Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-16

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spoons of salt, and let them standsover
night Do not pour off the liquor, but
add two-thirds of pound of sugar, one
/ pint grated horseradish, two tablespoons
of mustard Put a weight on the top and
/ set near the fire or in warm place until
/ they become sour, when they should be
kept in cool place. The juice of the
tomatoes forms the vinegar, and if some
are partly ripe it is all the better. No
scum rises on the top, and they will keep
a long time.
| ENDLESS BURNING LAMP.-Among the
| lost arts is that of the endless burning
lamp. It is said that in the time of Ed
ward VI a lamp was discovered in the
grave of Constantine, at Y ork, which had
been burning since his burial to that time,
a period Of twelve hundred years. Also,
in the grave of Tulia, daughter of Cicero,
was found a burning lamp, which was
Lighted at her DEATH. fifteen hundred and
/ fifty years before II wentSout as soon as
| daylight was admitted. Yet it is certainly
a clever device of the ancients to invent a
lamp which would illuminate through all
time the home of their dead.
1 THE Paducah Keiatuckaa7l says: tsMr.
! w. Z. Miles, a commercial traveller for an
Evansville house, was spending night at
his old home in Smithland not long since.
In the morning, he told the landlord that
he had had dream during the night to
| the effect that he would die on the first day
| of June, then week off. So impressed
was he with the dream that he left for
Evansville. On the way there he was
attacked with cerebro-spinal meningitis
and died on the first of June. Mr. Miles
was raised in Livingston County, and was
~, 1ox oF q
Mississippi.
On one Of our Eastern trains, the other
day, a newly-married couple starting on
| their wedding tour, after comfortably ar
ranging themselves in their seats, gave
vent to their emotions as follows: Hus-
band Qeaning over tenderly toward the
partner Of his joys and sorrows) -"'Oose
| little pet lamb is 'ou?" Wife with re-
sponsive tenderness Husband
600 does 'ou love?" Wife-"'Ou" The
individual who heard this conversation,
being a single man, was completely over
come at this point of the conversation, and
joined the euchre-playing crowd in the
smoking-car.
How TO MAKE RooT BEER.-A good
root beer is desirable thing in The hot
days Of summer, not only for shaking
thirst, but also because Of its utility as a
tonic. This is the way to make the real,
| old-fashioned brew: Take spruce boughs,
black-birch bark, sarsaparilla, winter
green leaves, sassafras, yellow dock and
| dandelion roots; boil altogether in a large
| Kettle, with a handful of hops and two
| quarts Of wheat bran, and two quarts Of
molasses When boiled enough-two
hours or so-strain through a seive, cool,
| and add pint of yeast. IF not very
sweet to the taste, add more molasses.
! Let it work over night and bottle. Secure
the corks tightly, and it will foam we'll
The same can be made in larger quanti-
ties, and put into fifteen gallon cask,
and worked from the bung-hole for few
| days, but it will not foam so we'll as if
bottled.
How TO MAKE TEA-The most import
ant thing in brewing a cup of tea consists
i'll having the water in the tea-kettle
| freshly boiled, and one should never use
! that which has been steaming and stewing
for several hours. So turn out all the
water in your kettle, and fill it up with
fresh, pure water; then boil it up briskly,
! and, as soon as the steam appears, turn a
! small quantity of water into the teapot,
and shake it about in it. Then pour it
out and add one teaspoonful Of tea for
each person who will drink from the pot,
and one teaspoonful for the pot this is
| the old rule of our grandmothers). Over
this pour one large cofee-cup Of boiling
water, and for breakfast tea let it boil ex-
acty ten minutes-boil hard. But for
| green and Japan teas, proceed as above,
and then place the teapot on the back
| part OF the stove, or upon the elevated
| reservoir for water, and let it steep from
five to eight minutes.
| LEFT ERICKSON VS. CHRISTOPHER Col
UMBUs.-Ole Bull, Professor r. B. Ander-
Eson of the Wisconsin University, Senator
J. A. johnson and other prominent n or
wegians, are raising money to build
monument to Left Erickson The first
named gentleman has already given some
concerts, and will give few more before
leaving for Norway, the entire proceeds to
be devoted to the monument fund. Pro.
fessor Anderson, "a linguist, thoroughly
versed in Scandinavian literature, is to
lecture for tne benefit Of the fund The
total amount to be raised is 81, 200. The
monument is to be built in Madison and
dedicated with great ceremony On the
Tooth anniversary OF. American lndepend-.
ence Ole Bull, Bjornson, the famous
Norwegian author and poet, and other
celebrities will be present on the occasion,
together with such host of enthusiastic
Norwegians from this and adjoining
States, as were never before seen together,
outside the borders of Norway. Left
Erickson, whose name is 10 be inscribed
upon this monument, was a bold naviga-f
tor whosdiscovered America in the year
1000.@ That is what the Sagas say, and
circumstantial evidence tends to corrobo-
rate the Icelandic records. -Madason VS.
Journal - @ge Hs = ess@as - - - So
A JOKE VENrRrLoQUAL One of the
most remarkable ventriloquists that ever
lived was NJ ST. Gille,s of ST. German en-
Laye, France, whose performances have
sheen recorded by the Able de la Chapelle
Once, when overtaken by storm, St.
: Gille took shelter in a neighboring con-
vent, where the monks were in deep
mourning over the recent death of much
esteemed member of their community
While lamenting over the tomb of their
deceased brother the slight honors which
had been paid to his memory, voice was
suddenly heard to issue from the roof of
the choir, bewailing the condition of the
deceased in purgatory, and reproving the
brotherhood for want of zeal. The It'd
ings Of the extraordinary event brought
the entire fraternity to the church The