
. Well-but-" looking round the table
what's to be stuffed? ?" 500
"a goosel" said she, giving him
such a look that he got off that track i'm
mediately.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18

THE Working Farmer says the best
way to get rid of the young suckers that
grow up at the base Of the trunks of Or
chard trees, is to wait till the suckers are
in leaf, sat which time they are looseneds
more rapidly, and taking each separately
in the hand, place. q thick boot upon it
near the tree and pull the shoot from its
juncture with the tree. They will not
sprout up again.
COMMENCE hoeing and cultiyating Just
rs soon as the weeds appear above ground,
or a little before, if possible. 1T is a diff
cult task't to get ahead of the weeds If you
allow them to grow until they are we'll
rooted and strong One days work kill.
ing weeds when they are an inch ghighyis
nearly equal to four when they are that
number Of, inches high, Some men never
begin in time consequently they are ar
ways behind, and their crops are in the
same predicament. Always try to be a.
little ahead of your work and then it will
never crowd, even if there are a few rainy
days just at the time certain crops need
cultiyating.
THESE warm days. followed by oopious
showers, win make the grass and weeds
grow around the stems of trees, as well as
elsewhere A handsome tree is certainly
Of more value than cabbage or tomato
plant: yet there are many persons who
will take good care Of the latter but en-
tirely neglect the former. Dig about the
roots of your trees; not only close up
about the STEMS, but fork up good, wide
space, so that, the rain can pass down to
| the lowest roots, and not be absorbed by
the grass and weeds. Keep the soil well
cultivated, or mulch around all trees if
| you want them tor grow. and remain
healthy.-Heaath and Home. - II "a :.
| To PREVENT guns from risting, here is
a preparation which we have used for
| years and which we ka0ao to be good /;
| Twenty ounces best olive oil. one ounce
and a half spirits of turpentine. This
should be rubbed on the gun barrels, out.
| side and in, with rag; leave all that ad-
| heres to the barrels, and put the. gun away
until wanted. Do this and you bid de-
! fiance to rust, even in the swamps of
| Louisiana. Iron rust seems to act like
contagion, and when it once commences to
work on any utensil it is exceedingly hard
to check it. Once roughen the surface of
steel and the polish Isl forever gone
Southern Paper.
l. How TO BEAT WHITES OF EGGs.-On
breaking eggs, take care that none of the
yolk becomes mingled with the whites A
single particle will sometimes prevent
their foaming well. Put the whites into
large flat dish, and beat them with an
egg beaten made of double wire, with a
wire handle, or with cork stuck cross
wise upon the prongs of fork. Strike
a sharp, quick stroke through the whole
length of the dish. Beat them in a
cellar, or, some other cool place, till they
over without their slipping off. Never
suspend the process, nor let them stand,
even for one minute. as they will begin to
turn to a liquid state, and cannot be re.
stored, and thus will make heavy cake
GermGntoacas IIe9raph.o s5 .. ssi .a-'
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
Anecdote of Edward Everett.

ROBERT G. WINTHROP, in recently
published Introductory lecture to course
on the early history of Massachusetts,
compares in very interesting manner
the soil and climate of his native State
with those of regions deemed to be more
favored by nature. In the course of the
comparison, occurs the following passage,
in which he introduces an anecdote of the
late Edward Everett: eE5E 1E<t f. Y
"And, next, | bethought me of that
soil. What q coil it was, here in New
England, what soil it is still, compared
with that then beneath my feet And
remembered but to wildly the dreary and
desolate look of Massachusetts land
scape for six or seven months of the year,
not only without fruit or flowers, like
those which are on all sides around me,
but without a spire of grass or leaf on
the trees. But remembered, too, a little
dialogue which had once heard from the
lips of Edward Everett. Would that
those lips had language still and could re-
peat it, in their own inimitable way, once
more He was accompanying Henry Clay
during the month of April, think it was
in the year 1888, through the county of
Middlesex, which Mr.. Everett then repre-
sented in Congress, on a visit to Lowell,
Everett exclaimed Mr.. Clay, In
Heavens name, what do your constituents
live on? I see nothing hereabouts capa-
BILE of supporting human life, or animal
life of anysort.' why, Mr.. Clay replied
Everett, 'don'tyou see that tree in the mid
die of yonder field there p Yes, 1 do said
Mr.. Clay; and very small and miserable
specimen of a tree it is; there is not leaf
o hid 10 oil DIV nd
hardly fit for frewood.' abr said Mr..
Everett lin playful resentment of an old
impertinence to neighboring New Eng
land state), it makes capital wooden nut.
megs? Yes, my friends, the barrenness
of our ground has made our brains fertile
and even the invention which built up
Lowell has owed not little of its stimu.
lus to the sterility of the surrounding
acres. The willing and luxuriant harvests
of other ATTITUDES are, indeed, unknown tC
us; but who shall complain of the sol
which has SO enforced industry; which
has so quickened and sharpened the wits
which has so nourished independence ano
freedom which has presented no tempta-
ton to make woman yoke-fellow with
the brutes, exhibiting her, like those saw
around me, subject to the hardest labors
of the field; and which above ALTAR, far
above all--has so repealed and repudiated
from its culture every form of human
servitudei Boast as we will, and as We
well may, of the influence of free schools
and free governments in molding and
training the character and careers of New
England men-and my friend, MIR. Elmer
son, will tell you all about that when his
turn to lecture comes-we must not forget
that there are influences underlying al
these-the influences of the earth beneath
l1s and of the slxu ahnua No
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

A CORRESPONDENT of the CGnGdG
Farmer states that hellebore and water,
sprinkled upon currant- worms before they
have spread over the bush, will destroy
them and save the fruit.
A WELL KNOWN horticulturist says: {" If
ones garden is quite limited, and few
apples are desired, advise the planting
of dwarf trees, which, with good care,
will yield fair quantity of very superior
fruit"
A HoUsEKEEPER having some stone jars
in which lard had been kept, made them
perfectly sweet by packing them full of
fresh soil and letting it remain two or
three weeks. She suspects it would be
equally effective in any case of foul
earthen or stone ware. a'
THE Gardeners Monthly says: "There
is nothing that will make as good border
as Box, or some of the dwarf AborVitBs
OF Towering plants, the best is the Peren-
NAL Candytuft. This will flower in April
The Mountain or Moss Pink-Phtor Subj
lata-is pretty edging
AN experienced horticulturist says fruit
trees should be transplanted during Octo-
Der and November, or from March lst
until May; peaches one year from the bud,
plums, cherries, or dwarf pears at two
years from the bud or graft and standard
apples and pears at two or three years OF
age. ~
on CLOTH ought never to be wetted-
if it can be possibly avoided-but merely
to be rubbed with flannel, and polished
with brush of moderate hardness, exact
ly like mahogany table, and by this
simple means the fading of the colors, and
the rotting of the canvass, which are in
evitably attendant upon the oil-cloth
being kept in state of moisture or damp
ness, are entirly avoided. -E1ehGngs.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18

Parish Church at Asherstone, England,
was, as all houses of worship had been,
entirely open and available to all wor-
shippers, but it entered the min of an
elderly lady that she would prefer to
know where to sit. It was unpleasant to
think anybody should be placed beside
her. She accordingly begged to be al
lowed to put, in piece of boarding to
screen herself off from the rest of the
world. No sooner did this appear than
another wanted partition to enable her
to enjoy, as her own, some particular spot.
Then an old gentleman thought he would
like to have some accommodation reserv-
ed for him. This closing in of the church
for private purposes gave its interior such
an irregular and patchy- appearance, that
it was presently resolved to pew the whole
building; which was accordingly done, a
large share of the expense being betrayed
by family well-known in the neighbor-
hood. And so this pew system has grown
and grown on. until it has become in
grained in English church life.-Erchaage.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-18
Hon. E. B. Washbnrne's Successor in
Congress.

SPEAKING of the Hon. Horatio q. Burch'
ard, of Freeport, H., recently elected by
the Republicans of the Third Illinois DIS
trict to succeed Hon. E. B. Washburne IN
Congress, the Galena Gazette says ne Is q
native of the State of New York, and is
about forty years of age. Wheu young
man he emigrated to the Northwest, and
has been q resident of Freeport for many
wears. He is lawyer by profession, and
is also interested in the hardware trade in
Freeport, in partnership with his brother.
A gentleman of fine education and natural
ability, he has taken leading position at
the Stephenson county bar. In his
younger days he was School Commissioner
of Stephenson county, was elected to the
State Legislature in 1862, unanimously re-
nominated and reelected in 1864, but de-
clined to be candidate in 1855. He Is a
leading member of the Board of Trustees
of the State Industrial School, and has
been largely instrumental in inaugurating
its present successful plan of operations.
AS Representative in the Legislature,
Mr.. Burchard earned an excellent reputa-
ton as man of ability and incorruptible
integrity, voting steadily and persistently
against every scheme of corruption and
IlUR ltRiSldtlOu. OullhS u1O' OnSioihS
contest over the nomination for Congress,
when every objection that could be urged
against the various candidates was
brought to light, not stain could be
found upon Mr.. Burchard's public record.
He enjoys the highest esteem and the I'M
limited confidence of those who know him
best. This is attested by the fact that at
the County Convention, in his own county,
he was the choice of seventy delegates out
of eightyfive.
Two elements of Mr.. Washburne's sue
cess in Congress are possessed by Mr..
Burchard in large degree, viz: persist
emit industry and perseverance, and the
strictest honesty of purpose. In Congress,
his vote will uniformly be cast against ex-
travagant appropriations of the public
money, and against every scheme of swind-
ling, in whatever form it may be present
ed. HIS habits of industry and of pushing
to a successful issue whatever he under
takes, aside from his ability, will render
him strong in the committe room, and will
give him power and influence in the
National Legislature.