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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

Farmers usually sell reuitry alive.
Poulterers in town, on the other hand.
kill and pluck every sort of fowl for
sale, SO that the purchaser has it in his
power to judge of the carcass and if
he buys an inferior article at a high
price, it must he his own fault. 1t is
easy to judge of plusEed fowl, wEeth-
er old or young, by the state of the
legs. If hens spur is hard, and tho
scales on her legs rough, she is old,
whether you see her head or not; but
the head will cerroborate your
observation, if the under bill is
so stiff that you can not bend
it down, and the comb thick and rough.
A young hen has only the rudiments of
spurs, the scales on the legs smooth,
glossy and fresh cclored, whatever the
color may be, the claws tender and
short, the under bill soft, and the comb
thin and smooth. An old hen turkey
has rotleS aeales on the legs. callesites
on the soles Of the feet, and long,
strong claws; young one, the reverse
of all these marks. A young goose or
duck is distinguished by the tenderness
Of the skin under the wings, the
strength Of the joints of the legs, and
the coarseness 0f the skin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

He found the papers as re had tx-
pected. He relieved the widow and
orphan of his unhappy friend, and es-
tabllshed them as such in the inherit
arce to which they were entitled by
sudden death.
1t is known that Capt Gordon ross
very high IN his military career, and
was throughout his life distinguished
as brave and honorable officer, and a
fortunate General
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

THE members of the BARN Louisiana
have initiated a movement for the relief
of the daughters of the late Chief JUS
tice Taney, and will soon publish an
address te the lawyers Of the country,
inviting assistance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23
NV WIFE AND /.

sky Of azure, a bit Of heaveE-
hour OF bliss TO Tn1Ttals given,
church, dainty dress BY my side,
solemn service. kiss bride.
Then thronging friends,
a last goodbye;
AID so are married
NJ wife and I.
Long hours cf rapture, long DAYS Of jog,
Time passing unheede1 hout alloy.
tour. whore everything looks its test
A river IN Autumn glory drest:
No thought Of trouble.
Nor care, nor sigh,
For are 70 happy
NJ wife aud l.
A slow eUalnE, as from dream,
drifting once more into life-works stream.
little respite from toll and then
The world With its hopes and fears again
But 4 home and a l0ye
That shall last for aye,
For now are settled
Ny wife ard
And as hours vanish IN tii-e's quick fight
And our hfe's fair morning grows to night
As car king cares with our pleasures etav
And cur heads are streaked with the silver gra.y
Yet shall love increase
AZ the days 90 by;
And We live for each other
Ny VIE and l.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

A NEAT HOME-DRFSS. Here is a SEN
6lble item for those who are given to
the wearing of ''second-hest > dresses,
fondly thinking that rich shabbiness
and sumptuOus soil is good enough for
the loved ones at home. Housewives
and young girls who interest themselves
IN domestic affairs look far better in
tidy, fresh calicos than in the soiled
dresses laid aside because not good
enough to wear before strangers. 1t is
quite possible to make pretty and, in
deed, stylish dress of nine or ten yards
of shilling calico. 10 prove this, let
the household fairy-who wants to look
as well before her father. husband, or
brothers as before indifferent strangers
buy ten yards of shilling print, in
alternate stripes of black and white,
each half an inch broad. Use a gored
wrapper pattern cutting off the skirt
at the knee, and adding a
Spanish fiounce, bias, about five
eighths or three quarters of yard
wide, and containing four bias widths.
Put the narrowest Of hens at the top,
and a two-inch hem below. Gather an
inch from the top, or lay IN scant side
pleats, and stitch on with the machine.
As upper skirts are almost invariably
worn now, add iaunty little affair,
made open in front, with a narrow gore
and two back widths slightly draped
behind, just long enough to reach to
the Spanish founce, and edged with a
double ruftie two inches wide. Coat
sleeves and black silk belt. or Rus
sian leather belt with chatelsine attach
ed, complete the dress. A linen collar,
standing behind, with bent-over points
in front, is worn, with sailor tie of
blue silk by blondes, or of dark scar
let by brunettes. Try this, and see
how well you can look in a dress that
costs but s1.25.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23
New Zealand Bathing.

New Zealand has its advantages as q
place of residence. For instance, says
the New Haven Register, near Taupo
boiling springs abound, and when the
natives wish boiled dish, they put up
the article to be cooked IN bag
and put it in a boiling spring. They
believe in bathing proper, and Lake
Taravera, a small lake near Taupo, is
alway ready, at the temperature of a
warm bath. The natives all take to
the water At certain hour in the even
ing. and right hilarious time they
have. There is this slight inconven-
ience: that as boiling water Jets up
from the bottom of the lake rather pro-
miScuously, the bather who "strikes
out > carelessly may draw back bis
tered foot or arm minus perhaps the
skin. Even on land there is danger of
breaking the crust and suddenly find
ing your foot In cauldron of hot wa
ter. The visitor needs an experienced
friend as much at New Zealand as at
any other watering place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

To MAKE mush take three quarts of
water in pot, boil and salt to taste.
When boiled take out two quarts in
suitable vessel for the table. Then
stir in one quart Of sifted Indian meal.
and pour back the batter or mixture
SO made into the pot with the remain
ing one quart of water, and boil the
whole fifteen minutes. Such dish is
Very gaod-for those who Like If.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23
Oneida Cleanliness.

How the children of the Oneida Com
munity take bath is thus described by
the ClIcliisr' They are allowed to have
this first bath as warifl IS they please,
its temperature generally ranging ttom
IS to 80 degrees; but after this first
washing they take a dOUchC bath III the
shape Of one or two basins Of cold wa
ter dashed over them as they stand in
the tub. This rinses them off nicely,
produces fine reactionary glow, aud
keeps them trohi catching cold, One
would think that most Of them would
shrink from such an ordeal But no,
they like 1t immensely, only few wish
ing little warm water to be put in the
dOUche to take the chill of TO Illus
trate their tOughness Ill this respect-
the other morning there was n2 warm
water, owing to some accident. As the
bathing hour was almost ovp, little
Eugene (aged four came trudging sleep
ily in. 4 don't think you will like a
bath of cold water alone, says Miss II.
to him, $50 you can dress yourself
without it. y "Yes, ma am | do, saws
he. And he took it, full OF glee at his
own bravery. To this bathing
also come every morning most Of the
young mothers with their babies, a
small, portable bathing-tub being APP
propriated to their use. Counting in
the babies, some sixteen or eighteen
children, ranging from eight months to
as many years, are bathed and dressed
each morning
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

THE California orange crop is very
fine, and many thousand orange and
lemon trees are being planted in the
central part Of the State.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23
!. Great Establishment.

Prom y. \. tatftFl snce Evening WISCONSIN,
Speaking of Helmboid. teiE.lnis frie
that New York has an establishment to
which his place on Broadway is as
mole-hill to mountain mean the
drug @tors ef Casweli, Hazard & Co.,
in the Fifth Ayeilj.a Hotel building
This firm do larger husines., tilGtt rav
other retail druggists in the world, and
their store is one of the wonders of the
city. The store proper is 30xle0 feet,
and is fitted up with solid marble floors,
counters kc; al its appointments were
of the most costly an1 elegant deserip-
ton. Below is a perfect labyrinth Of
labratories extending far under the
street, where they manufacture the
chemicals, tinc.ures, extracts, &c, used
by them in compromising descriptions,
and their numerous preparations rf
worldwide reputation. Among these
preparations are their Ferro- -phosphat-
ed Elixir of Calisaza Bark, pure Cod
Liver Oil; Juniper Tar Soap, mineral
waters OF vafiol.s descriptions. etc.
From their wealth and enormous busi
ness, they are enabled to secure
/ fhe hest articles from the best
European 90u-ess. and nothing
Of an inferior quality eyef sr,tess their
establishment. The roses of Turkey,
the lilies of Africa, the violets Of Eng
land, the gorgeous flowers of tropical
zones, oil pay their tribute of richest
odoIs 70 give acolia TO the powders or
the essences ueIt pteharet,, They
manufacture fourteen different ,aIielks
of cologne. all of delectable odors-
their Number Six being unsurpassed for
et-eneth OF aroma and durability of ac-
ton. They pay .ertiealar attention to
the cOmpounding of pIesCriD'inrs II
medicines, and have a system of check
ing prescriptions which makes mistakes
impossible. Each ingredient is check
ed, and no prescription is allowed 10 go
out until it has been G-Ttnined by two
experts. The cases and cabinets 0i ilia
great establishment are crowded with
the rarest chemicals and purest drugs
that can be collected, while articles of
rCrtu, the mineral waters of Messenger
and Nichy, with everything entering IN
ans way into PHARMACY, are included in
the unrivaied assortment which con-
stantly attracts the wealth aud bc-ut~
of the metropolis.
This establishment was one Of the
first of the kind commenced in America,
having been foundedin in 17S0. 1t is now
the most extensive house on the con
tinent, having business connections
with every state in the Union 1t en-
ploys constantly between forty and
fifty tirst-class Chemists and other oper-
atiyes. The firm has two Other stores
in the city, and its business IS steadily
gaining, SO that its income may at no
distant day double even the enormous
sum now showI uron its books. Those
of your readers who may Gc,ne East,
and may wish to see the pharmaceutical
wonder of New York, should by all
means visit this establishment, 20
which they will be most cordially vel
coined ly the gentlemanlv Mr.. Hazard
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

EBENEzER Low, of Marshpee, Mass,
a. =" Saturday last, aged 102 years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

In Harper's for March Mr.. Junius
Henri Browne is to have al illustrated
article on Ieeland-a capital and IN
known subject.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23
Keeping Grapes in the Ground.

Now that grapes are abundant and
excellent, every one Is asking if there
is not some way by which they may be
kept fresh and nice for use during the
winter. One writer states that he took
a box about Is inches in depth, covered
tie bottom well with grape leaves, then
placed III layer of grapes, next layer
OF leaves, and SO on until the box was
full, having layer of leaves on top. A
tight cover was then nailed over the
box. and it was buried in the ground at
deptl. below the frost He had excel
lent grapes tie following spring, and
thinks they viii thus deep nll the sum
1ner Of course the box si01t,d oe
buried where the water will not collec.
rear it,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23
FAKM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

How TO KEEP BEKF.-Every farmer
is aware of the very great convenience
of being able to preserve beef OF his
own killing more than two or three
days. A Southern paper gives a recipe
thst may be useful
"kill y6ut beef in the morning or
early part of the forenoon, let it hang
up and drip for one or twc hours, cut
it up in pieces to suit your fancy, and
srlt well in box or barrel kept cover
ell. The next morning build a scaffold
three or four feet high; the latter will
be the best. Build good fire with
hard wood; let IT burn pretty
freely until nearly done blaz
ing, then put small sticks
across your scatfold, lay your beef on
them and barbecue until very nearly
done; turf the meat over frequently.
If the weather is good. you can be
through the job generally in one day,
but of this you must be your own jt,dge.
When satisfied that it is sufficiently
barbacdeh, lay it away and let it entirely
cool, then lay ii n All airy barrel, and
as You lay in the meat, sprinkle salt
over it; tie a cloth over the top. In
using the beef yea will find that it
never gets hard or tough Cook it al
most any way .yeu please, l think you
will be delighted with your beef
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

THE Lowell Mass city government
is asked to prohibit theatrical and
Ethiopian minstrel entertainments on
Saturday evening, because they are
specially detrimental to the moral
welfare of the young who frequent
them, and who are thus untitled for any
proper observance of the Sabbath, and
so inclined to desecrate the day, and
imperil their moral welfare
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-06
NEWS By MAIL,

Governor Hoffman has pardoned eighty
five covicts during the year.
Nilsson is decidedly better, and the ply
sicians expect that she will speedily recover.
The revenue officers, Friday, seized the
Lumsden distillery, owned by b. T. Lemons
& Co., of Nashville. Tenn, for alleged viola
ton of the revenue laws.
The Virginia court of appeals Friday morn
ing revised the rulings of the lower cSurt
and granted a new trial to George Cahoon,
ex-mayor of Richmond, who was sentenced
to five years in the State prison for forgery:
John Breswood forced his way into the resi-
denco of James Billings, in DeKalb comfy,
Tenn, on Tuesday night and killed Mrs.
Billings and wounded her daughter, thirteen
years old, and made his escape. Mr.. Bill
ings was absent
The House naval committee agreed Friday
to report Mr.. Lynchs bill for the appoint
ment of commission, consisting of two ma
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-06
NEW 7-3O GOLD LOAN =!
SAFE PROFITABLE ! PERMANENT
u a. GO q II Go Q o
Offer for sale at Par and Accrued Interest the
First Mortgage Land Grant Gold Bonds
OF THE
Northern Pacific II. II. COnpa1iu.

These bonds are secured, FIRST, by First Mort
gage the Railroad itself its rolling and all
equipments; SECOND, by First Mortgage on il ;
entire Land Grant, being more than Twenty Two
Thousand Acres of Land to each mile of Road.
The Bonds are free from United States FAX; the
Principal and Interest are payable in Gold--the
Principal at the end of Thirty years, and the Inter-
est Semi-annually, at the rate of SEVEN and THREE
TENTHs PER CENT. per annum.
They are issued in denominations of sl0O, $500
81 900, s. go and 80, 600.
The Trustees under the Mortgage are Messrs. Jay
Cooke, Of Philadelphia and j. Edgar Thompson
President Of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company.
These Northern Pacific 7.3o Bonds will at all times
before maturity, be receivable at Ten PER CENT.
Premium Cor 1.l0), In exchange for the Campany's
lacds at their lowest cash price,
In addition to their absolute safety, these Bonds
yield an income larger we believe, than any other
hrstclass security. Persons holding United States
5.z0s can, by converting them into Northern Pa
CITIES, increase their yearly income one-third and
still have perfectly reliable investment.
HOW TO GET THEM. Your nearest Bank or
Banker will supply these Bonds in any desired
amount, and of any needed denomination. Persons
wishing to exchange stocks other bonds for these
the highest current price for all Marketable
tiles.
These living IN localities remote from Banksmav
send money, or other bonds, directly To us by ex.
press, and we will send back Northern Pacific
Bonds at our own risk, and without cost to the in
weston. For further information pamphlets, maps
etc. call on or address the undersigned or any of
the Banks or Bankers employed TO sell this loan
For sale by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-06
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS-
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 4.
House.


MIR. Cullom reported bill providing that
the first section of an act of the I'd of March,
1867, applied to the Territory of Idaho, shall
apply, and be in force, in Wyoming and Utah.
The object being to take the power of redis-
tricting from the Legislatures and give it to
the United States Judges.
The bill was opposed by Messrs. Cavanagh,
Hooper and Nichols, but passed.
A bill limiting the session of Territorial
Legislatures to forty days, and fixing the pay
as follows members six dollars per day dur
forty miles of travel the President of the
Council, and the Speaker of the House, eight
dollars per day; one chief clerk eight dollars
per day one assistant, and one engrossing
clerk, sergeant-at-arms, and one door-keep-
err, each five dollars per day.
A bill providing temporary civil govern
ment for the Territory of Alaska was passed
with an amendment by Mr.. Starkweather,
that it shall not affect the rights of persons
and companies having contracts for fur and
seal fisheries. The bill declares Alaska a
county, with county seat at Sitka, aud at
taches it to the Territory of Washington for
executive, legislative, and judicial purposes,
and extends all public laws of Washington
Territory to the County of Alaska, which is
to have one councilmen and two members in
the Legislature of Washington Territory.
The Senate amendments of the House bill
creating pensions TO the surviving soldiers OF
the war of 1872, was non-concurred in, and a
Committee of Conference asked.
Adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-06
STATE NE VS..

Ezra Kempton, Esq, of Mt. Vernon, will
deliver lecture before the North Franklin
Farmers Club, at Strong, February 9Th, at
o'clock P. M. Subject The Lawyer and
the Farmer.
The school-house at Stones Corner, in JAY
was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The FIRE was
discovered between IL and l o'clock in the
morning. Cause unknown.
MIR. Wyman Oliver, of New Sharon, went
to bis well for a pail of water, one day last
week, and while pumping, fell to the ground
and died before HIS friends could get him into
the house. 1t is thought he was attacked
with heart disease.
Rev. +. Reed, for four years pastor of the
Free Baptist Church, in Pennington village,
has received and accepted call from the
Free Baptist Society ut Bath. For several
months past Mr.. Reed has been travelling in
the western States.
The Somerset Reporter says that on Fall
Brook, Scion, there are one saw mill, one
grist mill that grinds about 10000 bushels
per year, two carding mills, Whipple's car
riage shop, and Bakers and Holway's ma
chine.y, consisting of two planners, tuning
lathe, shingle saw, one saw for stripping lum-
Der, and jig saw.
The remodelling of the old chapel con-
nected with Colby University is completed at
an expense of some six thousand dollars The
building is so changed externally that one
would hBrdly recognize it as the same; while
within, the whole space above ground is most
admirably rearranged into recitation-rooms,
lecture-rooms, and philosophical apparatus
rooms.
The woods have been remarkably prolific
OF accidents this winter, and most of them
fatal. The Lewiston Journal says that on
Friday of last week, Mr.. John Mcnamara, of
st. George, Canada, who was at woIk for
Mr.. Totman. on the Brassuce, numbering,
was almost instantly killed by the falling of q
pine tree ON him.
The Wing learns that g Patsey" Lyndes,
who was burned to death in the great fire at
Virginia City, Nevada, on Wednesday, was a
son OF John Lyndes, of Bangor, for many
years janitor of the City Hail. Young Lyndes
was about 20 years of age, and was employed
in the hotel in which he lost his life.
We learn from the Chronicle that legal
meeting of the voters of Pennington Village
Corporation, at Engine Hall, on Friday after
noon, DR.. p. Dyer was chosen Moderator,
after which the following officers were chosen
for the ensuing year Il. s. Jacobs, Super
visor; j. A. Linscoot, Clerk; s. II. Lowell,
lst Assessor, Robert McCleery, I'd Assessor,
N. c. Goodenow, Sd Assessor; j. A. Lin
scott, Treasurer; j. T. Smart, Collector
James Goodwin, Thomas b. Smith, j. T.
Smart, Fire Wardens. The meeting then ad-
journed to Tuesday Jan. 3lst, when, when it
was voted to raise $1,000 to pay the coupons
which have, and will soon become due on the
bonds issued by the Corporation. twas also
voted to pay these coupons out of money now
in the Corporation Treasury.
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val officers and one army engineer officer, to
report upon the expediency of consolidating
the Charleston, Mass, and Kittery, Maine,
navy yards.
In the Senate, Friday, Mr.. Sumner talked
against time, and prevented the resolution
creating special committee on ocean tele-
graph legislation from coming up. The steam
ship subsidy bills were passed over, and the
bill granting pensions to persons concerned in
the war of 1912 was taken up, amended and
passed. The House, soon after assembling,
went into committee of the whole on the ma
val appropriation bill.
General Butler, Friday, presented memo
rial of New York association praying that
the remains of soldiers who die in poverty
may, instead of being put into pauper's
graves, be buried in the national cemeteries
with their brethren who fell while yet in the
service. With the memorial General Butler
offered joint resolution to carry into effect
the prayer Of the petitioners. 1t was refer.
red with the accompanying papers to the COM
mlttee on military affairs.
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Local ann State Nems.
Adjutant Generals Report.

Although wanting the interest which it pos
sessed in the stirring times of war, the re-
port of the Adjutant General is always exam
ined with considerable interest The report
OF the Adjutant General, b. B. Murray, Jr.,
which has just been issued, shows that three
companies OF infantry have been organized
and accepted during the year, making total
of ten companies now organized, seven of
which are uniformed, armed and equipped.
The whole number of enlisted men is 9O9.
There are no companies of artillery or caval-
~. There were 1,4l7 testimonials issued
during the year to honorably discharged
soldiers and seamen, or their heirs, which
added to the number previously issued make
total Of 1892 of these very beautiful and
appropriate testimonials which have been sent
to those who deserve them without any ex-
pense on their part.
All the work relating to State Pensions has
been performed in the office of the Adjutant
General In all cases where pensions have
been allowed upon the testimony of municipal
officers, the sums have been advanced to the
PShSiohciS ny tut UedeureFS OF cltlPS. towns
and plantations where the pensioners reside,
and the local treasurers have BEEN reimbursed
BY the State. The amount reimbursed is
Sl2, 1878, and their is still due sc, l4O.49.
Amount allowed on applications made for
year ending Dec. 81, 1870, S23, eS5.79. Num-
Der of applications received since Feb. 22d,
the commencement Of the pension year, 7l2;
number allowed, csc.
By legislative enactment the title of the
State to the site of the Portland arsenal has
been granted to the Maine General Hospital
corporation. The Adjutant General recon-
mends that another arsenal be located at some
convenient place. The sales of military
properly from the Bangor and Portland
arsenals amount to S903.55 There have been
received ordnance and ordnance stores in
voiced at $25, 53S 81 Tables are given of
corrections and alterations from previous re-
ports, showing that many soldiers in the late
war have been heretofore enormously reported
y list of Il officers is given who have been
appointed in the L. S. army from Maine. and
now hold commissions therein.