Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-08-17
Slab Walks.

In many sections of the country, where
the soil Is composed largely of clay, or black
muck, cheap walks of some kind from the
dwelling-house to the outhuildings are al
ways exceedingly desirable, especially
where there is so much travel as to wear
out grass walk AMI to tread up the turf
Pieces of old boards are Objectionable, as
they are SO liable to be pushed out of their
places. One of the cheapest and most
satisfactory modes of making temporary
walks IS to procure wagon-load of wide
and heavy slabs at a saw-mill. The long
er they are, the more satisfactory the walk
will be. If possible, select slabs of dur
able timber, then excavate concave chau-
mel IN the ground to correspond with the
convex side of the slab. Let the fiat sur
face Of the slabs appear even with the sur
face Of the ground. In case some of the
slabs are to be laid over hollows, or depres-
sions i'll the ground, block them up with
stones or wood, and haul load of clay or
sods to fill up the low places even with the
top of the slabs. Now bore two inch au-
CUR hole through the slabs about one foot
from each end, and drive strong WOO den
pins two feet long through each hole two
feet into the ground. By sinking the slabs
in depression even with the surface of
the ground, and pinning the ends down
with pin made OF oak, chestnut locust,
or any other durable timber, loaded wa
CONS and sleighs will pass over walks with
out displacing the slabs. But if slabs or
boards be laid on the surface of the ground,
they will often warp and twist to such an
extent as to be almost q nuisance. Besides
this, loaded vehicles will continually displace
them.
When boards or planks are employed for
narrow walk, let the ends of two be sec
urely spiked to a piece of scantling, with
two or three similar pieces of scanting be-
tween the ends, to keep the planks clear
from the ground, so that they will not
warp. If it is desirable to make walk
sufficiently wide fer two persons to travel
side by side, let narrow hemlock or spruce
plank be sawed in pieces about three or four
feet long, and spiked to string pieces be-
meath them. The string-pieces and the
under side of the planks should be thor
oughlY smeared with coal tar.-The Builder
DIET FOR THE M1LIIoN.--W Wealth no longer
mOnopoGZes the Injuries Of life. Persons in
the most moderate circumstances can have a.
delicious dessert daily for p sum SO trif1ing
that it is scarcely worth naming. They can
take their choice of fifty delicate dishes leach
one of which the most fastidous ericure
would smack his lips over, at a cost which,
IN these dear times, may well be called NOM
inal. Custards, Creams, Blanc Mango, Char
lotte Russo, puddings, pies, creams, cakes
and jellies are included in this cheap and
varied bill of fare.
But" says the skeptical reader, shrug-
ging his shoulders incredulously, s'this Is
not an age OF miracles; give me facts, not as
sertions." This is an age of miracIes-mira.
Giles of science; and SEA Moss FARINE, the
new article that produces these 6o1nes 6ouch-
es, is one of its wonders. The Sea Moss Far
inc Co., SO Park Place, New York, is manu-
featuring this incompatible edible from Car
rageen or Irish Moss, under a patent pro-
cured last summer, and lis popularity is al.
ready so great that the extensive mills Of the
Association, although running night and day,
can scarcely keep pace with the prodigious
demands