Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-11

ming on the top of the water, supported
on p%ontoons, which run first over, then
under it, on an endless chain, like the
tread OF a horsepower. 1t reminds one
1orcibly of a schoolgirl crossing a shall
low brook on two stepping-stones. moving
them along as she advances.
To PREPARE WOODEN PAILs.-If a COM
mon wooden pail receives three coats of
common copal varnish on the inside be-
fore being used, it will never become
water-soaked, nor will it give any dis
agreeable flavor to water that may be al
lowed to stand in it for any length of
time. Thus its usefulness and durability
are greatly increased.-Hearh md Home.
A BOsTONIAN, who was asked if he pro-
posed to turn in that large estate he had IN
Vermont among his assets, in the way of
settlement, replied, in surprise: "Oh, no!
that is out OF the question. If | turned
that in | should not be insolvent." If he
had been a New Yorker he would have
decided the place to his wife. That is the
kind of good deeds New Workers believe
in and practice most in these days.
ONE silver lining of the financial cloud
is the disappearance of Biddy's arrogance
in her choice of a situation. Six months
ago, in our hours of ease, she was uncer-
tain, coy, and hard to please in the matter
OF wages and accommodations. Now,
the dearth of employment has lowered
her pretensions considerably, and it is
madame's turn to dictate terms to her
ladyship.
THE Graphic balloon loosed the tongue
Of a dumb man in Litchfield, Conn. His
name was Hemingway J. Barton, and he
went to a private asylum at Litchfield,
twelve years ago, lacking reason and
speech. The former gradually returned,
but he never spoke till he saw that gas
bag, when he cried, "a balloon! I will
go out and see it." and since that time he
has talked as glibly as ever.
AT Glidden, Iowa, recently, after church
was dismissed, the congregation was re-
Quested to remain for a few minutes and
witness a marriage ceremony. With one
consent the audience complied with the
request. The ceremony thatfolloWed was
novel, to say the least. The parties to the
contract dispensed with the services of IN
official and married themselves,
ing their intention of living as man and
wife and discharge their duties as such.
They kissed, and the ceremony was over.
To Cook PoULTRY.-All kinds of poul-
try and meat can be cooked quicker by
adding to the water in which they are
boiled, a little vinegar or a piece OF lem
on. BY the use Of an acid there will be a
considerable saving Of fuel, as we'll as
shortening of time. Its action is bene-
fetal o old, tough meats, renderingthem
quite tender and easy of digestion. faint
ed meats and fowl will lose their bad
taste and odor if cooked in this way, and
if not used too freely no taste of it will be
acquired.
CALF's FEET JELLY.-Take two calls
feet and add to them M gallon Of water,
which reduce by boiling to one quart.
| Strain it, and when cold, skim the fat en-
tirely off. Add to this the white Of six
eggs we'll beaten, a pint of wine, half a
pound of loaf sugar, add the juice of four
lemons and let them be well mixed. Boil
the whole for a few minutes, stirring CON
stantly, and then pass it through a flannel
strainer. This forms a very nutritious
article Of diet for the sick and GONZALES
cent. The wine may be omitted or add
ed at option.-7he Druggist.
THE BACHELORS LoAF.-Sift a half
| pint Of corr neal and add to it a dessert
spoonful of butter and a heaping teaspoon
full of salt. Let one quart Of new milk be
put IN the fire in a stew-pan and allowed
Just to come to a boil. Stir it gradually
into the meal over the fire, and then set
mixture aside to cool. Beat up separately
meanwhile the whites and yokes Of four
eggs; mix them together, and then add to
tue scalded meal and bake in a shallow
dish and regularly heated oven. Corn
bread is the easiest of all breads to burn
in baking.
How TO REPAIR LEAKY R0oFs-hIelt
together in an iron pot, two parts by
weight, of common pitch and one part Of
gutta-percha. This forms a homogeneous
fluid much more manageable than gutta-
percha alone. To repair cutters, roofs or
outer surfaces, carefully clean out Of the
cracks all earthly matters, slightly warm
the edges with a plumbers soldering iron,
then pour the cement in a fluid state upon
the crack while hot, finishing up by 60
inc over the cement with a moderately
hot iron, so as to make a good connection
and a smooth joint. The above will re-
pair zinc, lead, or iron, and is a good
cement for aquariums.
THE last cesnus returns show Vermont
to be the banner State for maple sugar,
that State producing about ten million
pounds. New York gives a somewhat
larger production, but nevertheless a much
smaller one in proportion to the area. The
only other States which return more than
one million pounds are Michigan, four
million, Ohio three and onequarter mil
lion, Pennsylvania nearly three million,
New Hampshire two and one quarter mil
lion, Indiana one and One-half million,
and Massachusetts a few more pounds
than a million. The total production is
forty million pounds. The total produc-
ton of maple molasses is one and a-half
million gallons, Of which Ohio returns
nearly four hundred thousand gallons,
Indiana nearly three hundred thousand,
Kentucky one hundred and forty thousand,
and Vermont only sixteen thousand gal
Ions.
THE WEIGHT OF AIR-Little as we
realize the weight of gaseous bodies, it is
meteorologically certain that one cubic
mile of atmospheric air weighs over five
million six hundred thousand tons, and
one cubic mile of pure hydrogen, the
lightest known substance, weighs no less
than three hundred and eighty-nine thou
sand tons. 1t will, therefore, appear
somewhat startling to those who laugh at
the terrOrs of our forefathers when the
| earth was threatened by collision with
comets, to learn that such a gaseous body
has an enormous weight, and its mass is
not less than that of an asteroid. 1t would
have, if reduced to the density of the
earth, a diameter somewhere between
thirty-two and two hundred and thirty
seven miles; and if reduced to the densi-
ty Of a sphere of lead, would have a