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ARr1r1o1AL FArrENINa or CHIcKENs.-

ARTIFICIAL FATTENING OF CHICKENS
Chickens are arti6cialIy fattened at the Villa
du Belvedere, Vichy, on very extensive
scale, and in a very cruel manner. In we'll
aired we'll lighted circular building are ar
ranged numerous shelves, made TO turn upon
pivot. The chickens are placed on these
shelves, each fastened down in its place with
hardly sufficient liberty to move its head A
girl feeds them in the following manner !:
A kind of cloth, called paletot, is thrown
over the victim in such q way that only its
head is left free, while the rest of the body is
tightly secured. The girl presses the beak,
in order to force it open, with the left hand, i,
and with the right she introduces a tube into
the birds throat this communicates, by
means of long flexible pipe, with reser-
voir which contains the mess, and by force
the desired quantity Of food is injected The
mess is liquid, and consists of maize or bar
ley -four and milk. When the girl has fed
one shelf she turns the pivot, and another
shelf comes before her. When the girl has
fed all the fowls on the FIRST floor, machine
elevates her to the second floor, where the
same operation is repeated. When the
chickens are fat enough for market they are
pl'ced in another building, where they pass
"a hours in utter darkness and without food
They are then killed 10 a scientific manner !;
they are closely enveloped so that they are
unable to Autter, and sharp little instru-
ment is introduced into the throat, and they
are bled to death. Chickens fattened in this
way are worth over go cents pound Land
and Water.
, 1869-02-05

CURE FOR CHILBLAINs. The Russians
cure this painful complaint by binding about
the affected parts the rinds of ripe cucumber4
after taking out the seeds, and dry them with
the soft part attached to the rind these
they dry and when they are wanted for use,
they soak them in warm water, and apply as
above The best preventative for chilbIains
in Russia, or any other country, consists in
keeping the feet scrupulously clean, and
protecting them from the wet and cold all
sudden changes of the covering of the feet
should also be avoided.
, 1869-02-05

The SUEz CANAL-The greatest work
of the age, with the exception Of the Pacific
Railroad, is near It's compleTiUu IL 10 %
pected that the Suez Canal will be opened
for vessels of the largest size by the last OF
the present month. General Darling, OF
New York. who lately visited the canal,
speaks of the enterprise with admiration, and
regards it as certain to be successful: The
depth of the canal is &c feet; its width from
80 to 300 feet its cost about S3O, ,OOO'OOO
and it will shorten the navigation between
Europe and India BY about one half. Much
of the excavation has been done BY maehln'
ery, and where heavy masonry has been
needed to guard the canal against the intaI
of sand from the Mediterranean, ARTIFICIAL
stone has been manufactured for the purpose
out of sand and hydraulic lime. About ~
600 Europeans have been employed on the
work, aud a large number of Arabs have
worked irregularly. The canal belongs to a
French Joint stock company, and its eOnstruc
ton is due to the genius, energy and persist
euce of NJ. Ferdinand de LessePs, grand
son of Lafayette In connection with .9e
Pacific Railroad, it will revOlutloOlEe the
carrying trade of the world.
, 1869-02-05

j to order and on reasonable terms. Ordors for
~ of the following articles will be promptly filed:
BOOKS, BLANK oHEoKs
PAMPHLETS, NOTES OF HAND,
HANDBILLs, ORDER BOOKS,
BALL TICKETS, STEAMBOAT BILLS,
CIRCULARS, STEAMBOAT CARDS,
Invitations, Bills of LadIng,
BUSINESS CARDS, CERTIFICATES,
BILLHEADs, SHOW BILLS,
CoEoERT BILLS, CHECK BOOKS,
PROGRAMMES, BLK RECEIPTS,
ADDRESS CARDS, DRAFTS,
BLANKs or ALL KINDS.
~ sob Work must be paid for before being taken
from the Office.
, 1869-02-05

To KEEP Worms From DRIED FRUIT.-
One of our exchanges advises that dried
fruit be put 10 common muslin bags, with
little sassafras bark scattered through-a
handful Of bark to bushel Of fruit-and
states that no worms will trouble it.
, 1869-02-05

L HAVE the most effective eye-water here
that you ever saw, said peddIer to al old
farmer. No, you hain't,' responded the
farmer; faint halfso effective as a woman's
tears, and I've seen lots of them They
beat all the eye waller you've got in your
pack
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Two gentlemen, noted for their foudness
the different hotels. One observed mat al
his hotel he had tea so strong it was neces'
ssry to confne it in an iron vessel. AT
mine, said the other, it is made so weak it
has not strength TO run out of the tea pot ;
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IMPORTANT TO ELDERLY LADIES "A
keen observer of human nature and human
countenauces says that the woman looks
Oldest who tries the hardest to conceai ner
age; and that if she refuses to let her age
appear upon her tongue, it will be certain 10
sho1 itself upon her facs.
, 1869-02-05

To CLEAN GLASS Common newspaper
is one Of The best articles The chemical
operation Of some ingredient of the printing
ink gives it a beautiful polish Slightly
mOisten piece Of paper, roll it up and rub
the glass, aDd then take dry, soft piece and
repeat the process. No liut will remain, as
in the case Of using cloth.
, 1869-02-05

FARMS in Arkansas sell at from three to
6vecents an acre. An Arkansas paper says
lha dirt is such drug in that State, that il
purchaser does not look out, they II snug
SlsfOrty or fifty extra acres on him IN maxi
ingout the deed.
, 1869-02-05

A FELLOW in an obliVioos state took up
his lodgings 90 the sidewalk. he woke
next morning and Strengthened himself up,
looked on the ground upon which he had
made his couch, and said, We'll, if | had a
nickax I would make up my bed
, 1869-02-05

A PoAoHER having been caught and ar
rested, aud taken before a magistrate. by
whom he vas asked the usual questions as to
name, age, residence, and occupation, re-
piled to the latter, that be was game
kssps1
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To City Subscribers.

On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at so cents a month, pay
s5le to the carrier Those who have paid in advance
will have their papers continued until the time ex-
uirpS
, 1869-02-05


HoLIDAY.'-A holiday may be holiday
without change of air aud the best and
most pleasant holidays are those which come
the most frequently and last the least time.
A vacation, or whatever it may be called,
which extends over several weeks, and takes
a man out of the ordinary sphere Of his
employment, is almost equivalent to an utter
change of life. He begins it with a wrench,
so to speak, and he ends it with wrench.
Toward the latter part of his holiday he
counts the hours that intervene between him
and his work, and be returns to his employ
ment as to a prison. His old habits have
left him, his old haunts are strange. his old
companions strange, his old occupations are
strange and distastefu. He has lost that
pleasant elasticity of mind which be thought,
and his friends told him, was the exhaustion
of overwork and instead ofapplyiDg himself
TO his labor with renewed strength, he is
only conscious of an increased degree Of las>
situde. The relaxation afforded by short oc.
casicnal hOidays-by these few hours snatch
ed without long premeditated design from
an engrossiug employment, and enjoyed
without feeling that when they end, they
will be followed by long aud seemingly
iuterminable period Of dull. unbroken drudN
gerry, is far more invigorating than the effect
produced on The human system by the long
est period of repose. In one case the hOli,
day sets With the promise that another will
rise to. morrow; in another case its sets with
no promise but with much gloom Common
Sense Papers' in GasseLEs Maqaztne.
, 1869-02-05

To DO UP SHIRT BosOMs.- is a
receipt worthy of preservation in every
family: Take two ounces of fine white gum
arabic powder, put it into pitcher, and
pour on a pint or more Of water, and then,
having covered it, let it stand all night.
In the morning pour it carefully from the
dregs into a clean bottle. cork it and keep it
for use. A tablespoonful of gum water stir
red in a pint of starch made in the usual
manner, will give to lawn, either white or
printed, look of newness, when nothing
else can restore them, after they have been
washed.
, 1869-02-05

SMALL MEANs.-The power of money is
on the whole over estimated The greatest
things which have been done for the world
have not been accomplished by rich men, or
by subscription lists, but by men generally
ofsmsll pecuuiary means. The greater think.
ers, discoverers, inventors, and artists, Jhave
been men of moderate wealth, many of them
little raised above the condition of manual
laborers, in point of worldly circumstances.
And it will always be so. Riches are ofteur
er an impedimeu than a stimulous to action !;
and in many cases they are quite as much
misfortune as a blessing. The youth who
iuherits wealth is apt to have life made too
easy for him, and he soon grows sated with
it, because he has nothing left to desire.
Having no special object to struggle for, he
finds time heavy on his hands remains NOR.
ally and mentally asleep and his position in
society is often no higher than that of a
polypus over which the tide floats -Er.
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The enormous enterprise Of piercing the
Alps with tunnel is said to be three is said
to be throe parts finished. The Mont Gents
tunuel, which is to be seven and half miles
in length, was commenced 10 November 1860.
It's entrance on the side Of France is 3,946
feet above the level Of the sea, near the little
village Of Fourneau. On the side Of Italy
the entrsnco is in deep valley at BardO>
neche, 1880 feet above the sea level, there
being thus a difference OF level Of 434 feet.
1t is stated, however, that the tunnel will
actually rise 445 feet above the level Of the
French end, attaining this height at dis
tance Of about four miles from that extrem-
ityS in the remaining three and three quarter
miles there will be fall Of only ten feet, so
that this part Of the line will be practically
level. The labors connected with the pre-
paratory works are said to have been very
] remarkable and extensive, embracing the
construction Of new aud solid roads, bridges,
canals, magazines, workshops, forges, furna.
ees and machinery, residences for the men
and Offices for the engineers. The rocks
through which the excavations for the tunnel
are made are said to be very difficult to work.
They are not uniform in texture and hard
ness, but consist iD large part Of crystalized
oalcarious shist, much broken and contorted,
through which run, in every direction, large
masses Of pure quartz, so that it has often
happened that the ureddal resistance offered
to the perforators has resulted in injury to
the chises. Another Immense difficulty has
been connected with the absolute necessity
that the perforating processes carried on from
the two ends should be directed with the
most perfect accuracy, condition the nom
observance of which in the case of such a
long tunnel as the Mont Gents would have
been fatal to the success of the work. Hence
it was necessary to survey the intermediate
country before The work began and, accord
ing to the narrative of the initial labors, " to
prepare accurate plaus and sections for the
determination of the levels, to FIX the axis
Of the tunnel, and to set it out on the
mountain top; to erect observatories and |
guiding signals solid, substantial and true"
This difficulty involved the necessity of
climbing over the rocks, ravlnes and preci, |
pices of the rugged Alpine range, amid tenn
pests Of rain, sleet aud driving snow. The
survey, however, was completed with such |
success that the greatest deviation from ex-
actitude was less than a single foot for the
whole length Of seven and half miles.
The tunnel is said by the latest advices to
be steadily advancing, DO less than S,95s |
metres of 1920 melres (the whole length
of the tunneD having been completed. 1t
is hoped that the remaining 3,26l metres
will be completed early in the year 1871.
OF all the triumphs of art over nature this
will be the most daring and sinnendous.
, 1869-02-05

4 The greatest draw back to ones comfort
iS said % be blister iah
, 1869-02-05

RUSSIAN CRUELTY In POLAND.-Russian
presevcres with het Russia6cation of Poland.
The other day Smith, who had established
new Gretna Green at SOfpol, marrying
such couples as would not submit to the
solemoization of their union in Russia, was
sent to Siberia, while the men he had tnar>
ried we're enrolled into the army and the
marriages we're declared illegal In like
manner baptisms of children bad to be en-
forced with armed authority since the peas,
ants do not believe in the efficacy of the acts
when accompanied with the Russian words.
The Catholic inhabitants of the Gordon and
Kovno districts are now escorted to chnrch
by the soldiery and the police; they refuse
to go on their own accord. objecting to the
new language introduced into the worship.
, 1869-02-05

EDITOR AND Proprietor.
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rTERMs INVARIABLY IN ADvAEcE.U
RATES OF INSCRIPTION I:

RATES or SUBSCRIPTION:
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single CoPIss.. .......'.''............. Is
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Rates of Advertising.
1ne square en liues or less) four insertions $500
For each additional insertion. n..............., loo
0ne square per year. ....................3 5000
Two squares or more per square. .20OO
talf yearly per square. lo.OO
Advertisements Of one-fourth Of a column or more
will be inserted by special contract.
ySr To insure insertion, Advertisements must be
handed in as early as Thursday; and the number Of
Insertions desired should be noted on the margin,
otherwise they will be continued until forbidden.
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U. s. oMOial Paper for the Territory.

Office Statesman. Building, Third Street.
, 1869-02-05
2Ealla Hjalla Statesman.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EvESISs, BY
WILLIAM H. NEWELL
,,,-op ANn PRoPRtKron
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10
Chasing a Hat.

THE most absurd sight in the world,
next to man with bandbox trying to
engineer an umbrella down a crowded
street in windy day, is the spectacle a
man presents in chasing his hat in similar
weather. The fun is enhanced if it hap
pens to be raining q little. You see, a
portly individual bearing down the street,
serenely unconscious of such trit1es as
head winds and cross seas from overflow
ing cutters. Suddenly his shiny black top
gear tits back, he clasps one hand on his
head, then reaches automatically with both,
breaches to-. comes before the wind and
bears, away in chase. Just before him the
tantalizing thing skips along as if bent on
enjoying its newly acquired liberty. He
pauses as it whirls under the imminent
wheel of a passing omnibus. lurches after
it again with new energy, makes desperate
grabs which bring up handfuls of mud
and seems on the point of success, when
up it goes, clears lamp post and comes
downIin puddle. At last then He
moves on it cautiously and tries toAank it,
Pretends not to see it, and makes a dig
sideways at it. Not much. Up the street
again like mad, and now, losing all pa
thence, he goes for it vigorously, and by
getting his foot on it,. and MASKING it out
of all shape, finally picks up the wrecked
and dirty thing, clasps it VIGOROUSLY on
his head, and sails away with an air OF
triumph. '''''. q. ' ... ...' MARK TWAIN
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10
Dressed Hogs.

At a meeting of the Delaware Ohlo)
Farmers Club, the subject of slaughter
ing and dressing hogs was discussed, as
well as the curing of pork. It was RECON- 81
mended that. thes hog, should be laid 70 on
the back !; that the party butcherlng should
stand over the hog, left hand on nose,
edge Of the knife toward the hog; cut
both arteries. three inches sufficient, Ave
better, the main thing BENG to bleed well.
Scald as soon as killed-tWQ hogs to one
kettle of water; blood is .good, test t,.- Tor
the water; If too hot il curdles the blood ;
water should be Soft. it, hard throw in
some ashes ;,;some prefer plneitar o.. resin.
Throw a bucket of cold water over the
hog as soon as scalded-7itl closes the1poreS
and whitens the skin. When hung up,
wash, ,scrape upwards wash again, and
wipe with cloth !; should be thoroughly
washed, scraped and wiped 5, heart or liver
should never be cut, in the h9g; take en-
trails out to jugular7 vein, then take Ia the
vein, heart and liver out, .i.y,3o ,,a. ,cz ,,.I
The. pork should be, slightly sailed. for
two or three days, skin down, and then
turned and covered with salt; put in brine
for thirty days for medium sized ham ;
brine should be preserved, old brine, the
best, but should be boiled and SKINNED
before used salt should be well rubbed in ;
coarse salt the best, not safe to use salt IN
the bottom of the barrel after having stood
for same time; eight pounds salt, five
pounds sugar, and one fourth pound salt
peter to- 100 pounds meat is the Best recipe
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10
The True Story of Butler and the
Twiggs Swords.

GEN. J. M. SHAFFER, who was chief
quartermaster in the Army of the Gulf
during Buffers administration at New Or
leans, makes the following statement in
the New York Tribune: ~ &.t.f..
1t was my good fortune and privilege
to be assigned to the staff of Gen. Butler
whom l had never met before-by the
War Department, and am thus enabled
to speak from an official and personal ac-
quaintance, with the facts. Gen. Butler
and his staff did take possession of Gen.
Twiggs house., and for a brief period
lived IN it, until more convenient quarters
could be obtained. Upon taking posses
sion a correct and complete inventory of all
effects and valuables belonging to the alb
sconding traitor Twiggs was taken by or
der OF Gen. Butler, and the property
boxed up to await the action of the gov
Aernment., An ,inventoryof the furniture
OF the house, as well as that of all other
abandoned houses, was made by the Pro
vOst Marshal, who was held responsible for
its safe keeping. That was the course
pursued toward the. property of all de-
scription abandoned by rebel owners. No
other property of any Kind was ever seized,
to my knowledge. When Gen. Butler
was relieved he requested Gen. Banks to
detail an officer to examine and make an
inventory OF dN the plate which fell into
our hands by taking possession of aban-
doned houses. General Banks promptly
detailed Captain Mcclure, of his personal
staff, to take possession of. and receipt for
this property, and to nay knowledge, when
receipted for, every article on the original
inventory was there Gen. Butler has, and
has always had, this staff officer receipt In
his possession; a certified copy is filed as
the usual voucher in the proper bureau of
the Treasury Department. Every piece
of plate or other property which fell into
the hands of General Butler, while COM
handing the Army of the Gulf, is thus
accounted for, and have no doubt that
Captain Mcclure rendered satisfactory
account of his stewardship to his COM
manding officer, or'to the Government at
Washington. RI ae a III -
"Now for the swords: General Butler,
regarding them as trophies of war suitable
for such action, sent them to Washington.
Congress took charge of them, passed a
resolution consigning one of them to West
Point, to be there reserved as warning to
the cadets of the fate of all traitors, and
voted the other to General Butler This
disposition was not ratified, believe, by
the Senate, owing to the early adjourn
ment OF that body, and the swords have
since remained in the Treasury. General
Butler was solicited by certain parties to
intercede for their restoration, as they are
valusble, and promptly retused~-as he has
consistently done when asked TO taynr
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10
A Lesson i'm Gardening.

In a certain village, there is a young
lawyer who took lessons and degrees ON
the old home farm till he became satisfied
there was an easier way to get the daily
bread of his life, and then went to col
lege. sold Waterville" gave no lessons
in field culture, and our young squire has
always exhibited his approval OF her. len
ity by the general aspect of his garden
--the tares in which, as in days of'old,
got the better of the wheat One morn
ing this summer, a little earlier than he
usually put on his slippers, there was a
ring atthe door, and Bridget ran to answer
1.-THE squire.a at the same moment jumped
into pants and dressing gown. in expecta-
tion of an early client aBIidgetfeturns
{, What is it, Biddy ?'a .r.as i,g.>e
"Ah, he didn't tell me a bit W-and
Biddy grinned wider STILL
But what did he want?" s.1.,i
az don't b'lave he wanted nothin' at all,
sir and Biddy snickered in full Irish
Didn't he. say anything pin a jerk
that led the pious Biddy to fear wicked
word or two would follow, and she hurried
to say in the greenest Emerald. zsi,
she did sure--he did-he said if the
squire wants his weeds to do the best they
can, he better pull them nibbins O. corn
out O the way p Watergi5le M0il. rt,t.0
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10

traitors and rebels Hence tho lawsuit
brought by the woman, Miss Florence,
who is not the niece Of General Twiggs.
The same Provost Marshal who served
on the staff of General Butler conducted
the affairs of that department under Gen
eral Banks, Selling and selling abandoned
and confiscated property, and, | believe,
proved satisfactory to both commanders.
The original statement in. the NewGork
~Esea6ag- Express that General Butler had
been arrested and allowed ito go on his
own parole was conspicuousfy inexact
statement - ....--., ..,fa
T" have made this statement Of the facts
in Justice to Gen. Butler When report
ed to him for duty I had never seen him,
but his effective and splendid administra-
ton of affairs in the Gulf Department
inflexibly Just to the rich Rebel, gener
ously indulgent to the poor Loyalfst-at-
tached me strongly to him, as it did every
member of his staff, most of whom were
regular army officers--a class none to
quick in those days to affiliate with " vol
unteer" Generals. p / have been frequent
" panied at reading the vile and nnjustat-
tacks made upon him bypolitical enemies,
and have often felt like rushing into print
Ito me new and strange feld-to defend
him, but knowing the Generals philor
sophie Indifference to that form of assault
and that his was not nature to be done
todcath by slanderous tongues | feared
he would not thank me. | have done
this without his knowledge, feeling salts
fed In my own mind that however capa-
bic he may be of walking with his head
erect in a cloud of SANDER, an explanation
is due the thousands of his friends
throughout the country, to whom his
name has grown to be tower Of strength.
I do it even at the risk of his displeasure.
I am very truly, your obedient servant.
q 80 Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, Nov.
81, 1869" .'esa q t-.f
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10
NORWAY OATS!

3 Ne farmer;who has not tried them should fail to
Write at once tod, W, Ramsdell. ol7l Lake Street
Chicago fora descriptive circular and price list of
the Norway OATS Containing thopeapdsof endorse
mcnts regatdng hese celebrated oats the sac of
seed ofwfiGfrhe isthe foq proprietor. WBfe sgr1-
nary oats yield 30 bushels to the acre, these yield
81 nf1 aNta 12a eAGMord. to the wise issmtlicentn
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-10

found7thst oit7.out- awayuyeEys fast.llI For
truing an ordinary oil stone f9r SHARPEN ar
ing planes. take a, sheet OF glass paper
Nod2, and layIit.on the ibeneb,o and l'r'lb
your stone on it,; in this aytyeu gan true
the stone in onequarter the u Time y Would
take in the ordihary way; and carpenters
have always, such means at yhano. rive
or ten minutes rubbing Will lound SUI
ficient: Your glass paper oE val n De
spoiled by the Operation. OneeQ0 C0cHHt0r