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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16
Wisconsin Appointments.

The following appointments were made
by the President and confirmed by the
Senate
Hon. B. M. Coates, of Boscobel, as Col
lector of Internal Revenue for this (third)
Congressional District
w. S. Scribner, formerly of Grant
as Secretary of the Territory of Montana
Gen. Beadle, of the Boscobel Journal
as Surveyor General of Dakota.
Hon. G. w. Hazleton, of Columbus
as U. S. Attorney for the District of Wis
consin.
Elk. Gov. Bashford of this State, turns
up as Secretary of Arizona Territory.
Hon. David Noggle, Of GAINESVILLE, as
Chief Justice of Idaho Territory.
Major j. F. Hauser, formerly of the
9th Regiment, and afterwards clerk in the
Adiutant Generals Office is nominated as
Consul to Brindsi.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16
Odd Fellowship.

Some one year ago Lodge of this Or
der was Instituted in this village. The
membership is constantly increasing. Il
has been suggested that it would be vel
to give some items in regard to the Order
and its introduction in the United States.
Whoever regards the Masonic, ODD
Fellow or Good Templar Order simply as
secret society" comes far short OF the
truth. When the principles of any instl-
tution are pure, and worldwide in extent,
and when they manifest themselves in
good works that all who will may see, that
institution is something greater and better
than "secret society" in the accepted
sense of those words. The Order Oh
Odd Fellows is but fifty years old in the
United States, starting at Baltimore with
Washington Lodge No. l, instituted by
THOMAS WlLDEY, who has the credit OF
being the father and founder Of Odd Eel
lowsbip in America. The Grand Lodge OF
tho United States now numbers 100000
contributing members, comprised in $500
Lodges. The rapid growth of the Order
throughout the world is something re-
markable, the various branches numbering
in the aggregate at least two million men
The total revenue Of the Order in the new
world during the past year is near two and
a-half millions, and the disbursements IN
the same time for relieving the wants Of
sick and needy brothers, burying the
dead, assisting the widow, and educating
the orphan, were not far from 100000
The resources of the Order are immense
probably $5o,O00,00O. II Il.
The motto of this organization is
Friendship, Love and TRUTH" and its
ministries are "To visit the sick, relieve
the distressed, to bury the dead, and edu-
cate the orphan" These objects are car
ried out to the fullest extent, which is
shown by the large sum expended in SIN
gle year in afording relief. And this
amount does not include the thousand
little kindnesses which are so grateful to
the recipient, and which are known only
to God and the angels.
Every member is entitled to benefits in
time of illness, and upon his decease his
widow receives stipulated sum. She is
subsequently aided as circumstances may
require, and her children are guarded
with fatherly care. 1t is estimated that
100000 orphans are under the immediate
protection of the Order.
The principles, workings, and teachings
of the institution are in perfect accord
with the Christian religion, and is an inn
portant auxiliary thereto. No religious
test is required, however, farther than a
belief in the Supreme Ruler Of the uni
verse.
Persons desiring to become members
should make their wish known to some one
of the Order, and committee will be ap-
pointed to wait on them, and should they
be admitted they will never regret it.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16

The SPRING ELECTIONS Connecticut
has endorsed Gen. Grants administration,
and the progressive Republican principles
of the age, by electing Jewell Governor by
a fair majority in closely-contested, hard
fought canvass, and a Legislature with a
Republican majority of forty on the joint
ballot.
Little Rhode Island wheels into line
with majority of 1896 for Gov. Paddi-
ford. The Senate will be 26 Republicans |;
Democrats. House-60 Republicans !;
IL Democrats.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16
1910. sEMI-cENrENNIAL ANNIVERSARY 1869.
of the introduction of
ODD FELLOWSHIP
in THE SlSlraD Srarrs
.ofonday, ,fprl 26iA, II. d. 1869.

The Dodgeville Lodge No. 147, I.O.O.F.'
will celebrate the above anniversary by q
grand Festival, to which the wives and
friends of members will be invited. 1t is
thought that speeches, music, &C., will be
on the programme, and preparations are
being made for good time that will be
1onp remembered.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16

DE~ The common council of New York,
have passed resolutions of sympathy with
the Cuban insurgents, and it is reported
that well-armed vessel has just sailed
from that port for the purpose of aiding
them in their attempt to shake off the
yoke of Spain; also that another vessel
has sailed from southern port with the
same destination and object.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16

W"A citizen of Indiana who had the
experience of eight wives, says that divor-
ce' are much cheaper than funerals as a
Way ofdisposing of an uncongenial partner.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-16
Religious Intelligence.
WISCONSIN.

WISCONSIN.
There is some special religious inter.
est in Westield
Rev. Geo. Spaulding, of Eau Claire,
has recently received $500 from his people
as token of their esteem.
The Oakfield Congregational church,
which has been dormant for five years,
has been recently revived, receiving twelve
to its membership, two Of them on profess
sion.
The Appleton Congregational church
are charging their house Of worship by
one hundred and fifty sittings, and will
introduce an organ also.
Rev. E. W. Cook has closed his labors
at Stockbridge, having received an ap-
pointment under the Home Missionary
Society to North Platte, Neb., where there
is now no church organization.
Rev. j. D. Potter was at Whitewater
week before last, with 40 inquirers on
Thursday evening. and 100 on the last
evening of his meeting. Many interesting
cases of strong men and honorable
women bowling to the Great King are
reported.
"A ministerIin Marquette county works
through the week at secular calling,
walks ten miles on the Sabbath, and
breaches twice to the edification Of the
people, receiving as salary only the volun-
tary gifts of his hearers.
Rev. Samuel Morrison, who has been
supplying at prescott for six months past,
has bought small farm near Prescott, to
which he will soon remove. Outdoor
labor and entire cessation from mental
effort has become his last resort for recov-
eripg his failing health.
MISCELLANEOUS.
What is it that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ proposes? Not merely to reconcile
men to God the All Holy. Reconciliation
is only the laying of a foundation, on
which goodlystructure must afterward be
built with care and pains. Be we there
fore perfect; even as your Father in Heaven
is perfect, said the Master Himself; and
Paul, with more ample specification, wrote:
Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are
Just, whatsoever things are pure, what
soever things are lovely;;f their be any
virtue, and if their be any praise-any-
thing virtuous and praiseworthy, as if to
cover every conceivable excellence-think
on these things. A salvation would be
altogether incomplete that did not both re-
store humanity to moral health and beauty
and move it to the exalted activities for
which it was originally designed by God.
Ray Palmer, in the NeO York Indepen'
dent.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

BUCKWHEAT.

We think the value of buckwheat
as a farm crOp is not properly appre-
ciated in this part of the country.
Many object to il because they say.
il spreads over the farm and becomes
a nuisance. But the farmer who does
his work promptly and thoroughly,
will have no trouble on this score.
Some adopt the plan of thrashing it
on the ground where it grows, carry
ing only the grain away, but burning
the straw. There is no need of such
precautiOn, for If the threshing is
done in the barn, and some of the
grains scattered, the hens will find
most of them. But if some of the
seed should be carried i'm the manure,
and scattered V the farm, it will.
germinate directly, and is as easily
killed as any other plant or weed. We.
know a farmer in Illinois who raises.
much of it every year; and as soon as
the ground is in order to be worked in.
the spring, he goes over his last years
buckwheat field with the cultivatOr,
or heavy harrow, thus covering the.
seed so that it will sprout, and when.
he gets ready to plant corn or potatoes,
he plOws it under, and has no more.
trouble with il.
One advantage of this crop is, that
IL may be sOwn after most other crops
are put in. In this latitude IL may be
sOwn any time between the first and
twentieth of July. We once sOwed
some on. the ninth of July, in the
north part of this State, and had a fine
crop.
Sometimes, owing to sickness, con-
tinued wet weather, or sOn.e unforeseen
event, even the best farmers fail of
planting in season all the ground they
had intended to plant, some field or
small patch is still living idle. Buck
wheat may be sOwn there, and even if
the ground is not rich, a fair crop may
be expected.
There is probably no crop that leaves
the soil so light and mellow as buck
wheat, and hence one of the benefits
of sowing IL on stiff clay soil asa prep
aratiOn for corn. Nor is there any
crop that will so thoroughly smother
and kill out weeds. 1t comes up very
quick, and its leaves being large shade
the ground so that nothing can grow
under them.
After taking off a crop Of hay the
ground may be plowed and sOwn to
buckwheat; or old pasture ground.
may be treated in the same way, and
it will be in better condition for corn.
the next year, than il would have been
if il had been plOwed and laid idle
during the summer and fall. When
chopped or ground coarsely, it is
among the very best articles of feed
for mich cows and horses, and per-
haps for hogs. All kinds Of poultry
are fond of il. And who ever heard
Of the man, woman, or child that did
not like buckwheat cakes when prop
erly made?
If the ground is in good condition,
S that all the seeds will be covered,
about twenty quarts is enough to seed
an acre; but If the ground is clOddy
and rough, a bushel may be none too
much.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
Annie Worms,

E--L ...
We Gull the following facts concern
ing these intOlerable pests, from the
american chronological: It has long
been known that, by placing an old
cloth, or any thing of that nature, in
the crotch Of an apple tree, the apple
worms may be decoyed into building
their cOcOons underneath it, and thus
be destroyed wholesale. Dr.. Trimble's
method, which amounts to the same
thing, and has been found 70 be prae-
tically very beneficial, is to fasten two
or three turns of a hay band round
the trunk Of the ~apple-tree. and every
few DAYS, from the middle Of July to
the middle ofSeptember, to slip the
hay band up and destroy the cocoons
that have from time to time been
formed on the bark underneath it.
AL authors are agreed as to the
practical Importance Of picking up
and destroying the wOrmy apples as
fast as they fall, either by hog power,
or, when that is inoOnyeniOnt and i'm
| practicable, Gby- man, power. The
practical utility of allowing a gang of
hogs the range of the apple orchard
throughout the summer is undOubted.
When we consider that every female
moth that matches out in July or Au-
gust, from the first brood of apple
worms, will probably deposite, an egg
in some two or three htndred nearly
matured apples, thereby rendering
them more or less unstable, the inn
portance of destroying the wOrmy
wind-falls-in the fore part of the
season at all events Becomes at once
apparent. EE. kE
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

OLD TREEs.-There is an interest i'm
old trees which seems TO be a never
falling topic of discussion. The oldest
tree or the biggest tree i'm any country
is sure 70 have a reputation hardly
equaled by any other local curiosity.
Old people, too, love to talk about
these familiar topics, and their chill
dren after them repeat with pleasure
the queer old stories and ideas about
the ''Old tree" which still live, while
every n else grows old and drops
away Forgotten. Here is a practical
argument TO the young and of the
present generation TO plant trees for
all futurity. They may fall from the
ranks Of life 40 any time, but the trees
they plant bear their names on for
years with many a precious memory.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

To Measure LAND.-To find the
area of a square or OblOng piece Of
land, measure the length and breadth
in rod (I64 feet; multiply the two to-
gether, and divide the product by 100,
which VIII give the number Of acres
in the lot. If the shapes of the landbe.
triangular, with one corner square, TO.
use a common expression, proceed as
above, and take One-half the product
as the ares of the triangle. In meas
uring irregular fields, divide thespace
into parallelograms and triangles, as
certain the area of each, and the sum
Of the whole will give the total area.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
ter from Ch0yyes WOOUey, one of me OlIest Uine
TuFdi@ 0g Lhg State.
VINEYARD POINT, Ulster Co., y. v
May 10, 1865.

--Ng Af A'Ns
NessrS. Ferris e CuyJCOOd.
DEAE SIRS: Yours Of the 18th ] am IN receipt OF
in which yOu ask il / have any objections to sending
you, for publication. the facts I am acquainted with
ia relation to the character OF tile Ud0sr Grape. J
have never indorsed the character or usefulness OF
vines, or Otherarticies Ofany description, and would
not at my present stage OF lie were 10 not for two
reasons which seem sufficient. First, know the
Halter Grape Will meet the prejudices widespread
throughout the country, caused by the wOrthleSsness
In most localities Of many o. It's predecessors. see
OlG. because [ can say from personal observation
that the UdNCT Is the best variety 1 have had any
knowledge Of. and / think ! have cultivated nearly
al that have been recommended, diaCarding them
all and falling back upon the Concord and Hartford
Prolific as vineyard varieties. I am interested IL
knowing that the fruit OftGe WdNeT grows larger
each year as the vine grows older, BENG last year
July Oualhtru larger Than II was Two years ago. II
grows well; sells fruit well. have seen il ripe sew
eral times before Hartford. and I nave never seen
any mudew on It's fruit or on its large and thick, but
Delaware shaped foliage. The flavor Of the fruit I
think superior to any other variety. You say in
your circular it is a seeding OF the Delaware and
Diana: 1 think the character of each OF these varie-
ties is quite Oisj.nguishaD!e an the ldHeF, partiCu-
larly thar OF the Delaware. ! aisd think IL would
make a wine OF high character. I have visited 10
In Ulster Co, \. y, in q low valley, whore the ISa-
bella seldom ripenS, and each time il was fully ripe
in August. 1have seen It teach o. the three past sea
sons in POughSerpSie, rpeDin9 1T the same time.
excepting last year, when the constant rains pre-
vented all varieties from maturing Of their usual
time, but il perfected is fruit by the middle of Sep
TENDER. The Taisins Of the last mentioned crop ]
have seen and eaten, which were good. From its
M0dena. and also in the dry siacey position in
P~Oughkeepsie, Think il VIII be well adapted 30 the
varied sections 81 oar country. You may make
whatever use Ofthe5e opinions yOU deem proper.
FERRIS & CA31YzWoOD,
- " NhnrnhlrnnnUfR n v
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08


LIMEONP EACH-TREEs.4 Mr.. Bailey
Of IL Paso, H., writes to the Western
Rural that the application Of lime to
peach-trees is a successful method OF
treatment II saw recently an ar
ticle on lime being injurious to peach
trees. / Will here state an experiment
tried 10y myself on trees last spring,
In our garden there were six trees.
The fruit set nice, but on some the
leaves did not start. | thought there.
was something wrong; on eXamina-
ton the bOrer was there. l trimmed
off the bark found the insect as des-
cribed in the paper; took air-slacked
lime and put it all aronnd the stem !;
then put back the dirt. The leaves
came out and the peaches got ripe.
The trees look well. Those where /
didn't put lime died.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

The following plan, to break a bot
tie or jar acros its circumference, so
as to form a battery cup, or vessel for
other purposes, may be of some SER
vice to our readers. Ihave performed
the operation successfully many times.
Place the bottle i'm q vessel of water,
TO the highth where it is designed to
break it; also, fill the bottle To the
same height. Now pour coal oil in
side and out on the water; cut a ring
of paper, fitting the bottle. Saturate
with alcohol or benzine, so that il
touches the oil. Pour also, some in
side the bottle. Set on fire; the cold
water prevents the glass from heating
below its surface, while the expansion
caused by the heat will cause the yes
sci to break on the water-line.-ScieR-
tifc american.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
Women as

At the annual meeting Ofthe North
western DaiTymen's Association, held
I'm Elgin, ILL.,, OH the 9th and 10th of
February, the Hon. K. A. Willard, of
Herkimer county, y. V, made an adj
dress Of marked ability, from which
we extract the following:
Mr.. Willard said he did not mean to
advocate female field labor, such-a as is
known among the lower classes in
Europe, nor would he abridge one iOta
any female accomplishment; but he
could see no objection to any mans
daughter or sister taking her seat Oc-
casiOnally on the moving machine,
the hay tedder, the wheel-rake, the
sulky pillow, or cultivatOr, or in the di-
rectiOn of some light farm machinery,
where she can gain strength and
health in the open air. He was con
fdent women enjoy such things, and
are much happier, stronger, and bet
ter, if they are taught that such work
is-not unwOmanly, andthe knowledge
gained would be of immense service
III after life, in assisting the father,
brother or husband, with suggestions
and advice. In their education we
do not give girls a fair chance i'm
the race Of life. The majority of
American boys and girls do not like
60 make a choice of farming as a live
lihOod. The farmers educated daugh-
tiers of to-day prefer the town or city,
and have little sympathy fOrthe farm
and If they marry a farmer, often
urge him 70 abandon the business for
something more genteel. In England
they have better tastes, where their
women have more fondness for cOun-
try life than ours. A well-bred Eng
Iish woman seems to take pride in the
knowledge of business suitable to her
station. Lady Pigott, TIE wife of Sir
Robert PigOtt, has one Of the most
noted herds of shOrt-hOYns i'm Eng
land. She has made It both a source
of profit and reputation. Ahigh bred
American woman can hardly under
stand such ataste, and regards il with
intolerable disgust. He did not care
to discuss this question. He only
asked that tanners try in some way to
make farming pleasant and interest
ing to wives-and daughters, that the
farm may have their sympathy and
influence, for without such help it is
hard 20 make farming successful.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
Wh0 will Help Fence the Fair
Grounds

our County Fair Ground ought to.
be fenced by the time the next Fair
Is held. 1t can be done by a little eff
fort. Lumber and labor will do it.
The Agricultural Department of the
Advertiser will give fifty dollars in
lumber and labor. Let all who wish
to have this job done, and who will
contribute in any way to accomplish
it, make II known Immediately.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
PIant Choioe Fruits.

NOW is THE TIME TO ORDER.
IN I VIII send fine SALEM GRAPES by
mail for 81 each. Rogers 1, Is, 70. at Ec each. KIT
tatinny and Wilson'S Lazy BlSckberries at 81 per
dozen, by NAH. Clark Raspberry. 81 per dOz.
Philadelphia Go, g CO per do@en, al by mail.
viii deliver the foliOW;ngat Express Office, prop
erly packed. atthe following prices: Concord Grapes
S. and SO per hundred. DeiaWs Diana. CreVel-
ing and ives Seedling, SIS per hundred. Salem
Grapes at So, so and SO per hundred. Rogers !, Is,
and 10 ct Sn per hundred. Fine Roses ct $50 per
dozen. Marshal Eeii Rose (by maiD TJs each.
Address JOHN CHARLTON.
nqTv E".nr-~ nrrh1erap y Y
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
saccharine rests for wine.

AT the National saccharine Test for Wine, at
Hammondsport, N. y, Oct. 18th, 1863, the CotdiC6U
stood in saccharine matter 9l-Hahr @-Iond 1O1-
DstDrCTe los This test was made with Il ounces OF
the Waiter, somewhat frozen, to p ounceso Of each OF
the other varieties.
Next morning the superintendent, Clerk. and one
Of the Directors OF the Pleasant Valley Wine Co.
the parties who conducted the test the day before
to satisfy themselves OF the merits OF the walter
by an equal trial, tested IL ounces Of Iona from the
same lot that were used the day before, and the
saccharOmeter stood at 91-the Walter beating its.
Had Il ounces Of the Delaware and CataWba been
pressed eQuaily hard with the Waiter, their skins
and centres being acid, the Delaware would have
stood lower and the Catawba propOrtiOnably below
the a AL the other varieties ranged much
lower than those enumerated above.
There had been constant rains and damp weather
n the section where the TGUeTg rew-itS c0mpetit.
ors growing ct HammOndSport and along the lakes
where there had been but little rain during the sea
son-dry soil and weather being necessary for the
perfect sWeeteningO OF grapes.
y committee o. the American Institute Farmers
Cub, in a report OF SEPT. -, 1855, printed IN the
New York Semi-Weekiy TribuneO Sept. 18th, aftel
speaking of the qualities o. the Udyeg', say: I'VE
conclude the UGlisT VIII be a valuable grape in the
grape regions OF the upper Mississippi, on me shore,
OF Lake Erie. in western New York, on the slate
soils of western Pennsylvania, and wherever else
native grapes are successfully grown
/ Letter from Charles UOONpV one AZ The oldest zine
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

PIONEERING SHRUBBERY. - Every
one acquainted with the subject has
his preferences or rather fancy, as to
the towering shrubs. But there is a
group of them which, by universal
consent, every one admires and desires
to see upon his premises. Among
them are the following: The several
Spirseas, especially Reevesii and Pru-
n%ifOlia, Deutzias, Forsythia, Colutea,
Wiegelea, SNOWFALL, PhiladelphUs
Coronatus, Pyrus ~JapOnica, Double
Towering Chinese Apple, Magnolia,
SoulangeaDi, Magnolia Gonspcua,
Mist tree, Persian Lilac, EnOnymus,
Floweriug Almond, DOuble-AOwering
Peach, etc.
There are numerous others which,
when carefully cultivated, are very
pretty and add much, to the %fiOricul-
tural appearance of the premises; but
each one will find out for himself as
he progresses in his improvements,
and7hi Ii knowledge becomes more eX-
banded i'm Horticulture, what to add to
the collection, as his taste may dictate,
Ger. Telegraph.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

PLANTS FOR A SHADY SITUATION.
There are in city gardens Or in the
country, on the north side Of houses,
many shady situations which the sun
can not reach, and where very few
plants will grow. Our best recon-
mendatiOn is to try ferns. These are
by nature lovers Of a cold climate and
temperature, and by a judicious ar
rangement many pleasing combina-
tiOns and effects can be produced. We
give here a list of some of the shrubs
that will succeed well
Aucuba Japonica, Berberis AquifOl-
ium, B. Repens, and b. Drawinii,
Box, common and ~variegated HOllies,
common Laurel, COtOneaster Micro
phylla, Privet, RhOdOdendOrn Pom
ticum, st. Johns Wort, Spurge LaU-
rel, SnOwberry Ivy for the walls, and
Periwinkle where nothing else will
grow.
The common Yew, Alexandrian
Laurel, and the common Butchers
Broom comprise nearly all the best
plants. Ferns will always be found
very suitable, and will be fair more
successful than shrubs.