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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-06
winter management of Bees.

About the first Of November bees should
all be examined, and brought into winter
quarters. Those that have not enough
honey should now receive especial care by
the apiarian, as he is prepared to know
their exact condition, both US to quality as
well as to quantity.
IL you are going to leave them out of
doors, they should be placed on stand
one foot high, and place them within one
foot of each other. They should be COW
cred with good tight roof, tight wall on
the north, east and west, ventilate well,
place boards in front of hives, down so far
that the sun will not strike them during
the winter, place straw between the hives,
and this will serve to keep them from
being affected by the changes of the
weather.
They being well ventilated, will need no
further care during the winter, except to
occasionally look and see if they are af-
fected with dysentery. If so, they will
show it by their dark.colored feces
around the hive. Numbers of them also
fly out and leave their mark, and many of
them, if they be all right, and being in the
shade, will not and have no occasion to
come out at all. If they do they are
warm enough to return without much loss.
Better leave them IN this position until
spring--November, December, January,
February, and frequently March. In the
Northern climate bees Will keep quiet, and
begin to increase about the first of March.
SELECTING STOCKS FOR wINTERiNG.
Every bee keeper should examine his
stock late in the fall or as soon as they
are done gathering honey. Some stocks
are inclined to breed too late and TOO
much for their means of supplies, and if
left to themselves will exhaust all their
honey long before spring, and then die.
They should be carefully examined, and
if the bee keeper finds too much brood, 1t
would be better to change one or two Of
their combs with another swarm that may
be destitute of bees, giving in exchange
frames having moro honey from swarms
that can spare it. This is very easily un.
derstood, if you will examine the inside Of
the hive. In doing this, you should deem
1t advisable, you can unite two or more
swarms together as recommended in fall
management. In uniting s"arms we
strengthen them, and ma Ike respectable
warns ofthom. have practiced this a
great deal, an found it to work admlra-
bly.-A 4. Moon.
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How 20 shin Poultry.

Dr. Z4remde, of the Illinois Humane
Society, makes he following suggestions
to shippers of poultry:
lnssmuch as poultry is plenty in our
market, commission men and grocers
arc again called to their shipment and
cooping. Coops for two dozen chickens
must be at least two feet wide, four feet
long, and one foot high, with tight bot
tom, the sides and top t. be made of lath,
two and a half inches apart, the first lath
close to the bottom, to prevent the toes Of
the chickens from being broken when
coops are jammed together. A coop as
described above, three feet wide will
hold three dozen chickens. Coops for
one dozen turkeys or geese, must be at
least twenty inches high, made in other
respects like the one for two dozen chick
ems. All poultry, while in coops on the
sidewalk, must be supplied with the nec-
essary food and water in troughs, placed
alongside the coops. Any dealer in poul-
try who keeps his stock as above recon
mended will act as gentleman and Chris
tain ought to, and gain enough in two
shipments to pay for the coops.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-06
IrOn.p Plated Notifications.

The military authorities have decided
to accord prominent place in the adj.
ditional fortifcation of Metz to iron
plating. Experiments made at Buchan
with English plates to test their power
Of resistance, have given entire salts
faction. Iron flank batteries will be
constructed at Fort st. Privat, to COM
mand the valleys Of the Moselle and
the Scille, and two iron turrets will be
added at Fort st. Quintin, to secure
communication in the rear The heights
OF Woippy are also affirmed to be
marked out as the site of intended new
fortificatory works.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-06

The Irish yew is a beautiful evergreen
for the centre Of bed Of shrubbery, and
the yucca or Adams needle, when plant
ed in rockwork or in q large circle on
the lawn, in rich loan, is an effective OBJ.
ject, particularly lovely by moonlight.
1t is alOe.like, with narrow leaves clus-
tering near the ground and sending up
stems from four to eight feet high, cover
ed with large cream.colored, dropping,
fulip-lke blossoms in August or Septem.
Der, Plant about dozen in a large cir
cular mound and they will give much
satisfaction.
This plant was the pride of the old.time
gardens, but, like the stately Lombardy
popular has almost disappeared in these
latter days, when the improved--or de.
PRAYED, which ?---taste has tendency for
novelties that are "far fetched and dear
bought"
Among other fine bedding plants and
shrubs, must recommend strongly the
crimson.crape myrtle and the new vari.
ETY. pure white the contrast is striking
and effective. Also the new dwarf pome.
granate--a hardy Ga this region), free
blooming, rich colored plant. | have
seen pomegranates, with little protection
in very cold weather, bearing good crops
Of fruit in southern Maryland aud on the
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Beauty.
RY THOMAS HOWARD.

IA lhNMAS hONAt
Not on the earth
Hath beauty bloom, hath beauty power
This is alone its natal hour
The chamber Of its birth
Here the germ dwells,
And, prone TO silence and to night,
1t bursts to love and life and light
As daisies in our dells.
But not on earth
Hath beauty growth beyond the flower
The life that, in day or hour,
Goes to another BIRTH
And oil we see
or beauty is a glimmer bright
Is but the promise of night
The glory that's to be,
When, in the skies,
The spirit doth unfold and find
Lies hopes grown perfect to the mind,
For beauty then it signs;
And beauty there
Compares with beauty here below,
AS mornings golden skies aglow
With murkiest CLOUDS compare.
The forms we love
And cherish for each faultless line,
But shadows are of those divine
That we shall know above;
So let us live
In love of Nature. not Of Art,
That each may then, with reverent heart,
Fit homage have TO give.
December GdLdIy.
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Curing Pork

Curing Pork
Some thirty years ago ] lodged from
Saturday to Monday with an innkeeper in
the country, who was also a farmer. On
the table for Sunday dinner, there was a
nice pieco of picked pork, boiled the day
before. On tasting it, thought il was the
most delicious / had ever tasted. re.
qrested "mine host" to give his receipt
for curing pork. lie replied as follows
"As soon as my hogs are dressed and
cool enough to be cut, | pack the sides in
a barrel or cask, with plenty of salt on all
sides of each piece, and when my barrel
is full immediately roll it to MY pump
and pump in water until / can see the
water cease to sink in the vessel, or to
moisten the salt on top Of the cask. |
then lay fiat stone as large as the vessel
will receive, on the contents, SO as to Leep
the pork always unaer salt or pickle.
ut it in my cellar, covered so as to ex.
clude the flies, and there il remains until a
piece is wanted Care must be taken to
keep the meat under the pickle, otherwise
it will rust"
Here is the whole secret of making good
picked pork for family use. We have
used the above method, and we want no
better, easier or more economical plan.
1t has often happened that when we
wanted to put down fresh pork there re-
manned some Of the old in the bottom Of
the cask. In that case we poured off the
pickle, took the undisselved salt, packed
the fresh pork on top of the old using the
salt which had been in the cask, with the
addition Of fresh salt if necessary, and
then poured out the old pickle or water.
In this way we have had pork three or
four years in the bottom of our pork bar.
rel, and when used it was as free from
rancidity as it was three weeks after
put down. Indeed we seldom emptied
our pork barrel. except when it wanted
hopping. We believe that boiling pickle
is useless, if not injurious. Pork ought
not, if it can be prevented, to be frozen
before it is put down.
The best pork that we ever saw was
that from pigs under the charge of a lad
who took as much care of them as some
people do of their children. Every day
be used to give them dinner of hot pota
toes, for he said he didn't see why his
pigs shouldn't have their Eaters hot as
well as HIMSELF Then he used to scrub
them several times week with brush
and soap, rinsing them well with clear
water. The animals seemed to enjoy
their lavation, and used to press quite
eagerly toward him as he came in sight
with his pail and scrubbing brush. Their
stye was also kept perfectly clean, and
their troughs washed out frequently. In
consequence the pork was perfection.
As general thing it is a good plan to
reject pork made from hogs that have
been kept by dIstillers or butchers but if
possible get pork tina. has been bred and
ted by dairvman and finished off with
corn.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
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Plaster of Paris as a Manure for vines.

l have large quantity of grapevines
planted in the open ground, and trained
on poles and wires along the gravel walks.
In planting these / had the holes dug
about twenty-five inches deep; | then
threw into each hole FIVE or six Jumps Of
plaster, about the size of my fist. threw
a little earth over these Jumps, and then
planted the vines in the usual way. The
result has been wonderful the vines which
were not half an inch thick when planted
three years ago, are now two inches and
more in diameter, and bear finely. The
grapes are also freer from disease. Other
vines, not so treated, are mnch smaller
and produce less, the fruit being also
more liable to disease. To try the effect
of this plaster, In planting two American
black walnuts, we put the plastar to one
and not the other. The former grew twice
as fast as the other. Last year we dug
about the roots of the one to which no
plaster was put and we threw in seven or
eight large Jumps of plaster among the
roots the trees are now both of the
same size, and though only four years old.
are sixteen to seventeen feet high.-P p.
Italy, in The Garden.
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DRYING PUMPKrNs--Peal and cut as for
stewing then slice very thin dt can be
done with babbage slicer; then spread,
on tins or other dryers and put in the
stove oven with moderate heat. II will
retain It's natural hoyor better than any
other way. In preparing it for pies, soak
il in water few hours and stew it in the,
same water.
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FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Lines TO "a Modern Doll.
BY R. 5. pALFREY.

o Little lady so complete!
AS behold tonight
Thy rosy lips with smile so sweet,
Thy little dainty slippered feet,
Thy hair so golden bright,
Back from the days far distant now
Ny memory recalls
The happy hours l used to know
When / twas years and years ago
Was young, and played with dolls.
An attic chamber low and broad,
Roof sloping to the door,
Bare beams and rafters overhead,
An apple-tree that greenly spread
The window small before.
In soft spring days, when to and fro
The busy birds would pass,
When the white blossoms fell like snow,
Aud when the ripened fruit below
Dropped on the fading grass
Twas there we happy children played
together mcfrly,
Our treasured playhouse we made,
With our own hands our dolls arrayed,
A numerous family.
Not like thee, rosy-cheeked and fair,
With eyes in sleep to close,
But wooden-featured, bald, and bare
And one, dreadful blank was there
Where once had been a nosel
And one, that remember yet
Iloved her best of all
My youngest child, my special pet,
My dear rag-baby Margaret,
She had no face at all!
How far away that happy dayl
Long years rise up between.
The house has fallen to decay,
The apple-tree is cut away,
The dolls no more are seen.
And he companions of my play
That merry, rosy band,
One S grandmother, wrinkled, gray,
And Two long since have passed away
Into the happy land.
Our Young Folts.
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eastern shore. The fruit is esteemed by
some as a choice delicacy, but the plant is
generally cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers. Am. Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-06

THE wife Of Jack Grant, Representa-
tive from Polk county in the Oregon
Legislature, last year shot and trapped
35S squirrels.
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HENRY WARD BEEcHER baptised
eighteen infants on Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
My Darling Kathaleen.

wonder II any wine ever made
KS red as the lips of my love
| wonder If any eyes ever 50 muckcd
The blue of the heavens above
rs tn" soull=hted eyes of my darling Kathaleru.
The h"nnest maiden that ever was seen
wonder if trcsSes ccr grew quite 50 brown,
Or had 50 bewitching IA curl,
Or shune in the sunlight golden and brown
Ger the brow nt Il true hearted girl
.As shades the white brow of my darling Kathalrcn
The hnnnest maiden that ever was seen
wonder if ever a form NOR, divine
Disp"rtrd mid bowers of love.
Or Heated with spacc-spurning wings through the
With angels Of light up above
As the r;tvishn% form of my darling Kathleen
The h"nniesi maiden that was seen
| wonder If ever Il w"manly breast
Was iairrr To view
or covered heart that wa, frcrr from guile
or beat with passion more true.
Than the snowy white breast "f my darlin4 kath-
lctn,
The bonnic4t maiden that ever was seen
| wonder il ever passion dcwed kiss
Was lSyrn by warm lips To man.
That seemed more a fnr-tHstr of heavenly bliss,
Or was more /" he coveted than
\ warm. l"vin. kiss from the lips "f Kathleen,
Bret Hdrt".
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26

very obvious and conclusive 1t is not
four Years since those with whom the
new alliance must be made, and who
VIII furnish its working force to admin
ls'er the laws OF reconstruction and of
recognition OF equal rights, declared the
whole Republican policy upon the sub
lcct t" be revolutionary, unconstitu-
uohal, and void. Did they believe
what they Said9 If they did not, are
lheN, the same men, to be trusted now
II they did believe it, but have now
arG'nrsced Ill what they opposed, are
theN safer men to administer those laws
IMAM the men who made them, and who
believe in themG We speak of what
these men said four years ago. But in
this very session of Congress, Senators
Sumner and Schurz have seen the steady
disinclinatiOn of the Democratic Sena-
tors TO concede the protection of equal
civil rights and regularly every Mon
day i'll the House, the representatives
of those who are to form the new alli-
ance with Mr.. Greeley successfully battle
by filibuStcring every effort to secure
complete equality of rights to all citi-
ZenS.
If. then. it We're true that the Repub-
lican party could not be turned into a
reform party. are the prospects ofreform
any more promising from the practical
union of II few Republicans with the
Democratic partyg This is not to say
that there can never he IA reconstruction
of parties, but only that the time for it
has not come. Not only would every
specific reform he endangered, but
the general confidence, which is the
basis of the present activity and sense
of stability i'll every industrial interest
III the country, would he perilously
shaken by the restoration of Democratic
ascendency i'll the government. The
popular vote, indeed, has for dozen
years steadily condemned the Demo-
cratic party. The people of the United
States do not forget the unspeakable
shame of slavery, nor the precious blood
i'll which it was washed away from the
nation. Thank God for that instinct,
for il can be trusted to the end. But
those people know that the deep and
real results of that long thralldOm of
the national mind and conscience can
not safely be disregarded because of a
theory that old ISSUES are settled and
they see that the Democratic party,
Sorely smitten as il Is, and, as we be
lieve, unto death, still retains its organ
ization, and disputes the control of the
government. Can that party be turned
to a reform party, even although it could
elect an old Republican for President
against the candidate of the Republican
party !-Hdrper's Weekly.
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VOLUME 35---NUMBER 1913.

II does to the farmers hrrcabout. n very
! great convenience and benefit. In the
first place. the testimony is universal.
and strongest from the most intelligent
and oldest farmers, that if You irrigatr
| land You need not manure it. The wal
ter, they say. restores to the soil III
some way its fertility, and have actrI-
ally seen fields whereOu grain was rails
ed for Il dozen Years without any de
crease from the Weld after the second
crop. They do not pretend to manure
the olive and orange orchards or the
vineyards.
HE HIGHEST GRAIN LAND IN CALL
FORNIA.
Next. Irrigation means il dry sum
mcr. which is one of the greatest poSsi-
hlc convcnicnccS to.thc farmer From
the first al May till November the skies
are serene aud there is no rain. Crops
are put in here III December and .Janua-
ry. The barley is already sprouting in
some fields. When grain ripcuS and l.,
harvested. the farmer has no rain storm
to fear. He does not cut in haste. or AT
the wrong time for fear of Il storm; he
need not hire an extraordinary force to
get his crop into barns. In the Sacra-
mcntn and San Joaquin valleys. us well
aS here, the grain is tbrc>hcd on the
field. put into bags. and lies there in
the open air until il is sold. Hay. in
the same way. when it is cut in spring,
is stacked in the field or barnyard. and
rests. without even IL shed. until No
vemher. The harvest may last Il
month or six weeks. Nor is irrigation
difficult or Troublesome Lazy people
have complained to me that it neceSsi-
tateS frequent plowing: hut when you
consider that AN orange orchard is irri-
gated once i'll five or six weeks, and
plowcd only after every irrigation, and
when tell You that. according to the
best accounts have from experienced
men. one plowman can irI1gate and
plough from ID To 20 acres of such an
orchard without haste or difficulty. you
will not. think. care for the lazy mans
complaint. The Congress land which
remains unoccupicd in this and the ad-
joining counties has been reserved from
sale until the Southern Pacific Railroad
line is determined. and that Company
which works. believe. with the help
of land grant. shall have located its
alternate sections. There Is. | am told.
Il great deal of good land in this part of
the public domain how much am un-
able To tell. The soil in this country is
mostly rich. loose. sandy loan. with
patches of adobe. which is stiff black
clay. and forms with propercultivation
the very richest grain land of Califor-
mia. 1t is on the adobe soil about Wat
Somville and Santa Cruz that the enor-
nous crops of wheat have grown. some
farms averaging for several years i'll
succession from 90 to 30 bushels of
wh",t per acre fHdrtes NOrdhCt an
T,jHUDp
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26

she could hrow-heat him. She demand
ed that August Wehle should be paid
off and discharged. And when Ander-
son had heSitatcd. hrcauSe he feared he
could not get another 50 good hand,
and for other reasons. she burst out into
the declaration:
II don't believe that you'd care Il
cent if she did marry IL Dutchman She
might as well as to marry some white
folks | know.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
Delegates to the National Republican
Convention.

In these times of discussions concern
ing delegates to Philadelphia, it may be
of interest to recall the names that have
represented Vermont in the National
Conventions. The following is list of
the delegates from this State, since the
formation of the Republican party.
CONVENTION OF IS56. AT PHILADELPHIA.
Delegates at ldrge-IIiland Hall, He
man Carpenter, Erastus Fairbanks,
William skinner, Lawrence Brainerd,
Levi Underwood.
lst. Dist.--D. +. Nicholson, f. ID.
Warner, H. X. Slayton.
2d. -. Z. Kirkland, Ryland Fletch-
cr. w. F. Dickinson.
:M II. Gleason. II. II. Reynolds, w.
l.. Sowles.
CONVENTION OF 1860, AT CHICAGO.
At iWye-P. T. Washburn, E. n.
Briggs. +. ID. Mason, f. c. Redington.
lst Dist. j. W. Stewart, f. b. Bur
ton.
2d II. II. Henry, VIM. Hebard.
:h " VIM. Clapp, E. b. Sawyer.
CONVENTION OF I-6l, AT BALTIMORE.
At large Solomon Foot, Z. p. Wal
ton. A. p. Huntoon, Carolus Noyes.
lst Dist. Edwin Hammond. A. Is.
Gardner
I'd Horace Fairbanks, b. W.
Bartholomew.
3d Bradley Barlow, Henry Stow
ell.
CONVENTION OF lS6-, AT CHICAGO.
4tIngc-T. W. Park, G. j. Stannard,
Luther Baker. ;. +. Pingree.
LET dict W w Pi,,ln, Gao 4,
shepard.
ID J. c. StearnS, W. H. johnson.
81 ID. X. Bailey. w. w. GrOut.
Mr.. Bailey was not able to attend
and his place was taken by his substi
tutc, James 4. Shedd.
For delegates at large to the coming
National Convention at Philadelphia,
the following names have been men-
toned i'll various quarters, Hon. Geo.
f. Edmumds, eX-Gov. John Gregory
Smith. Gov. Stewart, eX-Gov. Holbrook,
cx-Guv. Dillingham;, Hon. Horace Fair
banks, Hon. llarman Garfield, Hon.
Julius Converse, Prosper Merrill, Esq,
Capt. Albert Clarke, Hon. Martin G..
Everts. John II. Flagg. From among
such names as these there can he no
difficulty in selecting IL delegation which
will do honor to the State, and have
weight i'll any convention.
The uncertainty i'll reference to the
apportionmcnt makes an element of un-
certainty aS to the number and allot-
mcmt of district delegates, which the
State Convention must settle. In case
delegation of ten shall he decided ON,
with an allotment of two to each of the
existing districts as heretofore, then,
for District delegates from this district,
we hear favorable mention of the names
of John l.. Mason of Richmond, Gen.
W. W. Henry of Burlington, and III. ii.
Powers, ESP, of Morrisville, who are
staunch and true republicans, and eli
ther of them would acceptably repre-
sent the party.-Free Press.
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with anger and aStonishmemt. She
could not recover herself enough to
speak until Julia had fled halfway up
the stairs. Then her mother covered
her defeat by screaming after her. ''Go
to Your own room, you impudeut huS-
sy. You know am liable to die of
heart disease amy minute. and you want
to kill me '"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
BARBER SHOP.

MI' r Z. TILI4 Dogs leave to announce TO the
pubic mat he has M bought the Barber Shop former
Il Il occupied by W; Parker situated in the Avenue
House Block on R L. Street St Johnsbnry
- ny strict attention to business and by employing
t ~ class help, he hopes to merit good share of
public patronage. s7tf
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A Free Gift to All !
HILLS RHEUMATIC PILLS.

Justly celebrated for cure of Rheumatism, Neural
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