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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
The Son OF Robert Burns.

The Last surviving son of Robert
Burns is dead. lhe poet had six chill
dren, of whom three sons survived in
fancy. OF these, William Nicol Burns
was the second. He lived to be 50
years of age, having been born in April,
1871. His elder brother, Robert, died
in Dumfries about ten years since. HIS
younger brother, James, died some
seven years since. Like him, he was
an officer in the East India Company's
service, from which he retired, after a
full term of service, thirty years ago.
OF the three sons of Robert Burns, all
were childless except the second,
James, who left two daughters. OF
clan, DIR. Hutchinson, Cher sister.
Annie Burns, never married. }
She had several children, of whom
one, Robert Burns Hutchinson, recent
ly completed his education at Christ
Church Hospital, London. This gen
tleman and his sistt rs are the only de-
%scendants in the fourth generation of
the poet. Col. Burns was not a very
remarkable man; he was a nice old
gentleman, and when in the army an
efficient officer. His ~recollections of
his father are not many, for he was but
five years of age when the poet died, in
1T06. He was named after his fathers
friend, William Nicol, d master IL the
Edinburgh High School, and oneof the
three celebrities named in "Wilhe
Brewed a Peck o Maut.' Col. Burns
has been buried in the Burns mausole-
UNI, at Dumfries, where his father, his
brothers, and his world-widely celebrat-
cd mother, JEANNE Armoor, rest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
Manure for Stra wberries.

In answer to an inquiry as to which
kind, how much and when to apply
manure to strawberry plants, Mooro's
Rural New Yorker says
eve prefer old, well rotted. barn
yard manure. The quantity must be
determined from the character Of the
soil, whether rich or poor, and the
amount you can afford. twenty-five to
Il hundred two-horse loads may be
applied per acre. Apply enough to
make the soil rich, and of tins yen
should be the best judge. If you in
tend planting in the spring, put on tie
manure the previous autumn, but if
this cannot be done conveniently apply
early in the spring and pillow it under,
covering about four inches deep
Thoroughly harrow the land before
planting :; in other words put it into
as good a condition as possible for the
reception of the plants. Extra fine
strawberries are only produced by ex-
ira culture. We have expended two to
three hundred dollars per acre in pre-
par1ng land for Strawberries, and had
the first crop,pay all expenses, leaving
the soil permanently improved
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28

.hich holds the sides in their places by
small round pins, which pass through
holes made to correspond with the side
boards. CO..
The coops are held together by the
keys in the lemons of the front and
back pieces. When these keys are
knocked out the coops fall apart and
may be packed away. There is no
patent on these coops, which is not the
least of their merits. They are easily
transported, and allow the fowls to be
seer to the best advantage. An,
Ag, jcatturTSt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
Variety of Food for Hogs.

In an experiment detailed in Deitz's
Farm Journal, where hogs were fed on
cooked potatoes and oats, the excre-
ment showed by the iodine test that a
large portion of starch was passing of
undigested. The addition of a small
amount of peas to the feed caused all
the starch tc be appropriated to the
animal economy. Experience has de-
monstrated that a variety of food is
essential to the perfect development
of animals. When hogs are fed for any
length of time on the same food, they
become "glutted," and the addition of
even a single article of food to their
farm yields for his own consumption,
and how much for sale and then he
will be able to get at any profits by
cyphering the difference less the cost of
cultivation.-Rawd Messenger.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28

STOCKS budded last year should be
cut back TO within three inches of the
bud.
RooT-GRAFTING ought to be got out of
the way as Don as possible, SO that no
delay will occur in grating trees in the
open ground.
SCIoNs.-Cut when the tree is not
frozen, and before the buds start, and if
not needed at once, store IN sawdust,
moss, or sand, in the cellar.
WASHING AND STANDARDIZATION the
weather is suitable, give the trees q
thorough scraping, and afterward apply
a wash made with soft soap.
MANURE.-Cart to the orchards as
soon as convenient, in order to prevent
delay in planting, etc, when the spring
fairly opens. If there is snow, the ma
nure may be hauled upon a sled, and
save much labor in loading. Supply
the stables with plenty of absorbents,
in order to save all the manure posi-
BILE. Fork over the manure heap once
a month, in order to facilitate decom-
position.
PLAsT1Sa.-Nheneve the ground is
in proper order pillow thoroughly and
apply a good coating of manure, which
should be narrowed or plowed under.
The one the trees are planted, if the
conditions are favorable, the better,
though they may be safely planted two
months later if properly heeled in last
fall. If any of the trees in young or
chards have been badly injured set new
trees in their places.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
Superanuated Old Qucens

/ will give one case | had a stock
that supposed had lost their queen, as
| could find no eggs or unsealed Larvae
in the hive; | introduced a queen IN
my usual manner of Introducing, and
to my surprise, on the third day there
after, | found her dead in front of the
hive. / then gave the stock a card of
eggs and unsealed larvae, expecting
them to raise a queen, but they failed
to start any cells. / did not pay any
attention to them for number of days,
thinking to break up the stock and give
the combs to e swarms. On opening
the hive to break them up | discovered
two or three worker larvae, n few sealed
workers, and five or six eggs, not yet
hatched, and among the rest a queen
cell with the larvae, nearly ready to
hatch.
| then went to searching for a queen,
and after IA long and fruitless search, |
found her Majesty, but | was several
times ON the point of giving up beat.
Now, the mystery was solved. This
stock had a superanuated old queen.
In those cases the queen becomes very
small, not larger than a worker, hence
the difficulty in finding her.
She had become ~superanuated and
ceased laying entirely, yet the bees still
chung to her as "A mother, and did not
like to give her up, but after a long
time, by some hocus pocus, induced
her to lay a few eggs and commenced
to raise a queen to fill her place. The
cases are so numerous where there are
two queens in a hive, a young fertile
one and an old one, that before intro
ducing a new one I examine very close
ly for two.-CoT. Iona Homestead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cure for Hoof Rot.

A veteran stock raiser gives in the
Bone On. " Sentinel the following as
a certain cure for hoof rot in cattle,
horses or sheep: Zone %teacupful of
sharp cider vinegar, M and a half Ia
~blespoonfuls of copperas, one and a.
half tablespoonfuls of salt. Dissolve
gradually on the hot stove, but do not
let it boil. When cool, apply it on the
affected limb and hoof, and also swab
out the mouth of the animal with the
mixture. Two or three applications
usually effect a cure. The remedy has
been used with perfect success since
1918.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
why DO Animals Need salt.

Prof. James II. johnson, ofScotland,
says that half the saline matter of the
blood (75 per cent consists of com
mon salt, and as tins is partly dissolved
every day through the skin and kid
neys, the necessity of continued sup
plies Of it to the healthy body is sutfi-
GENTLY obvious. The bite also con
tains soda Zone of the ingredients of
-salt) as a special and indispensable con-
s%tituent, and SO do all the cartilage Of
the body. Stint the supply of salt, and
neither will the bile be able properly
to assist digestion, nor the cartilages to
be built up again as fast IS they ma
turally waste. 1t is better toplace salt
whore the stock can have free access to
it than to give it occasionally il small
quantities. They viii help themselves
to what they need. if allowed to do 80
at pleasure, otherwise when they be-
come salt hungry, they may take more
than is wholesome.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
The CRYSTAL Palace Aquarium.

One of the most interesting sights to
be seen at this charming place OF
amusement, is a recently built aquarium
OF vast dimensions, in which one may
STE something of the private life of
prawns, and crabs, turbots, Holsters,
Writings, founder, soles, crafish, small
cod, etc., besides a whole host, and ex-
%cellent selection of sea-anemones, and
the rare and beautiful inhabitants of
the deep. so mple ia the space and
the supply of water, that the idea of
the creatures being captives scarcely
enters the N I'D, and one comes away
away with a conviction ,hat great deal
of very interesting natural history may
be learned at an aquarium.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
Privileged frcm Arrest.

Tho Rochester Democrat is respon-
sible for this:
AS a veteran policeman living in the
Eighth Ward was coming down town
the other night, TO report for duty at
the station, he came upon two persons
quarreling. He called for an immediate
cessation of bostilities and when be
found that the parties paid no attention
to him, he selHed one OF them, declaring
that if the disorder was not stopped he
would arrest both OF them at once. The
fellow whom he had taken hold of
turned haughtily about and demanded,
"What do you mean by arrestlug
me2 Do you know who | am ~" No.
was the answer, "and | don't care for
it. Til arrest anybody making a dis
turbance in the street. Come along"
"You have no business arresting me"
persisted the stranger. "Do you know
who | am?" "Who the deuce are
YOU, any way 2" asked the irritatod
officer. "Im the driver Of the small.
pox express" was the r~eioi"der. The
Mortified policeman, finding That he had
hold Of the mar who takesthe infected
patients to the ~pest-house, let go hasti-
ly, and oxclaiming eight away and be
II " beat a hasty retreat down the
street, arriving at the station much
earlier than usual.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
IN r,i Grass

A correspondent writes to Moore's
Burial New Yorker, saying that he has
had no experience with orchard grass,
and asking how often it needs renew-
ing. We have received some inquiries
of a character similar to the above,
and the answer of the New Yorker to
it's correspondent will be sufficient for
inquirers:
"Orchard grass has a perennial root,
and needs 10 renewing. 1t IS a grass
that abides well where it is once estab-
lished, and for tina. reason is vastly
better than timothy for mixing with
red clover, and is therefore ready to
cut with the clover. 1t is a grass that
has been far too long neglected in this
country by the farmers, both rs a pas
ture and moving grass"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
A Folding Chicken Coop.

At the Ohio State Fair we saw a col
lection of poultry, consisting of fifty
varieties, owned by one exhibitor, all
contained in handsome coops made in
one pattern. The coops were the sim
plest and most easily constructed we
have anywhere seen, aud there is not a
nall in them. They can be taken apart
and piled up when not needed, taking
up very small space.
The front and back arc alike, and
consist Of two strips IAN upper and low
CT oneD held together by wooden rods.
placed IL proper distance apart. At
each end Of these strips is. a tenon
VI lch passes c1rough o mortise III the
side boards and is secured by a key
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
The Colorado Potato Bug.

The season when this pest will make
it's appearance, creating havoc among
the potato vines and giving the farmer
a world of trouble to keep his fields
free from them, is again approaching,
and many inquiries have been received
from various portions of the State ask
ing the best means of DISCRIMINATING
them. The season of 1871 was one of
many experiments in this regard, and a
careful examination of the results
achieved by the many ''infaillible'
preventiveso the ravages of the beetle
shows that, in any preparation which
has been at all satisfactory, Paris green
has been a main constituent. In small
potato patches it may be possible, with
care, by constant picking to keep the
vines clear of the bug /; but in fields OF
any considerable dimensions this is an
impossibility, and probably the best
exterminator that has been devised is
the mixture of Paris green and -four in
the proportion of one part OF the former
to ten of the latter. The best time for
the application of this is in the morning,
when the dew is on the vines. Some
farmers prefer sand or other substance
as a substitute for flour, but flour is
the best ingredient that can be obtained.
Paris green is a deadly poison and
should be handled with care. Still it
will not enter into the composition CT
any growing vegetable, as it is insoluble
in water, and all plant food is taken up
in solution with water.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28

TEMPERANCE CAKE.-One cup of
sugar, one cup Of sou milk, two cups
Of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one
tablespoonful of lard if you like.
A Coop LISIMEYT.-One Of the very
best liniments that was ever made for
man or beast is composed Of equal parts
OF laudauum, alcohol, and oil Of worm
wood.
Lac VARSIsn is made OF gum lac and
spirits Of wine, frequently shaken tin
the gum Is dissolved, then strained
and decanted Of. The lac onght to be
OF tLe'bind called seed lac, though for
vanishing ordinary woods sdcllac is
often used.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28
Oseula Dulcm.

The happy winds kiss all they meet,
Ason yiewless wings they fly;
The valleys kiss the mountains feet;
And the mountains kiss the sky.
The clouds kiss Pnpbe, calm and bright,
The sable sky adorning;
And sunbeams kiss the brow OF night
Ir the burst of the dewy morning
The rivers kiss, unthrift of love,
The banks begemm'd with flowers;
And swallows sweep from heaven above
To kiss this world Of ours
Thu foaming pillows kiss the beach
In a wild, ~ungentle fashion,;
The weeping willows earthward reach,
To ENJOY the darling passion.
The ivy kisses from its birth,
I'll other cares Diminishing;
And all things ~loveliest on earth
Seem most engaged in kissing
ItBelgravia,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28

ATTORNEY GENERAL BAHLow, Of New
York, was one of two /" first scholars
in his class at Cambridge, who came
out 50 nearly alike that no discrimina-
ton was made in their rank. but tTo
irst parts were assigned of equal rank
and honor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-28

4 MOBILE widow received from a
married woman OF her acquaintance a
valentine SO offensive TO good ttsto and
deceucy that she brought the matter
into court and made the sender pay
$500 tor her joke.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-08

lurch of the brig threw him backward,
and we had moose over him before he
could help himself.
Having seen that the prisoners were
safely bound, we put the brig again
upon her course, and then had them
taken into the cabin, where question
ell them. At first they swore terribly,
vowing all sorts of vengeance: and
when | saw what villainous looking
set they were. | had no doubt that
their vengeance would have been dire
enough if they could only have had
their own way. But by and by they
took different tack, and promised to
tell us where we could unearth thou
sands of dollars which they had buried
u we would set them free.
But never mind their curses. their
promises, nor their cowardly pleadings.
On the very next morning we were
fortunate enough to fail in with
barque bound to Portland With the
rising of the sun the wind had subsidized
and veered 10 the westward again, and
We had no trouble in boarding the
home-bound vessel, the captain of
which ] well knew. My story was
soon told. and he was willing TO take
the convicts back to Portland.
Before the snow flew was in Port
land again, where | learned that nv
convict passengers were. safely lodged
a. Thomaston, and where | received
for distribution among my crew very
handsome SUN of money which had
been offered Is reward for the appre-
benslon of the runaways
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-08
Strength Of Gibraltar.

Until YOU set foot on Gibraltar, YOU
can form no idea Of its impregnability.
Very properly its real strength cannot
he seen from ship in the bay; only
when yon land do YOU find that the sea
wall bristies with heavy guns, and
groans beneath piles OF bali only as
you traverse its flank do YOU see how
formidable breech-loaders peep from
every available chink, and powerful
nortars lurk behind every convenient
emoankment. And not till you pene-
trate the body Of the rock do YOU get
any just notion of the marvellous piece
OF military engineering exhibited in its
galleries. These are tunnels eX-
cavated from the solid rock. parallel
10 its outer side, but some thirty feet
therefrom, and large enough to drive a
carriage through. They are in two
tiers, and comprise a total leugth of
nearly three miles. At every thirty
feet or 50 along them, spacious en-
brasures are hewn, that terminate in
commanding portfolios, which look to
spectator outside the rock like swal-
lows nestholes in sand cliff These
embrasures contain heavy guns always
standing ready for action, with powder
magazines hard by. From the port
holes beautiful peeps of the bav and
the Spanish continent are obtained
out of these, on the north side, you
look down upon half-sandy, half
grassy flat, perhaps half a mile long,
and as wide, connecting the rock with
the main land, and separating the bay
from the Mediterranean. Two lines of
sentry-boxes, one at the rock end, the
other at the distant end, mark the
boundaries of British and Spanish land
and between these lines is the ..netural
ground " The guns of the quarried
embrasures and those hidden cannon
that stud the western and southern
slopes Of the rock, cover the neighbor.
ing Spanish land, the whole of the bay,
and the straits; and the strengthening
work is ever going on by the fortitica-
tion of new points that from time to
time appear vulnerable. The eastern
side of the rock requires no protection
it is forbidding wall, with a great
sand slope in one place, but with no
foothold for anything more than few
fishermen's nuts near the waters
edge.--St James Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-08

This week we have poem from be-
ing who has chosen for his theme The
Watching Mother This vigilant par
ent, if we understand the thing, is sitting
bv her infant child in the middle of the
night ready to respond when it inquiries
for paregoric. The poet says: Beside
the couch she sat, whereon her infant
slept; and as she looked upon his face,
she bowed her head aud wept. He wa $
her only one. into her heart he'd slept !;
and as her mothers love welled up she
bowed her head aud wept. He was but
one year old. and hardly vet he crept.-
Perhaps he'd die All! dreadful thought. !.
She bowed her head aud wept. Thus
far an angel form her boy from harm had
kept; with thankful, grateful heart. she
bowed her head and wept.' Perhaps
this will be enough for once There are
sixty-two verses, and in every one that
singular parent bowed her head and
wept. II made no difference to her
whether her offspring crept or walked,
or accepted its regularly, or screamed,
or took notice, or had guardian angels,
or measles. or anything, that infatuated
mother bowed her head and wept all the
same. II is extremely affecting. but un-
questiouably monotonous. We shall
give the rest of the poem at intervals.
one verse at time during the year
Perhaps It may run over into next year.
Persons who tire of it can have the adj
dress of the poet by applying At this OF
flee. II he must must be shot, let the
murderous deed be committed by some
other frenzied sufferer han US Sun
day Mercury
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-08

SPECTACLEs MANY are ashamed to
use spectacics because they regard il a
sign OF old age, aud injurc their ewes by
tasking them too heavily. Now, the
best work OF many mans life is done
after he has put on glasses The idea. a
very natural one. it mnst be confessed.
that we are getting Old when we put on
glasses for ordinary occupations; and
the equally natural feeling of desiring
to resist or push OF old age. CT to keep
it concealed, has, and will always, deter
many from giving their ewes the neccs-
sarv help which spectaclcs alone afford.
II suddenly oil print and writing. and
every form Of fine work should be
changed to two or three times finer.
then the necessity for glasses would
come at twenty-five TO thirty years, and
this then would be old age. For the
power OF accommodation required TO
adjust the eyes for near or fine work il.
in reality, greatest ut about ten years OF
age, and commences To fade away from
that time forward. Therefore, so far a,
1t l. concerned. old age would then be,
gin. Hence the absuriity OF feeling
chagrincd by, or regarding the use of
spectaclcs as proof Of old age, or
fading from the highest attainablc
strength and activity man canpossess.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-08
Odds and Ends.

No. 397. Dorcas Rice, New Hamp-
shire. l02. Without glasses. Eats l02
buckwheat cakes every morning before
breakfast. Never voted for any presi-
dent before Washington.- Chicago
Post.
A train loaded with pig iron ran off
the track at Pittsburgh the othe dav, lit
Ga the root of1etwo- story house, demol-
ished it and tumbled all the people out
OF bed. Steep country, Pittsburgh!
A correspondent of New York pa
per declares that the husbands of strong
minded women become nobodies. This
is not strictly true, for large majority
of such husbands are nobodies at the
start .-Lousciile Journal
Rhinebeck now claims him, los years
old, shaves himself, threads a needle at
arms length, chops a cord of wood be-
fore breakfast in three languages, voted
for all the Presidents before and since
Washington, uses tobacco.
Roses are worth s. each at New Or
leans, at church fairs. The rose costs 81
the pin %, and % are charged for stick
tiC % pm IL tut TOsc INTO
the victims coat. The Lord loves a
cheerful giver.-Chicago Post.
A lady at Worthington, Ohio, recent
ly aimed a kick at her husband, but,
missing him, accidentally killed a little
child who was standing near by. The
matter is regretted by all parties con-
cerned in it.-N. Y. Post. Except tine
husband, perhaps.
The longest sentence to be found in the
English language, without doubt, can g
found in President John Adams in.
augural address. 1t contains seven hun.
dred and one words.
A teanster who tried vainly to impel
his horses over the Los Gatos road Cali.
fornia. the other dav, is reported by the
San jose Patriot to have prayed thus,
oh Lord, give me strength and courage
to cut my own throatp