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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
Preservation of Harness and Carriages.

A LARGE portion of those who own har-
ness and carriages, either through ignor-
auce or carelessness, pay so little attention
to their preservation, that in few months
they generally look soiled and DID, If prop
er care is taken, this may De avoided The
principal difficulty results from allowing
the mud to remain on for long time or
from the manner in washing it off, and we
will give few hints about keeping har.
ness and carriages in good order.
Those who have the care of harness
need not be troubled to prevent it from
getting wet, for leather, if in good condi-
ton, is seldom injured by water. Care
should be taken however to hang up the
harness, and not allow it to be thrown into
heap on the floor, to lie and mould. in
stead of drying If
The leather should be kept fairly oiled,
but the harness should first be taken apart
and washed with soft water, and the oil
may be rubbed in while the leather is
moist, care being taken that the applica.
ton is thoroughly made. For this pur
pose neats-foot Oil is considered the best.
If the harness also needs backing, little
lamp black should be added to the oil,
and the rubbing should be continued until
a white cloth may be used in wiping off
the harness without being soiled. Leath-
er varnish should never be used on har-
ness. In cleaning the plating, rotten
stone or whiting may be used, but gener-
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28

ally an occasional rubbing off with a
wooden cloth will be all that is necessary.
The first thing to remember in cleaning
a carriage is that the mud which may
accumulate is not to be taken off by rub
bling; if it is dry, land it should never be
allowed to become so if it is possible to
prevent IT'D soak it well and let it get soft,
so that by throwing on water it will run
off. After the carriage has been thus
thoroughly rinsed off, and the corners
cleaned out, the work may be finished
with a pail of clean cold water and good
sponge; if the sponge is not clean 1t Will
be likely to scratch the paint. After wash
ing, piece of channels skin should be
used to rub all the paint and polished
work until it is thoroughly dry. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that no one who
cares at all for nice looking carriage will
ever leave dirt in the corners.
There need be no fear Of washing a
carriage too often if washed every time
it is. run out, and dried well with cham
DIS, there will generally be less trouble
about the cracking of paint. Butthe care
OF carriage does not end with the wash
ing. A suitable room to keep it in is al
ways very important consideration. A
coach house that is not properly ventila
ted, or in damp place, where steam of
any kind passes through it, will, in short
time, furnish the opportunity for destroy
ing the best painted carriage ever made;
In these cases it is too common to attribute
the fault to the painter.-Americ0n Stock
Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28

family in which early rising is not essen
tial, the chickens should have a meal of
cracked corn. Indian meal, wet with wa
ter, generally used, should not be given to
very young chickens. In all subsequent
meals quite enough should be given to
satisfy hunger, bit there should be DO
overplus. We fancy we hear some reader
exclaim, ooh, must we stay and see the
chickens eat their food TO know that they
are satisfied ?" To which we unhesitating-
ly answer. Yesl But this need necessa-
rily entail no loss of time, as if there are
three or more lots all may be fed simulta-
neously; and if there is only one, feeder
who wants to make much of time can
leave and return AT nine a. m the half
fedged chickens may have meal of bar
ley, boiled potatoes mashed with shorts or
corn meal american Stock Journal.
FURs will soon be laid aside for some
eight months, and it is all important that
until that time they should be secured
against moths-their mortal enemy. Furs
are costly, and beautiful as well as useful,
but nothing looks worse than shabby furs,
made so from the destruc i've inroads OF
the moth. The worst thing to be duHe
with furs is to shut them out of sight Fl O..
the air and forget them. The next worse
thing is to put them away damp. Should
they become damp by exposure to the rain
they should be placed no nearer to the fire
than where they will dry slowly. When
the season for their use is over they should
not be shut up in a tight chest, box or
drawer, for more than a few days or week
without being taken out and well shaken.
Putting them in drawer that is frequently
opened is recommended, in order that they
may be frequently seen, and thus be re-
minded of the necessity of attending to
them. To preserve furs perfectly, and
without the least fear of moths, frequent
airing, shaking, and general cleanliness,
together with good supply of camphor,
is the grand pecific-Egchaaage.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
What Is q TOnic2

Bear this in mlnd-that although tonic is, to a
certain extent, stmulant-G StimaIdnt, unn0di-
find By any medicinal substance, Is not tonic, but
DEBILIrANT. In HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BIT
TIERS there is a stimulating element of the purest
grade manufactured in this or any other country.
Every fiery and corrosive oil or acid which con-
teammates the ordinary liquors of commerce, is
expelled from the rye spirit which forms the alco-
holic basis of the BITTERS, by careful and re-
peated rectifcation. The juices of the valuable
roots, banks and herbs, infused into this whole
some product ofthe finest grain, still further mod
ify its nature so tina. it becomes, in fact simple
diffusive agent, minus all the heady and brain ex-
citing properties which belong more or ess, to all
liquors in a raw state. 1t is merely the safe and
harmless vehicle which renders the medicinal vir-
tues of the preparation effectve-increasing their
active power, and diffusing them through the sys-
tenn. Hence the pleasant and gentle glow which
is experienced after taking dose of theBITTERS
Instead of creating headache, as unmedicatcd
stimulants apt to do. this salubrious tonic IL
The best known remedy for that complaint 1t
Gains and sooths cerebral excitement. strengthens
the nerves, promotes the secretion of the gastric
Juice, invigorates the bowels, determines the
fluids to the surface improves the appetite, In
creases the animal vgor, regulates organic action,
and, from it's mild yet effective Alternative quail
ties, is the very best preparation that can be ad
ministered to the weaker sex in the peculiar diff
cultes to which their organization subjects them.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
A Practical Joke. .

A PARTY of ladies concluded, the other
day, to have picnic, or May party. They
decided that the male specimens of
humanity should not be represented. The
poor fellows who were ruled out felt bad
about it. They swore vengeance 1t was
very ungallant in the gentlemen, we will
admit Nevertheless, our duty as truth
full journalists complies us to give the facts.
The ladies were not to be daunted by
threats. "When woman wills she will,
you may depend ont" They made all
necessary arrangements A goodly sup
ply of eatables were procured, and con-
veyance engaged. The day selected for
the picnic was beautiful One The sky
was clear, not cloud was to be seen.
The ladies were about taking there sea It's
in the vehicle which was to convey them
to the picnic grounds, when gentleman,
who lad stopped to see them off, casually
remarked that they had selected danger
GUS place to hold picnic, as there was
band of Indians encamped near Smiths
Ferry, on the Bellevue road. This an
nOuncement shook their courage some
what; but one little vixen, who seemed
to furnish the courage for the entire party,
said that she would 60 there alone; if they
were afraid to accompany her, they might
remain at home. They said that "they
were not afraid to go anywhere" So
crack went the whip and away went the
wagon. A drive of about one hour
brought them to beautiful picnic ground
on the banks of the Mississippi, near
Smiths Ferry. They had not alighted
from the wagon, but were debating the
respective merits of the two camping
grounds situated in the immediate vicinity,
when there arose up, as if coming out of
the ground, dozen Indians, paint, feath-
ers, moccasins, blankets, and ALL The In
dams seized the reins, and by gestures
gave the ladies to understand that they
must leave the wagon and provision with
them. The ladies were very glad to es-
cape with their lives, and willingly start
ed on foot toward home. They had not
proceeded more than three quarters of a
mile when they were intercepted by a
party of their gentlemen friends, to
whome they related their grievances. The
gentlemen gave vent to certain amount
Of coincidence, and then informed the
ladies that they were having picnic, and
had quantity of eatables which they
would be pleased to share with them. The
ladies were escorted to beautiful spot
near the road, where they found table
spread in anticipation of their coming. 1t
was grooming under the weight of the very
goodies of which they had short time
before been despoiled. Their horses stood
near by, under the trees, composedly brush
| ing away the flies, and strewn about on
| the grass were blankets and feathers, ETC.
l-GdIena (IJ) Gazette.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
General Grants Income.

Several of the so-called Democratic pa.
pers of the baser sort are insinuating that
General Grant made a false income re-
turn when he returned to the Assessor OF
the Washington District only 1856 for
1868, when, it is alleged, his military salary
amounts to nearly $4,000 year. But
these very smart sheets overlooked the fact
that the Income tax of five per cent. is de
Quoted from the salaries of all officers OF
the Government, whether military or civil,
when the salary is drawn. And it is well
known that, outside of his salary, General
Grant has very little income. The 1856,
PROFESSIONALLY, esactly represents every
cent of his "outsade income, after MAX
ing the deductions which the law allows.
The Copperhead papers, Notwithstanding
this explanation, will not retract their base
insinuation-not they. They prefer that
their readers should continue to believe
that General Grant cheated the Govern
ment in making his income return.-CM
cGQO Tribune
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
The Economical Democracy.

WE beg our readers through the coun-
try who are disposed to think that the ex-
travagance of the Republican party is so
prodigious, to remark the economies of
the Democratic party as illustrated in the
State of New York.
The annual tax levies for the city and
county of New York, which were not only
generous but enormous, were submitted to
the Legislature, and they were carefully
revised before their passage The Assem-
bly,, or Lower House, Is nominally Re-
publican; but the majority has been con-
stautly overcome by the skill of the Tam
many leaders. At the last moment Mr.
A. B. Hodges, of Brooklyn, a member
elected as Republican, introduced sub
stitute increasing the amount of the city
leyies by some three millions of dollars,
and the county levies by similar sum.
After a vigorous protest from eminent
Republicans in the House this infamous
bill was passed, and eUery Democrat in the
House, every member Of the party that IS
constantly deaeouncing the horrible oppres-
mon of tardtsOn, goted to increase the tares
aaearlv sir millions Of dollars! Twenty
Republicans voted with them, and secured
the passage of the bill i; but the opposition
was all Republican.
We again remind our readers that when
thew hear the Republican Legislature of
1869 denounced as the most venal that
ever disgraced the State, they are to re-
member that of the seventy-two Republi-
cans voting fifty-two voted against this
browning iniquity and twenty for it,
while every Democrat voting-forty eight
in number - voted for it. - Harper's
WeekJg
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
Statesmen.

THE Chicago Tribune insists that states
men must do the work of statesmen. In
doubtedly; but it is only by doing his
work that a state sman reveals himself
Are there number of ready made and
acknowledged Statesmen" from whom
the President is 10 select Cabinet?
What is statesman During the cam
paign the Democratic papers were con-
stantly contrasting Mr.. Seymour, as what
they called ga statesman" with General
Grant. But what was Mr.. Seymour's
craftsmanship? Nothing but the most
seryile devotion to the political policy OF
slavery. He had been in political life for
a quarter of century. He was familiar
with our political history. He was fluent
public speaker He was skillful party
manager, as his own nomination last July
sufficiently proved. All these gifts, such
as they were this American politician de-
voted to the perpetuity of human slavery
in this country. He was solemnly called
statesman, and at the beginning of the
war professed his willingness to sacrifice
the Union to slavery. He was still called
statesman, and at the end OF the war
he was the Presidential candidate OF
rebels and repudiators. There are great
many people who still seriously sup
pose that a man who 80 totally mis-
understood the character of his country
men and the political tendency OF the
times, whose long political career is asso-
cated with no generous purpose or no
BILE sentiment, is a statesman. 1t shows
how curiously misunderstood the word is.
So when Mr.. Lincoln was elected Presi-
dent, there was shout of contempt at
the "third-rate Illinois lawyer" "Why,"
it was demanded, "why can't we have
Statesman, at least" After the illustri-
Gus administrations of statesmen like Blu
chanan, Pierce, Fillmore and Polk, as
sisted by other statesmen like John B.
Floyd, Toucey, Howell Cobb, Jefferson
Davis, Jacob Thompson, ct cetera, it was
intolerable that the country should fall
under the administration of boor and q
joker. We have lived to see the boor, and
the Joker, and the third rate Illinois law
yer hOnored and beloved as ruler with
Washington.
Statesmen must indeed do the work of
statesmen-but who are statesmen? 1t is
fine and imposing word; to whom does
it apply in this country? How many are
there upon whom we all should agree as
statesmen? Meanwhile, is it not quite as
well for "a great and progressive govern
ment" that its administration should be
in the hands of sagacious, honest, capable
men, in full sympathy with the best
American principles? With such the
President has surrounded himself; and
thus far, whether their names were as
familiar, for instance, as those Of some
members of Congress or not, they have
neither discredited themselves, the Presi-
dent, nor the country.-Harpsr's Weekly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
Liquid Manure.

"a VIM. t. RAND gives an interesting &C.
count OF experiments with liquid manure
in recently published Report of the
Commissioner of Agriculture. He leached
soap suds and house-slops of every kind
through fresh barn-yard manure, and ap-
piled the liquid thus obtained to the soil
In his dollhouse, and it increased the
temperature and improved the growth OF
his flowers and plants to such degree,
that it seemed the work of magic.
BY adding one bushel of fresh wood
ashes to ten of stable manure, and leach
ing soap suds, ETC., through it, he found
the alkai addition had the effect Of matur
ing the woody parts of plants, and dimin-
ishlng the vine growing plants. Leach
ing soap -suds, etc, through q peck OF
fresh hen manure, and five bushels of
fresh COW droppings produces liquid
which had very beneficial effect upon
vine growing plants, and the contrary eff
ect on fruit growing ones.
During his experiments in order to OBJ
tain valuable liquid manure for uni
versal use, Mr.. Rand filled his hopper with
variety of decaying animal and vegeta
BILE matter, such as rotten wood, decayed
weeds, refuse meats, old bones, lime, ashes,
old leather, Stops, ETC., in fact every thing
of perishable nature on the farm. A
covering of lime, ashes and sand, kept
fermentation beneath the surface of the
mass. In the liquid which oozed through,
a bag of charcoal was placed, to deodorize
it.
In order to test the value of this liquid,
he made three beds for onion sets. One of
these was made of good soil, into which
rotten compost, and we'll decomposed
barn yard manure was worked. In an
other phosphates and patent fertilizers
We're incorporated with the soil. In the
third bed the soil was spaded up and
saturated with the liquid manure. The
result was decidedly in favor of the
latter, for the soil prepared with it was so
productive that the onions matured and
were eaten in the spring, before the re
mainder were large enough for use. A
similar result attended the application of
the liquid to parsnips, beets and cabbages.
Liquid manure is much more beneficial in
a dry season than in moist one !; it's ad-
vantage over solid manure being very
striking during the former season and
very slight during the latter.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
Farmers Wives.

1T has been my fortune to see many
farmers wives who had no sympathy
with their husbands vocation, and who
always seemed envious of the position of
the wives of merchants and professional
men. Nothing, to my mind, more secures
a farmers love and confidence than a
wife who can enter into the spirit of his
plans. 1t is my fortune to be the wife of
professional man, as well as thorough
going farmer. Not that I have two hus-
bands, but that both these are combined
in the man am sworn to love and honor.
In the practice of his profession, as a
physician and surgeon, have feeling
interest in all his patients, whether high
or low, rich or poor. But unless l very
greatly mistake my husband, there Is
nothing which gives him more pleasure
than my thorough understanding and ap-
probation of his agricultural and horti-
cultural plans As we walk over the farm
together, and he talks of proposed ditch
here, and a change of lots there, or OF
trees to be planted for ornament or
shade, / am confident that ] never give
him more pleasure than when I enter into
the spirit of the matter, and aid him with
my suggestions. To appreciate the fine
points OF the farm animals that he SO
much admires, know elevates me in his
regard, which / count worthy object OF
ambition.
How many farmers wives have seen,
as have attended him on his professional
rounds, care.worn and sad, without sym
pathy or adaptedness to their mission
How often have 1 thought that they
lacked in this, one of the highest sources
of enjoyment With, no knowledge OF
their husbands doings, and no sympathy
with their plans, it seems to me that they
had missed their greatest opportunity OF
conferrlng happiness ON them.
The object and aim of what I have
written is to induce those who are wives
of farmers to take a hearty interest in
their husbands agricultural plans; and
they may be assured that this will win
from them counter interest in all
their homework. Instead of growing sad
and sour over your lot as the wife of a
farmer, make yourself and husband hap
Ply by oneness of heart and purpose. In.
stead of depreciating your calling, and
envylng others, be proud and honor it.
1t does seem to me that no woman can be
so pre- eminently blessed as farmers
wife, with comfortable home of her own,
to which she may attach herself for life
and In which she may rear her children,
and in which she may endear them by a
thousand recollections, and to which they
will always count it their greatest Joy to
return.-HeGrth and Home.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28
The Malaria of Spring.

Everybody should now be on their gusrd against
the great danger of disease arising from malarous
causes. Fever and Ague prevails to an alarming
extent every Spring in nearly all parts of the
country, and many persons are easily predisposed
to it on account of some imprudence during the
winter months. Indeed, very much of the sick
ness we notice in the Spring of the year may be
traced to causes which were engendered in the
"cold term But whether the cause lies hidden
in the system not 1t is certain that disease will
develop itself at the first opportunity, hence no
one should hesitate for moment to set about
combating and overthrowiEg it. To accomplish
this purpose nothing is so useful and reliable as
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS. 1t is positive
antidote for any malarious or Imprisoned atmos-
phere and certain protection against every NOR
bid influence which produces disease. We say in
all candor to our readers that they should give
heed to our advice on this subject.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28

A MERIToRIoUs ARTIcLE.-We are
tired of this idea of putting" humbug
medicines that are constantly thrown in
flo drug stores, and are merely an imposi-
ton upon community. But, when an
article comes into the market that is really
acorthy of comment, we are happy to make
public Acknowledgements trusting that some
benefit may arise therefrom. DR.. R. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, is the proprie
tor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and
we take pleasure in calling attention to il
because we k'soso 1T to be good article, and
a sure cure for that loathsome disease,
Catarrh 1t is sold by most Druggists, or
may be obtained for Sixty Gents through
the mail by addressing the proprietor as
above.-N Cleveland Herald.
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28

ONCE A MONTH for June completes
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28

THE CHnDREN's HoUR.-The children
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AN exchange has the following: "It is
said that there are more editors unmar-
ried than any other class of professional
men," For the reason, we suppose, that
the majority of them are men of fine sen
timent, and do not wish to starve any
bodY's sister.