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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
honey-producingI flowers within their

scope, and that their depredations in
the orchards follow the drying up. OF
white clover and other honey plants.
Now, instead of planting milk weed to
destroy them, let the same amount OF
land be sown to catnip, and the pre-
vention will be far more certain OF
success and at the same time will be a
source OF great profit to the bees. Cat
nip begins to bloom in. July, and con
rtlnues till all the tender fruits are gath
cred IN the fall, and is one of the. best
honey producers known. A few acres
OF 1t would employ, a large apiary so
that they would not meddle with either
fruit or milk weed, Tt may be sown in
the fall, about a pint to the acre,
and will ever after take core Of itself if
We'll let alone. I think that any right
minded bee-keeper could be persuaded
to keep his bees out of mischief by this
simple and profitable remedy. 5, Other
late-blooming plants might be added
to the one above mentioned, with, per-
haps, some advantage" iuas..A
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
BaIky Horses.

Baking is a serious defect in a very
useful animal, and it cannot be over
come by whipping or swearing at him;
His brain does not seem capable OF
entertaining but one thought at time,
and the stubborn resolve not to move
seems to be uppermost in it, There
fore YOU, must endeavor to give him a
new subject of thought, and thereby
change the direction OF his brain. q.
The simple trick aof putting small
quantity Of earth or gravel, taken from
the roadside, upon his tongue, will
suffice to turn his attention to the new
kind of fodder offered him. Now cluck
to him, but don't strike him, and
almost before he is aware OF it he is
walking along, and soon trots as fast as
is needful. This is a remedy much in
use on the Western plains, where team
ing is employed to perform vast
amount of labor, and balky horses are
quite common trouble.
q I haye seen it work. tooperfectlon on
the plains of Colorado, where whipping
and profanity were utterly Intellectual.
A very small quantity of earth and fine
gravel made it's mark directly. Kind
ness always produces a great effect up
on horses, and every driver should
learn that pleasant words and tones are
of much greater use in making his
horses obedient than the whip lash,
mingled with harsh tones and ear
splitting curses. 5ra
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
Late Chickens the Best Layers.

2
A correspondent of the Country Gen
leman writes: -
CATER repeated experiments during
the past twenty-five years in Matching
chickens, I am fully convinced that
TO Wis Matched in the month of July
make far better layers than these born
at any other season of the year, Early
Matched chickens commence laying il
September, and continue until cold
January weather, when they discon-
tinue until spring. On the other hand,
when Matched in July or August, they
begin laying i'll February, and continue
until October. find July chickens
will average so to rs more eggs nearly
than those Matched in March, MY
method, therefore, is to hatch 100
chickens IN August for my own use.
AS soon as the cocks can be selected
from the pulIets, they are converted
into potpie, giving the pullets all the
room. The pllllets are then we'll fed,
and are soon large enough to care for
themselves.
The Light Brahmas have always been
my most profta BILE and favorite fowl !;
but with great reluctance / am obliged,
after three years trial, to place the
Partridge Cochins at the head of the
list. AS layers they excel any Asiatic
breed [ have ever known, and as mar
ket fowls they have, no equal. They
are very hardy, mature early, and make
short-legged, yellow-feshed, heavy
breasted fowls. Ny. pullets Matched
last August are laying now, as they
have since February. They are superior
sitters and most careful mothers. I
am also breeding the White Cochins
for the first time this season, and thus
far am much pleased with them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
Advice About Guns.

The American Sportsman is trying
hard to teach people how to handle
guns. It gives four rules. The sub
stance Of the first three rules is, never
handle gun unless you know how
always carry gun at half-cock. The
fourth rule we give entirely. elf you
know Of no other way of ascertaining
whether a gun is loaded or not than
by putting the muzzle to your mouth
and blowing, CT if you feel inclined to
draw the cap, retire to safe distance,
and at once blow out your b1ains-if
you have any-before you kill or MAIN
other people by your stupidity and
carelessness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
Treatment of Bees.

A writer in an Eastern Journal, hav-
ing advised the poisoning of bees by
the use of arsenic at such times as
they turned their attention to fruit to
its injury, has excited the ire Of some
of the more humane apiarians. Among
the many replies of those who would
combat such a destruction of the
"busy bees" none is more practical
and to the point than that of Mr..
Hoyne, of Ohio He says: "I am
sorry that any one could be guilty OF
such reckless advice. But here is the
plan which saves both man and bee,
and will not make an enemy of your
neighbor who keeps bees. All who
know anything about bees are aware
that they will disturb nothing in any
way SO long as there are plenty OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
Milking Stools.

I saw an article in late issue OF
your paper about milking and milking
stools, wherein 3Jericho" thinks a
common wood bucket the most con
venient seat. Let me tell him how to
to make what call convenient stool.
Take a piece of board eight inches
wide and two feet long; nail short
pieces across the ends to increase it's
strength, and bore holes through put
two legs in one end eight or ten inches
long, and one in the other or forward
end, a trifle shorter Place the stool
where you want to sit, the end with
one leg in where you usually set the
pail. Place the pail On one end and
sit on the other; there you have your
pail out Of the dirt, and the COW can
not easily put her foot in it, as is SO
often the case when the pail is on the
ground.
If the legs prove too long, saw them
off little. Some COWS are so low that
you are obliged to set the pail on the
ground; IN such case you can turn
your stool around. Try it, and see
how you like it.--Funnaeg's Daughter
IN Western Ru7'dl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
A Remedy for Wounds.

Take a pan or shovel, with burning
Goals, and sprinkle upon them brown
sugar, and hold the wounded part over
the smoke In a few minutes the pain
will beallayed, and recovery proceeds
rapidly. In my own case rusty nail
had made q bad wound in the bottom
of my foot. The pain and nervous ir-
ritation were severe. This was all re-
moved by holding it in the smoke for
fifteen minutes, and I was able to re.
sumo my reading in comfort. We have
often recomm ended 1t to others with
like results. Last week one of my men
had a. finger nail torn out by pair Of
ice-tongs. 1T became very painful, as
was to have been expected. Held in
sugar smoke for twenty minutes, the
pain ceased, and promises speedy re-
coVery.-COr COuntY.u Gentleman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
c8fLDREN'S CORNER
cr.e5e,s Kitty.

4I>@83SD Gracie's Kitty.
.Iex by E. A. ALIEN
cracies kitty. day by day
Moned beside the fire and pinned
Woud no longer frisk or play,
Or the worsted ball unwind.
Oracle coaxed, :" Play. kitty, do ~ <
..t... Kitty answered sadly, /" New ~
3 All in vain were dainty fare, c4C
49, Bread ard milk all warm and new,
Downy nest aud tender care
Thinner, weaker still she grew,
Could no longer run or purr,
ass%1 Lay in bed and woul not STIR sd
Gracie traied her long white gown
Down the stairs at early light,
Wondering Z if kitty'th grown
Any better over night -
= = Il. Found poor kitty cold and dead
FEEs In her pretty basket bed. = w.
Oracle made another bed "a
rsI Where the morning tories climb
With red rose-leaves lined and spread,
And perfumed with plnks and thyme.
Rarely has human head - g. -
! - Found SO soft and sweet bed. 49,
Gracie's little tender hands
End at last their loving task;
Sobbing by the grave she stands, ri
% Then she lifts her face to ask,
While the slow tears downward roll,
&C Mamma where it'll kitty til thoul 2,
~ ia Our Young FOtks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
Scene at the Freedmen's Bank in Wash
s IngtOn.
From the Washington Star.
sTbere were some droll seen as al +

There were some dro]l scenes at the
counter Of the Freedmen's Bank to-
day. The assembly is mixed one,
the colored race, of course, predomi-
Mating, ard many questions are asked
which provoke laughter. An old col
ored man, with black hat well crowd
ed down over his eyes, looking very
much as if hen had Matched IN it,
having in his bands two umbrellas and
aofish-pole, and blanket wrapped
around his tattered coat, shouted at
the top of his voice, upon recognizing
a female acquaintance, Fore God,
Susan, dis chile has walked all de way
from Pohick to get dat seventy-fve
cents;s Amt gwine to lose anything,
shuah, honey. How dye" Another
as black as Erebus rolled in with a
cheap travelling trunk. His appearance
was the signal for general laughter, for
his physiognomy would have provoked
it, aside from the trunk which he car
ried A husky voice cried out: What
am you gwine to do with that trunk -
"Oh, you go way, chile; | amt got no
pockets, deys done gone, and Use got
free hundred dollars; has. You poor
trash can laff all you want. He fel'
in al the rear of the line, and dragging
his trunk, awaited until it's "length-
ened sweetness, long drawn out
the money teller would hand him his
| cash ON demand.
An amusing incident occurred, in
which the Hon.sP Peter Campbell figured.
An old colored man, whose locks were
frosted to whiteness which betokened
four score years and ten, having whip
slung over his shoulders, shufied in
with his number twenty boots, and
walked on tip-toe, fearing, perhaps, he
might soil the tesselated floor. Espying
| the Hon. Peter. he exclaimed:
Praise de Lord, honey, Use done
glad you'se heah Use left cart wild a
| load of coal up heah on do corn. to
see about de ole woman's money!
she's done got de bank book, in the
name of God, what must do 2"
Mr.. Campbell assured the old man
that he had money with the bank, and
proposed to leave it, inasmuch as he
considered that they could weather an y
storm the bank was organized by the
friends, of the colored man, and they
need not be afraid Of any trouble or
loss to them.
Upon receiving this intelligence, the
old man threw up his hat, and cried
out !: '''Fore God! Somebody pat
'Juba [ wants to dance! Fore God,
boss, Use leave my old woman's money
here, sink. OF. SWIM And, casting a
contemptuous look on those in line, he
said "You'se all Thomases Oh, We
Of little faith !! Look at the po' trash
trying to 'barrass dere friend-I'se
gwine to my cart, [ am !" The old
apple woman of Celtic origin had her
"chick" book, and was anxious that
the "'dommed mayer, clarks' should
hurry up, as she wanted her 81 80 be-
fore the edirty black bank bust up. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15

LORD HouaHroN adds the following
to the long list OF Sidney Smnn s
Jokes: Or Lord Macaulay he sad that
Macaulay 'snot only overfowed with
',earning, but stood in the slop."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15

VICKsBURG nurse girls have taken to
racing with carriages, and having re
Gently adopted the hurdle system, sew
eral babies have been killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15

never grudge a little extra outlay in
the purchase of choice seed. Such
outlay is pretty certain to be we'll re.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15
The Greatest Cattle Raiser in the World

Il
:. Samuel W. Allen, a native of Ken
lucky, who has resided from infancy in
Texas, and is now citizen of Harris
county, in that State, is the largest
cattle raiser in the orld. He is the
owner of the following ranches l.
Ranch Grande-the largest on the con-
tineDt-embraces an area of eighty
miles long and forty wide, and lies be-
tween the Colorado and Nevada Rivers,
extending through the three counties
of Matagorda, Lavacca and jackson.
On this one ranch alone Mr..
Allen herds 100000 cattle. 2.
The Home Rancho, situated in
Harris county, pastures 10000, and
includes an area of little less than half
that of the Ranch Grande. 3. The San
Bernard o. Ranch is in Fort Bend coun
ty, and pastures IS, 900, making a grand
total of two hundred and fifty thousand
(250,000) head of cattle owned and
handled by one man, and subsisted
and fattened upon, the native
grasses and spontaneous growth of a
comparatively small section of the
great territory of Texas. Besides this
prodigious number of cattle, there
are three thousand horses, which
are kept constantly in use
by herders and branders, of
whom at least four hundred are en-
ployed by Mr.. Allen, at good wages.
At a low estimate Of ten dollars per,
head, the value OF Mr.. Aliens cattle
may be put down at So SOC, 900; of his
horses at $50, 900; making.a tal val
uation of So, $50, 900. Sixty TAB usand
calvesFare branded by hum every year
to keep up this supply. heseam cunts
represent the capital OF heSchiH meat
purvey Of beef for the City m New
Orleans and the adjacent couEb iBa q the
gulf coast, without estimatingk M Alue
of his lands, which are more than ducal
In extent if not in value. Kentucky
YpO91nY
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-15

's WHEN Lord Lytton inserted in the
ninth book of the Parisians, now In the
course Of publication in Harper's
Weekly (Which it is supposed he in
tended to publish anonymously, the
following eccentric reference to him
self: 'sThere is somewhere IN Lord
Lytton's writings-so numerous that /
may be pardoned if | can not remem-
Der where-a critical definition, OF the
difference between dramatic and nara
tive art of story" probably the princi-
pal reason for the rema4k was to mis-
lead critics as to the authorship of the
novel. Defining the difference between
the dramatic and narrative art was
favorite pastime with many of Lord
Lytton's characters, and the distinc-
ton between dramatic and lyric poetry
SO charmlngly given by Lily Mordann
in Kenelm Chillingly is one at-the
prettiest and most memorable passages
in the book.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-12

Never Sead thou an article foT pab-
location without giving the editor iby
name, for thv name Oftentines se-
cures publication 70 worthless arsis les
Thou shouldst Dot rap at the doo-
G: . printing Office, for be that an
sgereth the sap sneereth in bis sseeves,
and l0ssth time
Neither do thoa loaf about. ask
questions, OF knock down type. or the
boys viii love thee Ike they do shade
trees-when thoH leaveth.
Thou sbonldst never read the copy
on the pr.nser's case, or the sharp o.
hooked container thereof. or be nay
knock thee down
Never inquire thou Of the editor for
the news, for behold Il Is bis business
st the appointed time 70 give It TO
thee without asking.
II Is not right that thog shouldst
ask him who IS the author Of a0 srti-
ele. for II IS his dufy TO keep saeh
things unto himself
when thou dost enter his oEee,
take heed unto thyssif that thou doss
net look At what may be laying open
and eoncerneth thee not, fo- that Is
not meet in the sight Of good breed
ing.
Neither examine the prooEsheei. for
il IS not resdy 10 meet thine eye, that
thou rnayest understand
Prefer thine Own town paper 70 any
other, and subscribe for Immediately
Paw for II in advance, and i shall
be well with thee and thine
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An opI.is. e6 womea-

Oliver Wendell Holmes has record
ed the following IS his opinion Of wo-
men "A woman. notwithstanding
she Is the best Of listeners. knows her
business, and il il woman-s business
70 please | don't say that II Is not
her business 10 vote. bat l do say that
the woman who does not please Is
false note IN the harmonies Of nature.
She may not have youth or beauty,
or even manner. bat she must have
something IN her voice CT expression,
or both, which II makes you feel bet
ter disposed toward your race 70 look
ST or listen To- She knows that as
well 2s We do: and her first question
after you have been talking vour soul
into her consciousness j.. Did /
plesses-
A woman never forgets her sex
She would rather talk with q man
than an angel any day. Womanly
women are very kindly critics, except
10 themselves, and now sad then TO
their own sex The less there i Of
sex about 3 woman, the more shaf1
70 be dreaded But take 3 real Wo-
man al her best mOment-Eelld dressed
enough 10 be pleased with herself,
not 50 respondent - 70 Be show and
cause q sensation. with the varied
outside Influences that set vibrating
the harmonic notes Of her nature STIR
ring in the air about her-and what
has social life to compare with one Of
those vital interchanges Of thought
and feeling with her that make an
hour memorables
What can equal her tact, her deli
caey, subtle.y Of apprehension, her
quickness to feel the changes Of tenn
peratTe zs the warm and cool cur
rents Of thought blow by turns! At
one moment she IS Ricroscopiealiv in
tellectual, critical. scr1puloGs in jadg-
ment as Al ANALYSTS balance. and the
next as sympathetic s. the open rose
that sweeteus the wind from whatever
quarter Il finds il wav to her bosom
II Is IN the hospitable soul Of wo-
man that man forgets he i straag
er, and 50 become natural and truth
ful, At the same time that lie i mes
merized by all tbose divine differences
which make her q mystery and BE-
Hilderment
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-12
Dr~-. OF u.~sviiszea Women

The bellies Of Greenland dress IN
the warmest fur in winter. exposing
only the face. They would consider
it suicidal to bare their chests and
shoulders, even in a ballroom And
they wear clothes fashioned with .
view TO the work which l. 10 be per-
formed Arctic explorers tell Us that
tbey are IS expert with the car as the
men, and can perform al kinds Of
ouf-of-door labor equally as weIl as
The other sex The conditions Of
American women are f0rtannfely
more favorable, bat that Is no mason
why they should have cold feet OF
cold limbs, or arms exposed A man
wraps himself up TO his ears in q
thick Oyer-coat, puts on top-boots and
warm gloves. Even then be Is fre-
quently cold so chilly that only Wig
orous exercise VIII keep him warm
Did the reader ever see q woman
swinging her arlns. beating her chest,
or running in winter. 70 keep her
blood circulating ana her lungs q
work , She has af she can DO 10
pick her dainty way over the lev side
walk, to save herself from fall.
Ii there Is aay one class Of women
We pity more than another, ii Is that
which serTes in our kitchens and
chambers, which has 10 perform the
endless rounds Of house-wOrk. going
up and down stairs, dragging skirts
in the cellar, tie woodward. the attic.
over wet doors, about stoves. fire.
places, etc What could a man do
under such circumstances What
would be do (, If compelled to wear
skirts At all, he would cut them short
enough 10 allow Of free use Of the
limbs, without constantly running the
risk Of al accident by falling, OF haT-
ing the drspery about bis person set
on fire The development Of dress
since the DAYS Of the primitive fig
leaf i deeply interesting and in
structive study. The farther back We
go in the history Of the human family.
the more natural, primitive and
healthy l. the costume worn These
who have witnessed the play Of King
Carrot as brought out in London.
Paris and New York, have found
themselves looking upon q crowded
street in POmpeii as il was nearly two
thousand years aga, before buried In
the ashes thrown from Eesuviuz-
Nothing strikes the bekolder 50 much
as the beauty and simplicity Of the
clothes worn By the men and women
1t far surpasses in elegance every
thing seen At the present day, and
must have been eOrresp0ndingly
healthy: We Dc not sav that these
robes Of sunny italy are the best for
Broadway OF Wall Street. Times
change and mans circumstances
change with them We have little
fault 10 frd with the present-day
male costume. That for women
should more nearly approximate Il
than It does.-Scieaes Of HeoltA-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-12
-.serrs~ fs Nes E.sa<h--'
.AIlan, Me- i A. =.


A moment ago he was PLAYING
with his little cart in the yzrd, hazI-
ing dirt TO the earrant bushes. can
not tell hoE many earffaIls he carried.
He was busy a. . little nan Bat
Allan has gone There Is his ear.
Allan 4, Allan -
Use here = al last said a snaIl
voice from the back parlor.
What are you there sor - asked
his mother, opening the door and
looking IN
Allan did not answer a first He
was standing IN the corner, with
pretty sober look On
Gone out 70 Four little ear, said
his mother: 1T : waiting for another
run
Size nos been here long 'naE.r
said the little boy
What are yoa here for, At aIl!-
asked his mother.
Il panishing nv own self pick
ed some green curan-s- and they
went into nv HOufh, . szid Allan
-Oh when mother told you not 70 ?
Green eurrants VII make nv little
boy siek, y said his mother, IN ! sOrry
tone
You needn't punish ne" said
Allan Il punish ne nv ovn sch =
His mother often put him IN the
back psrior alone when be had been =
naughty boy, and, you see, be took
the same way with himself
Are yoa not sorry for disobering
mother ~ she asked Allan
Il sorry; bat sorry Is not 'nuf /
punish ne 1 stay here . good while
and have thinkslu
Is not Allan right s-Ca5aiaz ct
Hork.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-12

The First Blood Of the ReEolu-
ton has been commonly supposed
20 have been shed at Lexington,
April 18th, 1IT5. but Westminster.
Vermont files prior Cain n favor
Of one William Freaeb. who It Is a.
serted Was killed on the night Of
March 18th, l775.at the Kings Coars
House, In what Is now Wes1misister.
At that time Vermont was q part Of
New York. aud the Kings court or
gers, together with body Of troops,
were sent On 70 Westminster 70 bold
the usual session Of the court The
people. however. were exaspeE ased-
and assembled IN the court house 70
resist A little before midnight the
troops Of George tie Third advanced
and fred indiseriminzteiy upon the
crowd, instantly killing William
French. whose head was pierced by .
musket ball He was buried n the
ehurch-ysrd, and a stone erected 70
bis memory, with this quaint inscrip-
dea-
In Memory Of William French
Who Was Shot al Westminster
March ye l2th, I775, by the hand Of
the Cruel Ministerial tools OF George
We Sd az the Courthouse at . IL
O'Clock Al night IN the 27d year Of his
a-e