Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-28
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II PERFECT AsIMAL. in weight she
might have turned, when well condition
Cd, nine hundred and fifty pounds. In
color she was a dark chestnut, with vel
vesy dept and soft Iook,,sbout The hair IN
descfibably rich and elegant. Many time
have Iheard ladies' dispute the shade and
hue other plnsh-!ike coat az they ran
their white, iewelel fingers through her
eilken hair. Her body vas round IN the
barrel, and perfectly symmetrical. She
vas vide n the launches, without projec-
ton Of the hip bones, upon which the
ghorter ribs seemed to lap. High in the
withers as she was, the line of her back
and neck perfectly curved, while her
deep, obHque shoulders and long thick
forearm, ridgy With swelling sinews, sug-
gested the perfection of stride and poweT.
Fer knees across The pan were wide, the
csnon bone below them ortand thin
the pasterns long and sioping; her hoof5
round, dark, shiny, and Welfset on. Her
name vas shade darker than Fer coat,
fine and ,hiR, as thorough, brea's always
is whose blood IS Without taint or cross.
Her ear was thin, sharp pointed delicate.
II curved, nearly black around the Dor
ders, and as tremalous as the leaves of an
sepen. Ter NECK rose from the withers
20 the head in perfect curvature, hard
devoid Of fat, and we'll cnt ND under the
chops. Her nostrils were full, very full,
and thin almost as parchment. The eyes,
from which tears might fall or, fire fash.
we're we'll brought out, soft as a gazelle's.
almost human In their intelligence, while
over the small bony head, over neck and
shoulders, yea, over the whole body and
clean down to the hoofs, the veins stood
ont as if the skinEere tissue paper against
which the warm blood pressed, and which
il might at any moment burst as under
"A perfect animal" I said to myself, as I
lay looking her oyer-"an animal which
might have been born from the wind and
the sunshine, SO CHI erful and so swift she
seems an animal which man would pre-
sent as choicest gift to the woman he
loved, and yet one which that woman,
wife or lady-love, would give him to ride
when honor or lie depended, on bottom
or speed = " r. IL Murray, IN AAan
tic Monthly for AprI.
SHORT RULE TO MEASURE GRAIN.-
AID exchange say s at is convenient to
farmers and purchasers to have an easy
and correct rule by which to measure corn
in cribs. Here is one: Having leveled
the corn in the crib, measure the length,
breedth and depth, and multiplyIthem to-
gether, and deduct from the product one.
fifth, and you haze the number Of bushels
II the ear ; for shelled corn take one-half
Of THIS. 10 he strictly correct, and hall
bushei for every one hundred Persons
who are fond Of cyphering can test the
correctness Of this rule by taking l .828
solid inches for foot, and 2, $50 inches in
bushel, and see that the latter is nearly
one-ffth larger than the former"
TAIL Conn SFoRY.-A Missourian
informed traveller who inquired all about
his corn, that each stalk had nine ears on
it, and was fifteen feet high. That's
nothing to our corn replied the traveller.
Up in Illinois, where | came from, we
always had nine ears to each stalk, and a
peek Of shellad corn hanging to each tas,
sci; but We could never raise any field
beans with it Pc Why 2o-"Because
the corn grew 50 fast that it always pulled
the beans up"
1t is said that the est strawberry
plants come from the third and fourtf
sets of runners, and that the first anc
second sets should be cut off.
TO Preserve Irons from Rust.-Nelt
fresh mutton suet, smear over the irons
with it while hot, then dust it with IN
SACKED lime, powdered and tied up il
muslin. When not used, wrap the irons
IN baize. and keepina DRY place. Use n,
oglon them at any tine except salad oil.
There is no work so monotonous a.
houseWork, which fact may account fol
the nervousness and exhaustion of yomer
who are confined to a routine of washing
ironing, cooking and taking care of child
rem Do husbands who n8vcr ask the
wives out Tor walk, after tea, remember
this, and what relief and rest a cheer,
walk and talk would be?
TO clean silver plate fill a large sauce
pan with water; put into it one ounce o.
carbonate Of potash and quarter of a
pound Of whiting. Now put in all the
spoons, forks and small plate, and boil
hem twenty minutes; after which take
thefsaucepan off the fire and allow the
liquor to become cold then take each
piece out and polish with soft leather
A soft brush must be used to clean thc
embossed and engraved parts
Bees, in swarming, have been known
to light upon persons and animals, sting
Ing them severely, and in some instances
causing death The american Bee Journal
in referring to an instance of the kind
where swarm Of bees settled upon the
head Of horse standing il front Of q
church, aud the owner, who went to bis
assistance, was stung senseless, says that
ali the difficulty could have been ei5piafed
by the use Of cold water sprinkled upon
them.
-W'hsn 5ou wish to procure young
fruit trees ct a particular Kind, fer trans