Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-25

is taking possession of MANY moor wood
oWs, and 1t will not be long before = So.ii
have to be recorded in complcte u,orI,s WI
american weeds" A good nor,;n vi +
the meadows on the battlefield of G c.ot vi
burg is Overrun with it.
ONE of those people who consido.
| horse-cars as spittoons recently entered .
Boston Car, and inadvertently bcstowad
his attention upon gentlcman's boot ~.
sooner had the boot felt the indignitv tla,,
it seemed endowed with sudden vital;t,,
1t attacked the expectOrator until hemadi,
volunteered to give it satisfaction if !,
would accompany him out of the
! car for few minutes. The chalen.
| ger and the boot departed: the Spectators
saw hats flying, and arms and legs shin,
ming about with so much velocity that if
was impossible to tell who owned them
After breathless time the outraged boot
was avenged and departed triumphantlv
Not the least ingenious suggestion
| offered to the commissioners of the cen
tennial exposition comes from New Hamn.
shire. A citizen Of that State cOmmuri
Gates the following colossal plan: DEAR
| SIRs: | speak of cheese-cheese in the
| grandest and most sublime sense of the
| term, cheese such as the world has never
SEEM cheese! hundreds of thousands Of
pounds Of it. 1t shall be an immense
| plain, the Consolidated efforts of every
| cheese manufacturer in the United States,
and will be capable, when laid down
upon its side, of accommodating many
hundreds Of PEOPLE Such cheese as the
one speak of would certainly create as
| constituent, and would gain for our manu-
| facturers the admiration of the world. |
desire space for such a cheese Can
| have it? Answer.
! WATERING NEWLY PLANTED TREES
| There are times when water is almost es-
scntial, but it is best to avoid it if possible,
In many cases trees are injured more by
the kind hand holding the water-po than
| they would be by full exposure to the dry
weather. If newly planted tree showed
| signs Of whitening its leaves on the least
warm weather, we should most likely cut
off a few of its branches, which would les
sen the evaporating surface If it still
seemed to suffer choose dry day to loos-
en- the earth on the surface about it-lO0s-
en- say half an inch, and then with a ram
rod numerically" punch and pound it.
This will SO thoroughly pulverize the soil
that it will attract moisture from the sur
rounding ground If, after all, the leaves
do not wear cheerful aspect, make a
shallow basin about the roots, and pour
in bucketful or two of water, and day
or SO following fill it again with the dry
earth, pressing it in closely. This will do
for a whole seasOn.-Gdrdener's N0nthiy
SOME competent sanitary and bibulous
authority asserts that when people feel the
IT. ncil hotr Ill latr ~
alone, and use lemons or apples, they
would feel just as well satisfied ana re-
ceive no injury 4 suggestion may not
come amiss as to good plan when lem
ons are cheap in the market. a person
should then purchase several dozen at
once, and prepare them for use in the
warm, weak days Of spring and summer,
when acids, especially citric or the acid
Of lemons, are SO grateful and useful.
Press your hand on the lemon and roll ii
back and forth briskly on the table to
make it squeeze more easily; then press
the juice into bowl or tumbler-never
into tin; strain out all the seeds, as they
give bad taste. Remove all the pulp
from the peels and boil in water-a pint
for dozen pulps-to extract the acid. A
few minutes boiling is enough; then
strain the water with the juice Of the
lemons; put pound Of white sugar to a
pint of the juice; boil ten minutes, bottle
it, and your lemonade Is ready. Put a
tablespoonful or two of this lemon syrup
into a glass of water, and you have a
healthful, cool drink.
TREATMENT OF HORSES DURING THE
HEATED TERM-The New York Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
has issued the following circular relative
to the treatment of horses during the heat,
ed term: The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals would call attention
to the suffering of horses and mules in our
streets during the hot season, and recon-
mend drivers and others having animals
under their care the most COnsiderate
treatment 1t would also recommend feed
ing a small bundle of wet hay or a couple
of quarts of oats in the middle of the day;
to use but little corn, as it is very heating,
and to soak whatever is used for twenty
four hours in salt water before feeding; to
use the wet sponge on the head; to fur
nish little drinking water as often as
practicable, when not overheated and, as a
further means Of refreshing the animal,
to throw water upon the legs and such
parts as are liable to chafe by persplra-
ton or otherwise; to drive slowly and
lessen the load usually imposed in cooler
weather; to loosen the check-rein, or, bet
ter, dispense with it altogether; to cover
the animal with fly net, or, preferably,
with light sheet. The following prepar-
alton is recommended for animals suffer
ing from being overheated; To one pint
of water put one ounce of chloride of am
monia, one ounce sweet spirits OF inter,
one dram tincture of acOnite; give Ia
ble-spoontul every hour or two. Upon the
passenger railroad lines the Society would
advise slow driving, even walking, when
the weather is oppressive; to use the
sponges as above recommended, and to
have the men stationed at proper distances
along the route to water the animals; to
keep them shaded when practicable, and
to provide extra horses to relieve the load
on up grades"
4 SPIRITUAL SONG.