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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
Watering Horses.

HORSES should never be kept so long
without water that they will drink largely
when they get it. Give it to them often,
and they will never injure themselves with
it.. Nothing is more common than to
hitch team to the pillow, and make them
work half a day without drop. What
man would submit to such treatment? If
the pillow is started at seven in the morn
ing, water should be given again before
ten; and again in the afternoon by four
o'clock. Even if half an hour is thus con-
sllmed, more work will be done in day.
The objection that horses on the road
should not be" loaded with water" is not
valid. A horse weighing 1900 pounds
will not be much encountered additionally
by 20 pounds of water, while the disten-
sion will give him additional strength.
Every farmer knows that when he him
self undertakes to lift a large log or heavy
stone, he can do more by first initiating
himself with air, and not unfrequently he
loses a button or two from his pantaloonS
in the operation. Some degree of initiation
by water will add to horses strength in
similar manner. In driving horse on the
road at a natural gait of nine or ten miles
an hour, have frequently had occasion to
observe that he was laboring with perspira-
ton until let him drink freely, when he
ceased to sweat and evidently travelled
more freely. Don't be afraid to give your
horses water; the danger is in making
them abstain too long-in which case. care
is needed Country Gentleman.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
To Make Apple Butter.

SELECT two bushels of sweet apples
and two bushels of sour apples, and peel,
core and quarter them Take barrel of
good sweet apple cider, and boil it in a
copper kettle until all the impurities have
risen to the surface. After this is done,
and the impurities skinned off, take out
two-thirds of the cider. Then put in the
apples, and as the quantity boils down
put in the rest of the cider After putting
in the apples the butter must be stirred
without interruption until it is taken off
1t will take about five hours boiling after
the apples are put into the cider. 1t should
be boiled until the whole mass becomes
smooth and of the same consistency, and
of dark brown color. Spice with ground
cloves and cinnamon, to taste. The but
ter can then be taken off and put into YES
sells for use. Earthen crooks are best for
this purpose. Tie the vessels over with
heavy paper and set them away in dry
place The butter will keep a year if
wanted.
Peach butter is made much in the same
way. Sometimes the peaches are not
peeled, though the butter is better if the
Feelings are taken off, Itdoes not require
so much boiling to make peach butter, and
as soon as the peaches are thoroughly
boiled up and the butter is thick enough it
can be taken Off Cover the vessels with
paper moistened with whisky. This will
keep the butter from moulding on top
E17a7 IoyrnnZ
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Weeds.

WHAT toll and trouble they occasion !!
But by the thrifty farmer all this toll and
trouble will be willingly taken If he can
exterminate these troublesome and intru-
sive pests that so pertinaciously thrust
themselves in field, garden, and meadow,
where they are neither asked nor wanted
for any useful or ornamental purpose.
And would it not crafty the curiosity OF
some to learn that the most obnoxious OF
these are foreign to our soil, and were not
known to the aborigines, being introduced
by Europeans? The most Objectionable,
the Canada thistle, is of European origin.
The oX-eyed daisy is from the same source,
and is often in Pennsylvania called the
park-weed and was first sown by GOV.
Keith, more than hundred years ago III
his park.
From over the ocean also came the dock,
the mullen, the common thistle, chess,
buttercup, wild parsnip and carrot, garlic,
st. Johns wort, dandelion, plantaln, bur-
dock, and teazel.
Not many American plants have we
given In exchange for these to the Olq
World, and whether our Indian corn and
the potato have neutraliZed the evil
caused by the introduction of tobacco by
Sir Walter Raleigh, may be questioned. l
cannot now think of single native nox-
ious weed that is troublesome to the farm
err: they are all exotic to our soil. Our
common medicinal herbs also came from
over the waters with our fathers: tanzy
comfrey, mint, sage, thyme, balm, elecam.
pane, horehound, and catnip were, nc
doubt, brought as household treasures
Seldom in China is weed to be seen
there every foot of soil being carefully
economical and filled to Overlooking with
hungry population, all kinds of noxious
weeds are carefully and timely extermi
mated And if John Chinaman will bring
p his economic virtues in this respect to oul
land, he will not be an unwelcome guest
for weeds are here spreading slowly but
surely. Go where we will-north, south
east, or west-the thistle, the oX-eye, the
dock, and that vile native of Asia, the
jimson-weed, are gaining ground.
1t seems sometimes impossible for the
farmer in the busy season to find the time
to destroy all kinds of weeds before the
seeds. mature ). the proper way of disposing
of them then is to put in heaps, and whe1
dry to burn them, Instead, as the practice
of some is, of throwing them into thu
roads for the next rain to wash back agar
on the neighboring fields, thus spreading
instead of destroying the frail thing
Hearth and Home
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
A Regular Habit of Body

Is absolutely essential to physical health and clear
ness of intellect. Morris this ALL Beauty of person
cannot co-exst with an unnatural condition of the
bowels A flee passage of the refuse matter OF the
system through these natural waste pipes, is me-
cessary to the purity ofthe body as the free passage
of the Ofa of a city through its sewers is necessary
to the health of its inhabitants. M -
Indigestion is the primary cause of most of the
diseases of the discharging organs and one of its
most common results is CONSTIPATION. This com
plant, besides being dangerous in itself, has many
disagreeable concOmitants--such as an unpleasant
breath, sallow skin, contaminated blood and bile
hemorrhoids, headache, loss ofmemory, and general
debility.
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS remove
all these evils by removing their immediate cause
in the digestive organs and regulating the action of
the intestines. The combination of properties iii
this celebrated preparation is ofits chief merits
1t is not merely stimulant, or tonic or an anti
bilious agent or a nervine, blood depurent, or
cathartic but all these curative agents judiciously
blended in one powerful restorative. 1t lends ac-
vity and vgor to the inert and enervated stomach,
relieves the alimentary canal Of its distractions,
and gives tone to the membrane which lines it,
gently stimulates the liver, braces The nerves, and
cheers the animal spirits. No other remedy pos
sesses such variety of hygienic virtues. 1t is to
these characteristics that it owes lis prestige
household medicine Experience has proved that ii
is as harmless it is ecacious and hence it Is
popular with the weaker sex as with the stronger
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS is sold in
bottles only, and the trademark blown in the glass
and engraved on the label with our steel engraved
revenue stamp the cork is the test of genuine
ness. Beware of counterfeits.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
Minnesota Republican Platform.

The following resolutions were adopted
by the late Republican Convention of
Minnesota:
Resolved That the Republican party of Mime
sofa, in convention assembled, reafrm their devo-
tionto the doctrine of liberty and equal and exact
justice to all men, and that the complete triumph
of these principles only be attained by the
adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States.
ResOyUe1, That the retrenchment and economy,
together with the gradual extinction of the public
debt, which have so signay characterized the pres
ent national administration in the conduct of public
affairs, redeem our pledges to the public and de-
mand their cordial appreciation
ResoIged, That the management of our State af-
by that fidelity to principle and true economy which
has given us prosperity at home and consideration
abroad and that the true interests of the State are
to be found in maintaining the Republican party
in power.
ResoJUed, That we denounce all forms of repudia-
ton of the national debt as national crime, and
that the national honor demands payment of that
indebtedness in accordance with the letter and
spirit of the laws under which it was contracted.
ResOtUed, That the relations of the United States
with other nations should be so adjusted in respect
to the legal status of naturaliZed citizens to-
wards the governments in allegiance to which they
were born that those either while abroad shall be
recognized and protected by this Government as citi-
zens of the United States fully as if they were
native born citizens of the United States.
Resolved, That the construction of Northern Pa
cific Railway is mperatvely de manded by the best
interests of the entire country, and to that end
wise policy dictates that this enterprise should re-
ceiye liberal aid from the United States. "
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Coon men insure in the Washington
Life.
THE following notice" is posted on a
fence in London suburb: "Whoever is
found trespassing on these grounds will be
shot and prosecuted"
THE PROPOsAL.-
Clara, love but thee alone
THUS sighed the tender youth)
Oh hear me, then, my passion own,
With trembling lips in earnest tone;
Indeed speak the truth.
He paused-the BLUSH oerspread her cheek,
She let him draw her near;
Scarce for emotion could she speak,
Yetstill she asked in accents meek
How much he had year
THE DEGENERACY OF THE Times
"Well, things have got so that there is nc
gets into house and there's never a SOU
at home. I goes into the first story, and
finds a heap of nice things-spoons, clothes
and ALL | makes 'em into a bundle and
puts 'em convenient to carry. Then
goes up stairs to inspectionate around a
bit, and comes down and finds some seal
and stolen my bundle, and gone off with
it. Well, that is COMPOUNDED dishonest
Folks is getting too mean for anything
now"
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1769.-It is time
our people understood and practised more
generally Life Assurance. Many widow
and orphan have had great reason to be
grateful that the advantage of Life Assur-
ance was understood and embraced by the
husband and father A large amount has
been paid by Life Assurance Companies to
widows and orphans when it formed
almost their only resource.
EDWARD F. JONES, 1861 have made
sufficient examination of the condition #
the Washington Life Insurance Company
of New York to warrant me in taking a
policy of Twenty Thousand Dollars.
THE Lancet, the leading medical jour
nal of England, has an article calling at
tention to the practicability of using bran
for the cradles, or rather the nests, of new
born babies. 1t is assured by mothers
who have tried the system that it answers
admirably. The plan of action is as fol-
lows: An ordinary cradle is filled with
common bran. A hair pillow is put in,
and then the bran is moved aside with the
hands until a "hollow" is formed the size
of the child's body. The infant, Invested
of everything below the waist, and having
a little bodice or cape above that, is then
placed in the bran, and its body complete
" covered with it, exactly as may be seen
at the seaside, where children play at bury
ing one another in the sand A light COW
erlet or Counterpart placed above all, and
baby is in bed for the night. This method
is pursued from almost as soon as infants
are born until they are eight or ten months
old The children, it is stated, do not kick
themselves outside of the bran, unless it
be very hot. The bran is clearly, as bran
absorbs fluid readily, and the wet sinks be-
low the dry. The heat AROUND the baby IS
equable and OF sufficient temperature. An
entirely new supply Of braT is required
once q fortnight, 7 &. --'''
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24

AN experienced ,hOrticulturist says that
kerosene oil is sure death to the apple
tree scale. He applies it in autumn, after
the leaves have fallen, with large syringe
or hydropult, one quart of the oil mixed
with twenty to thirty of water. AS the
oil and water will not intermingle very
freely, it is necessary to stir the mixture
frequently while it is being applied.
PLANTING STRAWBERRIES IN AUTUMN.
If man has strawberries in his own
garden or conveniently at hand, so that
he can select rainy day for the operation,
then fall-planting will answer very well.
But to send distance for the plants and
have to take the chance of having them
arrive in good order, and at time suitable
for planting, it becomes rather uncer-
tain operation. Spring appears to be the
proper time for removing such delicate
plants, unless one can choose favorable
weather for transplanting. We have set
out strawberry plants in August, and the
next season they produced moderate crop;
but such instances are exceptional, and
not COMMONWEALTH and Home.
TAKING UP PLANTs.-From the fifteenth
of September to the first of October is the
proper time to dc this. Care must be had
to take up as large ball of roots as pos
sible, and after being potted the plants
should be well watered, and placed in a
frame under SASH and partially shaded
it being necessary to provide rather
warm, moist atmosphere for them, and to
defend them against the cool nights and
dry atmosphere usual at this time OF year
The frame should be moderately aired by
lowering the sash six or eight inches al
the top in the middle of the day, and II
the plants are soft wooded, such as Zonale
geraniums, they may be pruned in some
what but Begonias, Bouvardias, Carna-
tions, etc, should be left unpruned. When
the plants have made fresh roots, which
will be in from ten to fourteen days, they
may be removed to the greenhouse or par
lor.-Hearth and Home. ,tI .,at II ...s...,
How TO MAKE COFFEE.-The Ansrl
can Builder says First, solemnly deter
mine in your mind never to allow ar
ounce of ground coffee to enter the dool
of the kitchen. If no one about the
premises understands the art of roasting
coffee then buy it ready roasted, and try
and find dealer who has not soaked al
the essential juices from the coffee before
putting it into his oven. IF the roasted
berry is about twice as large as WheI
green, depend upon it, the. scalawag
Great Humbug Tea and Coffee company
have defrauded you. Get an earthen pot
you cannot make good coffee or tea in {
tin vessel-and put the ground coffee in {
clean white flannel bag, and be sure to pu
enough in, and drop the bag into the pot
Pour on boiling water, and let it steep, dc
not boil it, The coffee will steep in TWEEN
ty minutes. Never break an egg int
coffee, and never fill up with water thu
second time Pour on, in the beginning
the amount of water needed An ordina
ry teacupful of ground coffee is sufficien
| for three persons. Use Java, Mocha, o.
Java and Rio mixed. Follow this receipt
and you will never complain of pool
! coffee. lis'a
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24

Grams. 1t wuzn't in the nacher NV things
for our patriots who had shot officers sent
out by this Rosecrans to arrest their sons
which he'd taken bounty and he'd desert
ed to Canady, to vote for Rosecranz, par
tiklerly ez hundreds NV EN- he'd bin
dragged to Bastiles for emptyin their rifles
at en-. The hurrahs stuck in their throats
/ must confess that they made brave at
tempt at it, but they looked sick while
they did it. Their efforts to hurrah for
Rosecrans, and the face they made Nv 1t
reminded me NV an insident which &C.
CURED to me wunst.
/ he'd friend whose name it was Brown,
who wuz given to indulgence in the fiowln
bole to fearful extent. Wun mite he at
tempted to be convivyel on new brand
Nv whisky, and it f1oored him. AT IL T
M. found him clingin to lamp post and
vomitin ez tho ther wuz mlnatoor earth
quake into his insides.
"Brownr p remarked I, layin my hand
affectionately onto his shoulder, Brown
are you sick ?"
"Sick! SIcKr' replied he, swingin
around to the other side Nv the post and
dischargin another avalanch. Sick
HI! do VOC think I'm doin this for the
fun Nv the thing?"
Our Democrats in Ohio Swallered Rose
Grams. but their hurrrhs were SO much like
the retchin NV a man with a load onto his
stumick, that it reminded me NV my friend
Brown.
In Pennsylvania we amt much better
off. Our candidate heZ pints about him.
He wuz copperhed doorin the war, witch
makes all NV that class Nv Democrats en-
thoosiastic in his support; but ON tother
hand it drives off the war Democrats,
without WITCH we amt worth shucks. He
hez money though, and ez he's bleedin
freely, he may keep the organizashen alive
till we kin make fife with a man witch
we kin elect.
The principle trouble is however to
find out wat Democracy is at this juncter
In Ohio it's agin niger ekality and in
favor NV either payin off the bonds in
greenbacks or repudiashun; in Tennessee
it's niger suffrage and niger offs
holdin; in Connecticut its payin the
bonds in, gold, interest and prin-
ciples; in Californy its anti Chinese, and
in Louisiana, it's Chinese. In Maine our
people are runnir perhibertory likker
law, and everywhere else they're for free
whisky. In Illinois, Democracy is free
trade in Pennsilyany, its high protective
tafllI, anu So on dTOuHu LII SuoIG IIS So
high mixed that | woodent agree to go
from one county to another to make
speeches, without having first carefully
ascertained wot the Democracy Nv that
pertikeler county believed in.
got Democratic papers from all the
States one day, and by persistent reading
Nv EN- for five hours, became so mixed as
to be promisin candidate for loonatic
Asylum.
shell stay wher I am 50 long ez there is
anything to be got out Nv the posishen
/ hev personated Cheerman NV Phila.
defy Committees twice with success
tomorrow I shell try it agin, and after
that SIGH other characters as may occur to
me. 1 must make hay while the sun
shines, for the furious assaults onto Pack.
er's pile is redoosin it fearfully.
PETROLEUM V. MASSEY
WITCH WuZ Postmas,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
UsEFUL BOOK.

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sost forms and "ectaonS for all transactions, 6y
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Publishers, Chicago, us. a..Fs ~
Laws of Business is the only book of the kind
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entirely lucid and Ineligible manner in which they
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1t is specially book for the people The mer-
chant the farmer the manufacturer, the trader all
ought to have such book for a guide in business.
AGENTS wanted.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

CHOPPED PICKLEs.-One gallon green
tomatoes chopped fine; green peppers
onions; handful of salt sprinkled over
them. Let them stand hOurs-drain off
the liquor and add tablespoonful of
ground pepper, 1 of allspice, 1 of made
mustard, d pint mustard seed, pints
vinegar. Cork tight
ROLLING or shedding the field after SOW
ing wheat always pays If the ground
mas been plowed lumpy, after the wheat is
sown, a good roller or sled will press the
soil close to the seed, and will crush and
pulverize the Jumps, leaving the surface
smooth and level | would always recon-
mend it.-Erc1tG7age.
WHEN vinegar has lost its acidity it can
berestored by the following process: AS
it is wanted for use draw two gallon jug
of it and put into it half teacup full of
molasses. Set the jug near the stove Or
in the sun few days, and the vinegar will
be of the best quality. By using jug
which has had vinegar in it, the acidity
will be hastened-Fd1m Journal.
WHAT MULCH Is.-A mulch, says Hearth
and Home, is any loose-lying substance,
which distributed over the surface of the
ground, will keep that surface moist dry
leaves, chopped hay or straw DIETER than
long straw, coarse manure, sawdust, tan
bark, or even coarse pebbles, viii form a
mulch. A mulch is never to be dag IN,
but has effect from its position upon the
top of the ground.
LIME is almost universally used by
Pennsylvania farmers When a crop of
clover or grass is plowed down, from fifty
to one hundred bushels are applied to an
acre, and after being slaked is scattered
over the surface and narrowed in. The
wheat or other seed is then drilled in.
One-half the quantity of lime used on
limestone soil will do on slate soil. Lime
and clover viii make slate soil very pro-
ductive, and oyster-shell lime has still
greater effect on it than that made from
common limestone.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24

From the Toledo Blade
MIR. NASBY TAKES A LOOK OVER THE POLIT-
ICAL HORIZON AND GIVES THE RESULT
THEREOF.
Mock CHUNK witch is in the State
NV Pennsilvany, Sept. II, 1869,
AT last l hev struck a haven Nv rest
At last l hev shoor abidin place, for a
time at least. How long l may stay, OF
how soon may be compelled to pick up
my landlords spare shirt and travel, |
can't tell. But wat do l care? For the
present | am under the wing Nv man
who hez twenty millions Nv dollars, and
who is yoosin it at terrific rate. Some
few NV the drops Nv the golden shower is
a fallin onto me, and / am content. That
is, [ am content personally. am ez well
off ez l cud be- / hev twice penetrated
the august presence NV the Democratic
candidate for Governor NV Pennsilvany,
representa- myself ez President Nv a
Democratic club in Philadelphy, and
twice have l received a hundred dollars
to carry on the good work. The young
man witch guards the outer door NV the
candidator;al manshen is q most acoot
Judge NV human nacher. The servant at
the door askt for credenshels, at witch the
young man who happened to be in the
hall, noticin me, rebuked him for delayin
me.
Torence!" remarkt he sharply, cad
NIT all SIGH noses without question 700
bet they are our friends"
That nose heZ cost me thousands NV
other peoples dollars to keep it up in color
Thank Heaven, its repayin me some NV
the trouble hev gone to on its account.
l am well enuff off, and possibly ought
to be satisfied, but the condishen NV the
Dimocrisy afflix me. The fact IL, we are
in bad way, and Their amt no way out
NV it. We amt got no yoonanimity-we
amt got nothin to fife for, and the country
hez he'd universally good crops. The
weathers bin agin us. Eff we Good hev
he'd rain in the harvest enuff to heV rustid
the wheat, and enuff follerin the wheat
harvest to hev rotted the pertaters, and
then juicy attack Nv the cholera and
yellow fever, and other disorders Nv that
nacher, so that the people Good hev got
dissatisfied and ugly and SIGH, ther wood
hev bin some hope for u.s. The potato rot
IN western Pennsylvany wood hev made
thousands Nv votes this fall alone. But watts
the yoose Nv talkin to farmers with teers
IN yoor eyes Nv country goin to room,
when every mothers son NV EN- hey Their
pockets stuffed with greenbax and a barn
full Nv wheat to bring more? Watts the
yoos Nv clamorin for change when the
country's doin ez well ez it kin ANYHOW?
Then agin, our. management hez bin
friteful. In Ohio, we made boggle at the
beginnin, in the n0menasnan ny Rose.