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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

-Crullers.- cup of sugar, one OF
sour or buttermilk, one egg, one large
tablespoonful of butter, one large teaspoon
full of soda; nutmeg Be sure and have
the lard hot before trying to fry them.
French Crout-Cut the cabbage fine;
add for seasoning one tablespoonful OF
ground mustard, the same of ground pep
per, salt, two eggs beaten, one teacup
sweet cream, one of white sugar, and one
of vinegar; warmed before stirring it.
Apple Cake-Two cups of apple pre-
served in two cups of molasses; one cup
of cream, one cup of sugar, one-half cup
of butter, one teaspoonful of saleratus,
four cups of flour, and spice to suit the
taste.
The depth to which potatoes should be
planted depends upon the kind of soil and
the condition of the land. If the ground is
light and porous, plant deep. IF it is dry,
plant deep; but if the soil is compact and
hard, put the seed down about three
inches and heap the earth on top about
two or three inches When the ground is
dry and the soil light such as sand or
gravel, place the seed down beneath the
surface at least six inches, and step on top
of the hill or press it down with a hoe.
When the ground is wet, do not press it,
but leave as light as possible.
TO Make Soft Soap-For one barrel
of soap, take thirty pounds of grease, free
from salt, rinds or bits of lean meat, and
I've from two barrels of good ashes. Put
one quart of lime in the bottom of each
barrel of ashes. Put boiling water on to
leach with; have ready the soap barrel
where it is to stand. When the I've
begins to run, melt the grease in a
little I've and pour it in the barrel.
ring frequently until cold. | always use
the stove kettle, as that is free from rust,
which makes white clothes yellow. Soap
made in this way will be very light col
ored and thick, and requires but little
labor in making. If the I've is not strong
enough to eatthe grease, boil it a while.
Wherever we go wA&ee the cucumber
in the open air suffered to run on the
ground This is no doubt relic of
European culture. There it is necessary
The climate is not hot. enough, and the
plants have to be started, if not grown
altogether, in low, flat glass frames. But
where the cucumber grows wild, it spreads
over bushes and trees, and the growth and
product are enormous. All plants with
tendrils prefer to ramble in this way. The
grape vine, it is we'll known, seems fairly
to rejoice when it can find large mass of
twiggy brush to ramble over as it wills,
and SO does the cucumber. No one who
has not tried can have any idea of the
luxurious growth Of cucumber when
trained to stake which has a set of stub
by side branches left along its length. A
great advance in the style Of culture is that
the plants occupy far less ground than
when permitted to spread over the surface
in the usual way. This is a great gain to
small gardens-and to large ones, for that
matter for if we have land enough and to
spare, few of us have time to waste in prepar-
ing more of it than is necessary to the
perfection of crop.-GGrdener's Monttly
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
What Shall We Cultivate!

THIS is question that is puzzling many
farmer this spring. Perhaps the crops
grown last year did not command remu-
lucrative price, and there is much specula-
ton as to what changes are necessary to
produce better result in the cash receipts
of the farm the present season. 1t is GER
tainly a safe plan to look ahead and make
calculations as to what kind of crops one
can cultivate with profit, but it is not best
to change too often; for an article that
sells at low price one year is very likely
to advance the next, simply because thou
sands will cease cultivating it when it is
cheap and commence again when it is
dear. A man who is wise enough to take
advantage of the vacillating habits Of his
fellow man, is the one always in market
with large crop when there is scarcity
and prices are correSpOndingly high.
There are three distinct classes of agri-
culturists found in every community
First, those who pursue a steady, systemat-
ic course, always raising the staple crops
best suited to their soil and climate, never
varying the quantity or quality, no matter
how great the fluctuations in price. They
win when high prices rule, and perhaps
lose little when they are low. But in the
long run we thing this class is the most
prosperous. We have known farmers to
cultivate certain number of acres each
year with particular kind of crop, and
not to vary the quantity more than an acre
or two in twenty years, and this proved to
be profitable system.
Secondly, those who watch the markets
throughout the country and make changes
as often as it appears to be advisable.
When certain products are very low In
price they begin to cultivate, expecting
enough will cease to raise them to send
up the price. An overstock of beans,
onions, cabbages, or other vegetables, or
of grain, is hint that there will be a
scarcity the following year. A man who
does not visit the markets or read an agri-
cultural paper need not attempt to become
one of this small class of prosperous
farmers.
But the most numerous class we place
as our third, which includes the many
thousands who are always undecided what
to do, but continually change from one
thing to another This year they believe
sheep will be more profitable than cows,
and a change is made and good flock
secured by the time wool and mutton are
down to zero in the market. Then next
year they go back to the cows and butter
or cheese making just in time to find wool
up and dairy products low. They are the
part of the human race, and are
always swindled by middlemen, as they
call those who purchase their products.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
"Nicer than WISE"

When visiting at Aunt Fanny's, a few
days ago, this thought came to my mind
"She is nicer than WISE" And this was
what made me think Aunt Fanny ''nicer
than WISE" She had lady visitor from
the city. (Aunt lived in the country, and
was counted the best hOusekeeper in the
neighborhood) This friend from the city
was also a number-one hOusekeeper, so
Aunt did her prettiest that day and got up
a dinner aft to set before the king" and
am sure we all did justice to her good
dinner, if not to ourselves. Aunt has a
large family, and some had to wait until
the second table. After the big folks had
eaten dinner, while it was smoking hot
and sat and talked half an hour, then
came the little folks to get what was left,
and cold But they soon had their dinner
eaten, for Biddlie was hurrying them up
so she could wash the dishes. Emma and
Ada, the girls, Shutdown to eat, and Willie,
who had been helping his pa fan wheat all
the morning, came bouncing into the din
ine-room for his share. Aunt came in
Just then She said: "No, Willie, don't
you sit down there and rub that dirty coat
sleeve all over my clean table-cloth; take
your plate in the kitchen at that table.
Biddie, give him some victuals."
Now, think that was too bad. Willie
should have had his dinner from the clean
table-cloth as well as the girls; but [ am
afraid Aunt thought more of her clean
table-cloth than Willie's feelings when she
sent him away She was a little nicer
than wise" that time. What if he did soil
the snowy white table-cloth? What are
they made for, if not to eat off Of? We
can make them white again, when soap
and water are plenty, for the comfort OF
the boys. Yes, let them get the good of
them as we'll as the girls. do believe
some mothers think their boys are hard
hearted, and that it don't make any diff
ference what you say to them; they don't
mind it; but if they don't seem to at the
time, little by little it makes difference
with them, even if you don't see it, have
been in families where the mother was
constantly reproving her son for something.
For my part [ could not see any thing to
reprove him for.
Dear mother, don't keep your house so
over-nice your son cannot be at ease the
little time he is in it, but rejoice to see the
sunny days come when he can be out doors,
out of mothers way, and won't muddy the
clean floor. What if he did get the floor
little muddy, better let him do it, if that
will make him love the dear old home any
more For, mothers, you can't do too
much to make your boys happy at home.
If it does cost something now, you will be
more than paid by-and-by, when they are
older, and home attractions keep them out
of bad company. Don't be nicer than
Wise,n dear mother-RUraI Neao YORKER.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
Never Too Late to Mend.

When the stomach is in state OF chronic re-
belion against every kind of food, and the attend
ing physician with solemn and portentous gravity
declares that such cases of confirmed dyspepsia
defy all remedies do not put faith in his 5p8e dtrt
Indigestion Of this obstinate character may be in
durable by his prescriptions but it is not therefore
an irremovable fixture in the system. The fact is
that the great vegetable invigOrant and corrective,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, is radically curing
cases of this seemingly desperate nature every day.
Indeed it is in those malignant phases of dyspepsia
which no ordinary medicine can control that its
remedial properties are most wonderfully manifest
ed. We say to the lOng-suffering martyr, whose
stomach is a source Of perpetual torment to him,
that by the persistent and daily of this glOri
GUS tonic, he can not only restore the digestive
organs to their full vigor, but can keep them in
good workin order through life. If there is
constipation, the gentle aperient operation of the
Bitters will remove all distractions and keep the
bowels in a regular and healthy condition. The
grand characteristic of this vitalizing and purify
ing vegetable preparation is that it acts benecially
upon every organ controlling the liver, reinforcing
the nerves. toning the coats Of the stomach, pro-
noting healthy habit of body, relieving the
blood of all impurities, clearing the brain and
reviying the spirits.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

neighhors met and saluted him, and he an
swered. In a state of wonderment they
turned and followed the apparition, but
before they could overtake it it disap-
peared.
A RATHER singular case Of somnambul-
ism occurred recently in Shelby County,
Kentucky A beautiful and accomplished
young lady of the neighborhood, who had
a strong prediction for attending all the
dancing parties that came off anywhere
within reach of her home-who rather
chad dancing on the BRAIN" as one of the
good deacons of her church remarked
arose one night, while asleep, and pro-
ceeded to dress as for ball, and, as she
remarked afterward, dreamed that her es-
cort was waiting for her, and that she was
in a great hurry. Instead of fixing her
hair up as she should have DONE she pro-
cured pair of scissors and cut it nearly
all off, which occupation she was found
engaged in by her mother, who, hearing
the noise, had gone to her room to ascer-
tain the cause. She now mOurns the loss
of her curls, and can't be induced to at
tend another ball
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
Love and Lunacy.

The attention of gentleman visiting
the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's Island,
few days ago, WAS drawn to a pretty, fair
haired girl about twenty years of age, who
had not spoken word since she entered
the asylum, over two years and half ago.
Her name is Lora Beekman, and her in
sanity was caused by disappointment in
love. She was engaged to be married to a
young man who, shortly before the we'd
ding day, left her and became engaged to
another woman. The keeper and his as
sistants have resorted to many eXpedients
to make her speak, but her strange silence
remains unbrOken. With her arms tightly
drawn over her breast, she sits on the same
stool and listlessly stares at the walls the
whole day long, recognizing nobody and
seemingly unconscious of the presence of
others. The most romantic episode in this
deranged woman's life is, once a year a
young man comes and places bouquet of
flowers in her hands, after which he i'm
mediately goes away The name and res
idence Of this mysterious visitor are I'M
known.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
Fodder Corn.

The subject of fodder corn is being ex-
tensively argued Just now. A correspon-
dent of the Country Gentleman gives the
following experience: We have been in
the habit of growing corn fodder for fall
feeding, and found it paying crop, hav-
ing grown fodder enough on one acre Of
ground to feed ten COWS for month"; with
scarcely any other feed, and our COWS did
not decrease in the amount of butter mades
nor did the butter lose it's color. We have
come to the conclusion that it is as good
a crop as the farmer can raise. At the
opening of spring last year we found that
our meadows would be short, on account
of failure in seeding the year before. We
concluded to plant nine acres OF corn for
fodder, eight acres of it for winter feeding
and one acre for feeding in the fall. The
piece of ground on which it was planted
had failed to take in seeding the year be-
fore with oats; it had no manure. 1t was
the 18th and 18th of May 1t was cult
waited twice and plowed once; planted one
bushel per acre of Red Blaze corn, an ear
ly kind, so that it would be sure to ripen
before frost. This was cut in the early
part Of September, put into shocks the
same as other corn, and allowed to cure in
the shocks. The result was 1900 shocks
on the eight acres, which would feed
twelve cows for one hundred days, one be-
ing as much as COW can eat in one day.
We are feeding it now to our stock, horses
and all. They seem to like it, and will
hunt after the nubbins of corn, for we feed
it without husking; and, unlike your cor
respondent we shall, in seasons when the
hay crop will be Short plant corn for fod-
der, as we can handle good deal of it
without unbinding, and therefore save
time in housing it; and also we can feed
our cows grain, without husking or grind
i1ncr
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

ADDING POIsON TO POISoN.--There is no
disease in which the blood is not more or
less impregnated with unwholesome mat
ter, and the direct, inevitable effect of all
preparations containing spirituous ex-
CHANTS is to increase the volume of poison
in the veins, and thereby aggravate and
prolong the malady. Hence it is that dys-
pepsia, bilious fever, cholera morbus, lung
complaints, govt, dropsy, rheumatism,
nervous disorders, and cases of general and
local debility, originally mild in type, are
frequently rendered chronic and danger
Gus by dosing the sufferers with the alcO-
holic bitters advertised us medicinal slim
ulants. As counterblast to the callGfds
put forth by the proprietors of those per
nicious compounds, the plain, honest,
philosophical statements of DIR. JOSEPH
WALKER, relative to the nature and effects
of his CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs,
are doing a world of good. He has
opened the eyes Of the public to the i'm
portant fact that a pure vegetable tonic
and Alternative, unpolluted by alcohol, if
not an absolute specific for every variety
of disease, is the nearest approach to ityet
attained His VINEGAR BITTERs are un-
questionably working such wonders in
affections of the stomach, bowels, nervous
and muscular systems and the glands and
respiratory organs
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

San Francisco has witnessed scene
which has created much fun, but more
profanity, in every post-office in the United
States. "a female argonaut of fearful vi
tality," we read in the San Francisco BuL
zeti1a, "a tall and extremely ugly female,
called at the post-office, rendered ninety
nine coppers to the urbane clerk, and
asked in lieu thereof three-cent stamps.
The official remarked that he could only
receive four coppers as a legal tender, and
at the expense of deal of precious time
endeavored to convince the female that he
was guided by certain rules and had no
latitude in the matter She waxed wroth,
and remarked that when, in the course OF
human events, it became apparent that
United States coin was to be refused by
United States official she thought her
fOrefathers had died in vain, and consid-
cred it her duty to bring the Government
to account. Then she paced the corridor
of the post-office until she had made
thirty-three separate tenders OF the cop
pers and obtained thirty-three three-cent
stamps. During her transactions with the
clerk she gave him much unsolicited adj
vice, and otherwise contributed to the en-
joyment of little knot of spectators The
clerk acted the gentleman throughout"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH for May
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

CoNsUMPTIoN.-For the cure of this dis
tressing disease there hes been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evidence
of real merit than Aliens Lung Balsam. This
unequaled expectorant for curing consump-
ton, and all diseases leading to it, such as
affections of the throat, lungs, and all dis
eases of the pulmonary organs, is introduced
to the suffering public after its merits for the
cure of such diseases have been fully tested
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con-
sequently, recommended by physicians who
have become acquainted with its great sue
cess.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

A Cough, COLD, OR SORE THROAT, requires
immediate attention, as neglect oftentimes
results in some incurabe Lung Disease.
''B4,oaca'S Bronchial 7ioches" will almost IN
variably give relief
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

CRIsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE stands
unrivaled and alone; its merits have been so uni
yersally acknowledged that it would be superero-
CATION to descant on them any further-nothing can
heat
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

JoHNsoN's 4nedgse Lininaeat may be admin
istered to children with perfect success, IN
cases of Group; Whooping-cough, influenza,
and almost any of the diseases to when they
are liable.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDICINE.-Sonfo Us
Lt0ef I1e0tg0rGtOT-a purely Vegetable CothG9tic and
IOnic-for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick
Headache, Bilious Attacks and all arrangements of
Liver Stomach and Bowels Ask your Druggist for
it.. BelC07e of limitations.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

FIAGG's INSTANT RELIEF has stood twenty years.
test Is warranted to give immediate relief to all
Rheumatic, Neuralgia, Head, Ear, and Back Aches,
or G1Oley T'etl71ded.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

SIUGS.

Per ID.
Nonpareil and larger,
cut to any length, so %
Labor-Saving, put up
in fonts of Is lbs,
and upwards, accu-
curately cut, from
4ems Plea upwards
including all sizes,
to justify with La
bor-SaYing Rule,.. 0 so
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

OPPRESSION after eating, headache, nervous
debility are the effects of Indigestion. One, or
two at most, of Parsons PuTgative Pitts viii
give immediate relief,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

After litigation for many years, Ober.
lin College has obtained final decision
from the United States Supreme Court, at
irming its title to lands in West Virginia,
which were given to it in its early days
by Gerrit Smith, and are now worth some
$25, 1000 or $4,000
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

IT IS ALTOGETHER WRONG, to trife with Bad
Cough or Cold, when the risk is SO great and a
remedy so sure, prompt and thorough as DR..
Jayne's EXpectorant can be readily found.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

IT cost the Lane (Kansas) vigilants 1921
to catch and hang their last horse-thief.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
BRASS MISUNDERSTANDING.
BRASS DAsHES.

With all our Labor-Savng Fonts of Brass Rule Mtred
Corners are frnshed except the Dotted and Hyphen.
The redu ,ton in our Strip Brass Rule about 30 per
cent
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
THE MARKETS.

IF YOU have Ague in any form, you will save botl
time and money by trying ShalleDbergers Antid6t'
at once. The cure is immediate.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say You saw the advertisement
in this paper.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

ASK for Prussing's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted Pure. PRESERVES
Pickles.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18

"a n sEV Made zopidzy with Stencil & Key Check
vi u FzE Outfits Catalogues, samples and full par
ticuars FREE. S. NJ SPENCER. III Hanover Boston.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-06-03
Lu,heran Conference.

The Virginia Special Conference of the
Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod met on
the 22d inst, in Trinity Church, Rockingham
Co., Va. and continued its sessions till Satur-
day evening, the Oath.
The ministers belonging to it, says the Shen-
doah VaUey, were all present, except two, and
nearly every congregation was represented by
lay delegate.
After the transaction of the usual business,
the Theses prepared On the duties of Ministers
and Congregations, and the relation existing
between them, were taken up, read, and dis
cused in due form. The subject elicited a
heartfelt interest. and pleasant and profitable
discussion. Not only the members Of Confer
ence, but the whole congregation present,
took egreat interest in the matter. Few 10
diViduals, perhaps, ever had the pleasure OF
attending Conference, in which more una
ninity Of thought aud sentiment, harmony and
good will, existed
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-06-03

No Conservative anywhere in Virginia, says
the Richmond Wing, must be permitted to be-
come Indifferent to the result of the Fall cleo
tons. Whether he lives in county where the
negroes are to the whites 10 the proportion of
ten to one, or where the proportion is reversed,
no man who is true to our cause must be al
lowed to fall asleep, either from despair Of ever
being relieved from negro rule in bis own county,
or from over confidence which comes from a
consciousness Of the strength of his party and
bis race in his county, as the case may be-.
Every man must do his duty everywhere. The
few months between now aud the Fall election
will soon have gone By. The campaign will be
in full blast before the middle of August The
Radicals are calculating On their energy and
our apathy. And it is important that Conser-
natives should be beginning to burnish their
political arms, and to prepare for the fight.
The victory will be ours if we choose to secure
it. But it is useless to have strength unless
we exercise it. The people must not wait for
the stump orators to come among them. There
are men ia every county aud every neighbour
hood who have influence with their fellow men
It is their duty to their State to be exerting
that influence in the Conservative cause.