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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

John Mechi says in the Gardeners
Monthly:
Poultry is evidently dear food for the
consumer but does it cost more food to
produce pound of poultry than pound
Of meat, live weight? ] answer decidedly
not but the reverse. For my cattle and
sheep don't eat worms and insects, where.
as fowls consume them abundantly, and
apply every scattered seed or kernel that
would otherwise be wasted. in another
point of view, is the cost of attendance and
shelter greater with poultry than cattle ?
| reply not. As 10 the production Of eggs,
that depends upon the quality and quaint.
ly of food administered and the accom-.
pariments of proper warmth and shelter.
There is no fear CT ovcrstocking the mar.
ket with either poultry or eggs We con
sumo daily 100000 of foreign eggs
generally keep from three hundred to four
hundred fowls. They have free access to
every field during the whole of the year,
and although they he'll thems" Ives at har-
vest time when the corn is IN shcaf, | al
ways get my best crops of corn on fields
adjoining the hen house. | have this year
two fields of wheat drilled, and one bushel
of seed per acre. They come to within
ten to twenty yards of the fowl-house, and
are perfect plant, although the poultry
have been scratching and cultivating the
fields ever since they were drilled. We
are apt to forget that fowls, like sheep,
manure where they go. l must say at one
time | used to feel angry and nervous
when | saw them hard at work on the
newly sown corn, but ] soon learned to feel
confident taat insects were their principal
gain, and that my well and deeplydep os-
tied com escaped.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

as many orchardists, FIVE different pre-
scriptions for protecting trees from the
teeth of rabbits. One places a thin layer
OF weeds, refuse hay, or similar trash
around the stems, fastens it with tough
weed, or tie of straw, and has thus saved
500 trees for many years. Another rubs
the bark with fresh hogs liver aud other
bloody offal. Another has equal success
with strong smelling grease Another APP
niles a paiut of buttermilk and SCOT when
snow falls; and again in March and the
last smears the bark with the Blood of the
Thanksgiving turkey.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23
Effects ofOid Pastures on the Flavor
of Cheese.

An English correspo ndent fthe Coun-
try Gentleman says;
"Under no circumstance would an old
established dairy farm, famed for fine
favored cheese. suffer the peculiar rich
and mellow taste impaired by the partic
ular heritage grown in the dairy fields TO
be tainted by the product of inferior grass,
or on the other hand, permit the cheese of
other parties to be benefited at the expense
Of this sweet and most pleasant flavor. In
parts of England where arabic land pre-
walls, and where the land in permanent
grass has ever yet produced any cheese of
a equality beyond mediocrity, it is possible
factories may arise, .or doubtless the man
a cement in making is superior by far to
where only second.class cheese is manu-
featured. Good second.class cheese can
not be made from clover pasture, or any
of the temporary grass land under the us
ual style or manufacture there, for 1t will
not keep to be old enough 10 suit the bes |
customers, and cheese which requires eat
ing while comparatively new, has to be
consumed BY the working classes, who
will not and can not pay high prices.
The writer, after complimenting the
American system Of manufacture, and Civ
ing due credit to the excellent quality Of
cur cheese, again goes on TO say
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23
A Fable.
BY BELLA FRENCH.

An ant was travelling one day:
She mad tiny crumb of bread,
That she had lugGcd a weary way
That al her children might be ted.
She smiled a. only ants can smile;
For home was getting slowly nigh.
She paused, aud wiped her face awhile,
And breathed inaudibly sigh.
This is hard, hard world" thought she
And mourntully she shook her head
g Those ants that have to toll like me
Were better of if they were dead.
Then what care my children are
Uugrateful too, have to own:
They bring no jov-'tworc better far
IfIwe really all alone.
In this most lovely world of ours.
Oh then how happy could be
No work to DO; I'd rest on flowers"
And here she paused in agony.
Her home was rcaehed-no home, alas
The thought came with dreary pain,
A heartless youth who'd chance to pass
Had thrust III it his dainty cane.
No little voices asked ser bread;
No sweet caresses made her glad;
Her tiny children all were dead,
Ana vet the ant was very sad.
MORAL.
We oft complain in deep distress,
And censure Him who rules above;
Yet find our greatest happiness
In working for the ones we love.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

The remaining portion of the ash, con.
sisting of carbonate and phosphate of lime,
iron manganese, alumina and silica, is an
excellent fertilizer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23
SAYS the Woodiord, Ky.) Week.

SAYS the Woodford, (Ky.) Weekly:
"Moses Scearce, son of Mr.. Newt.
Scarce, can probably boast as strange
a career as any boy in our town. He
was born on steamboat on the Mis-
sissippi River, and when four days old
only weighed 2! pounds, and at the age
Of four years weighed only % pounds.
He is now very well grown fer his age,
fourteen years, and gives promise of
being good sized man. Moses thinks
it all Joke about him ever weighing
as little as q pounds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man gives the following table, showing
the amount Of potash contained in 1000
pounds of ashes made from burning differ
eut kinds of wood
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

The St Louis journal says GA
young man came into the office of this
paper yesterday with manuscript
poem. 1t began with, 'The snow, the
snow, the beautiful snow His friends
may get the body by applying at the
basement and paying for the dry goods
box containing the remains of the de-
ceased
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

Mistress did not ring, Mary.
Mary know that, mum; but as
was moping in the kitchen, / thought
I'd come and sit bit with you.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-23

Ice on the Maine rivers averages 20
inches u thickness.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05
Lesson from one Advertisement.

Two or three days ago thete was an
advertisement in the Leayef. stating that
d Young man was wanted in railroad
ptilce Within twenty-four hours there
were nine hundred AMI lightly. 6w appli-
cations for the place lef, q, this Office for
The advertiser While the occurrence
shows incidentally the extent to which ad-
yes,i.-men,s in this journal mec, the no.
,iee Of the particular persons whose ai,en-
ton il is desired to attract. VIC mako men.
ton of it for another purpose There is
10 social error more prevalent, and ba,
few that are moro lamentable. than ,ha,
Of the fond, indulgent mothers aud short
sighted fathers who allow their boys 10
grow up with no other business, trade or
occupation ,hnn what they pick up in the
way Of "clerking' about Offices and stores
Ali such parents or guardians can sec
from the number Of applications for one
clerkship sent to one advertiser in one
day fair Indication Of the number Of
clerks, or persons who desire TO be clerks,
who arc vainly seeking employmsn, in
that capacity. There Is fearful excess
Of Young men, and indeed Of men Of ma
ture age, who desire 10 60 into offices or
stores 10 write or TO do anything as
some Of them express it. When such
persons get GU, Of employment they gen.
orally have long aud weary waits month
after month aud year after year before
they can &c, other places, for the reason
indicated in the above fgures there are
thousand persons at hand to tll any one
vacancy that occurs. No one should
bring up a boy SO that his only or chiel
qualification for useful employment, in hi.
manhood is his fitness 10 act as clerk
oook.keeper or attendant in an Office OF
store. Nine times out Of ten the boy.
and men so brough, up lead lives of dis
appointment. aud penury -Phaa Lsiyer
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

4 New Yorker is very much spse,sd
because bis two boys have read % many
Indian s,eries .bas they have gone Wild
with anxiety 70 play Indian. to 60 ous %
the prairies bunting for real noble red
men. The man vas taking . nap after
dinner in bis easy chair. when be vas =
wakeped by an alarming noise snd .
strang sensation 10 his head He jump
cd up suddenly. and found tha, ons II bio
boys, dressed in red .able cloth. aud his
face decorated With blue paints. Vas tryine
to scalp hi. father with a carving knifr,
while the other boy. atsired in Q blaskss
shawl and ROSTERS feather. dourishsd
hatche, and emitted var shoops from be-
hind a thieks, composed Of two chairs
aud card table. The man deciied To-
pat a stop TO this kind Of thing
So next day shile the boys wers plsv-
ing with bows and arross in the garden
he dressed himself il an Indian costume
aud jumped over the fence with . wild.
uneaEshly yell. for the purpose Of fright
ening those children The oldest bow.
however stood his ground. and drsViue
an arrow to the head. in which vas irsevs-
ed tenpenny nail. be buried il in the
rhieftain's leg before be took to alvh,
That night the father walked 10 sssirs
On crutea and fogee,l the family MI
around before be ssn, them to I'D H,
is thinking nos Of some other car 10 ef-
fee. cure Of ,hs sangainary aispo.isiaa
Of bis offspring.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05
Believe In Yourself.

Il Il ssid list when jobs @. CsIksen
vss 10 Yale College he was ridissls1 ~
bis fellow students for bis intense spplisa-
sion 10 study. why. sir" said bal ~
forced to nske the most u my siss thes
| may scquis myself eseditabsy when 10
Congress. A laugh followed. vhes hs
exclaimed. do you dosbs il! ! ssesss
you IL we're not convinced Of my abili:y
TO reach the National eapitsl - krpss-
sentative within the next three yeass.
would leave college this very day" Les
every young man thus have faith IN him
self and earnestly take hold Of life, seosu-
ing oil props and buttresscs. oil esusches
and Hfs-pveservers Let him believe.
With Pestalossi, that NO msn on Ged's
earth 10 either willing or able 10 hello any
other msn. Let him strive TO b cs~a-
tor. rather than to borrow. Instead u
welding the russed sword VI vslssoss fore
fathers, let him forge his ewe wsspoas.
and sonscious Of God in him asd ths Pre-
videnes over him. let hi~ 6ght his ews
Jattles With bis owS good lance. instead
Of singing for an edscstios, capital. sov
friends. and declaring that Iii hs only
had these he would b. somsbody." ;" lss
him remember that. - Horace Gsssley
said. be 10 looking in he vross end %
the telescope that IL be only vsse sous-
body be wosld speedily have all he bssss
whose absence be il bewsiliDg. Inssssd
Of being one Of the foiled posesaislisiss
of which the world 10 % full-ose u lhs
subjunctiye heroes, who slvsys nighs,
could. would. or should do great tkisgs.
but whose not doing g,e,t'r things i vaas
nobody can understand him be in the
imperative mt Q |. and do tina, Of which his
talents ara indicative. This lesson of
self-reliancc once learned aud acted on,
and every man will discover within Nh.
self. and God, the elcmssts and capacities
Of usefulness and honor =
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05
Cash and Credit.

The cash system lies at the foundation
Of all ssfs business aud commercial intee-
sity. II il better for both the purchaser
aud the seller.
For instance. tho eash customer Of .
merchant always gets the best goods and
the best bargains. The reason VI this il
plain. The merchant knows hs is not
mukins q debt, and does not have 10 lay
out bis money. but can keep turning II
over to his advantage. In fac, il Is his
nimble sixpcncs. Hence the cash custo-
mer will always be sought FIRST and get
the best
Cash sales Of mcrchandise are always
made Mt the lowest prices. because they
involve no risk. and there 10 no uncertain
" when the pay will come. No loss Of
time il spent in collections. and no loss Of
interest in waiting.
There are two sorts Of customers de-
sired by merchants and business men-
the cash and the punc,ual credit customer.
Both can be depended upon, and the
salesman knows what to depend upon.
There 10 still another class Of customers
whom, the merchant sells to. and sf the
same time does not know when he will
get his money, or how long he will bs ou,
Of the use Of il, hence he Is under the
necessity Of charging more for tho article
purchased on an indefinite time than he
would charge cash or punctual custo-
mer, aud thus, the purchaser should not
complais Of il.
The larges. business, hswevcr, is done
on n partial, or entire, bu, definite credit,
aud this credit is as much the purchaser $
capital as any money he may possess
And in order TO keep that capital def
nitc time should be set for the payment Of
the debt. Such accounts are not entitled
TO grace days as notes are. and should be
promptly paid at maturity.
Ii the debt is closed by note it will ma
ture at definite time. with three day 5
grace il not paid at such maturity i, is
dlshonored, the party is said to have fail
cd, and lie then loses his credit and his
capital
We have pennOd these desul,ory re-
marks for the purpose Of yindcaiing our
business men from the charges we have
heard preferred against them by persons
who are largely in their debt aud Hho are
making little or no exertion to pay them
The business men have to pay cash or
give negotiable notes. payable A. certain
TINE aud place for their purchases. and
il they are not puuctual their paper is
protested and i. Ia soon nosed abroad
aud that too by those who are largely in
j their debt. ,ha, such one has failed
+ The business man who credits his mer-
chandse out. lays himself liable TO this
state OF things. for the accommodation o!
his frieuds. aud his friends should be
punciual IN their payments. and not sub
jee, their patrons to chance of failure :
+ e..
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

\ scEsg..-A blunt Californian, who
had spent mos, of his years in the inter-
ior, was induced to become a member Of
the church. As he preferred baptism by
immersion, the preacher appointed time
when, in presence Of the people gathered
from all the country around, he entered
the stream ,h flows through the canon,
10 receive that holy rite. The service
had commenced. aud just as the minister
va. abou, TO mmcrse him. a water snake
swan by The preacher hesi,a,ed a mo-
ment, aud in explanation of the delay
said. in low voice. pointing a, tho rep
tile. There goes snake Yes,
exclaimed the old man, rushing toward
the bank, ''and h-ll of big 'un, too
You bet he said. in telling US the
story. Il lost no time in scrambliug up
that bank, for | am powerful feard Of
snakes
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

Calling boy up in the morning can
hardly be classed under the head Of pas.
times. - especially ii the boy is fond Of ex-
ercise the day before. Aud i, Is little
singular that the mex. hardest thing to
getting boy out Of bed is getting him
into il, There is rarely mother who is
a success a, rousing boy All mothers
know this SO do their boys. And yrs
the mother seems to 60 at it ia the right
way She opens the stair door aud insin-
uaiingly observes Johnny There "
no response "Johu-ny.r Still 20 re-
Spouse Then there is a shor,. sharp
sJohn.' followed moment later by
prolonged and emphatic John Henry"
\ grunt from the upper region signifies
tha, an impression has bean made. and
the mother is encouraged to add. You'd
better be getting down to your breakfast.
young man, before come up aud give
you something you'll feel This 50 star
ties the young man ,ha, he Immediately
goes to sleep again. Aud tho operation
has to be repeated several times. A faith
or knows nothing about this trouble. lie
merely opens his mouth as a soda bottle
elects its cork, and the John Henry
that cleaves the air Of the stairway goes
into tha. boy like electricity and pierces
the deepest recessss of bis very nature
and be pops gu. Of that bed and into bis
clothes and down the stairs sith prompts
ness that is commensurate Il j. rarely =
boy allows himself to disregard the pa,sr-
nal summons Abon, once year 10 bs-
the rules Of health He saves bis fatbsr
a grea. many steps by bis .houghtfslnsss.
-Daabary N,e,
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05
Literature.

The Aldine for April will be received
with enthusiasm and delight by eyery
person Of taste who has grain Of appre.
s,istisn for the beautiful or a spark Of
pride in the progress Of American Art
The second Of the child sketches. hy John
8. Davis, appears in thi. issue Thomas
Moran presents fvc mas,erly delinea,len,
Of the YELLOWSTONE Region, ono Of which
..Touer Creek" is most superb speei'
men. The :. Death Warrant Of Mary
Stuart is . truly royal subject. royalty
treated. "A Ca,skil BROOK. by Whit.
.redgs, will carry off the palm with very
many. Such . spirited sketch as Bare
Cbanee." by W. n. Cory. deserves more
than passing notice, but SO do the others.
aud .pacc is limited. The literary con-
tents Of the April ALpisg display the US.
usl excellence aud variety Music and
Art receive thoughtful consideration -
Subscription price s.. including Cbrcmos
"yillage Belle" and Crossing the
s.oor." james Sutton & Co. Publish
era. So Maiden Lane, New York.
TnI LApY's FRIEND FOR APRiL The
leading engraving in the April number
ofshis excellent Magazine is tiue picture,
called .Watchman. What Of the Nighty"
This 10 one Of those pictures. out OF the
usual hackneyed style. that We so often
end 10 this Mon,hly. Then there is The
Alpine shspsrdess, and the usual number
Of engrasings. illustrating the Fashions.
The music this meath is ..kiss aud Aerer
Tell" which certainly contains an excel
lent moral, il nothing else. Among the
literary contents are ..Canned Peaches, >
by A. M. Dana; Una and her Prince. :
by Miss Musssy; "A Bachelors Soilo-
guy; "Dorothea," by Fannie Hodgson ;
The Master Of Greylands." by Mrs.
Henry Wood Fashion Department, ;
Work Table Varieties, &c. Send for a
sample number. Price, $500 year, or
~. SO with premium Chrome, Little
Samuel" Published by Deacon 4 Pc
tersou, $40 Walnut ST., Philadelphia.
Scsissxa's ron APRIL The record ol
"Au Hour among the Gresnbacks.' in
Scribner's for April. is ~ entertaining Al
q story. Tho unnamed author certainly
writes from thorough acqusin,ancc with
his subject. and gives. with the aid o.
piceures the best account yet published
OF The workings Of the currency Depart.
,msnt. Miss proc,or's profusely illus,rat.
ed description Of Moscow aud Southern
Russia" will bs read With peculiar inter
est a. this time, as we'll as the sketch o
"An Euperor's Vacation a. Vichy" \
mda6 ths. .illustrsted papers are an ariiels
- Anesia's psima donsa, Clara Louis'
kellogg. with portrait. and An Ancient
American Civilization. with pictures o
Peruvian antiquities. The Old Cabinet
has Protest concerning Catalogues.
senstbing sbost expression etc. Hon.
and Society. Culturs and Progress. Ma
tire And 6eisacs. ssd Etebisgs, sre per.
kaps more isesssstine t6sn usual.
The Nsy nunbsr of Sesibaer's open,
shs sissh solHps. and. q tho pablisher,
~, '.7tis y ,hs tise to ssbssfibs."
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

HARksrss' MAaAzisE opans with an il.
Illustrated article by Rev. Chas d. Shas,
entitled Finding the Mississippi shor,
but interesting account Of the discovery Of
the Father Of Waters" Henry Ecksl
contributes a sketch on The Birth Of
Odd Fellowship and Miss Emma wOr.
rell briefly aud spiri,edly discusses the
question Of Hospital in Wilmington, NJ.
L. {. gives the FIRST chapter Of THE New
Bridge a, Brandy vine" lthe 2l00 prize
story. and VIM. Reynolds eiv.s . short
history Of the "0,d Iron Hill Meeting
House" The /" History Of Wilmington .
10 continued There are many other inter.
estiug articles; 10 fact tho magazine d
illsd with entertaining reading HAHksss,
Is cheap msgssiue. worthy Of the patron.
! age Of the people Of Delaware.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

4 very plueky seheel-missre>s kssps 10
corinth, New for.. She revensly Aa.i
occasion to repriuani . papii. shea
brother Of the scholar rushed u her sal
took her BY The tkrost. FsesAvi1h -
Knocked him doss. Gsssiae -. - M.
cd the expesiDsst over again. eth . lika
result She thsa iseornsd skis ehs~oi.n
that II be tried il thisd fiee she sssla
kill hin. snd be. ~ b ~ lsese Sssle.
ing she vosld kssp hss vosi. sss<lnhpa
to evacuase ths seainary,
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

Darwin says tina, infants do not know
how to weep until they are several days
old. We dom. know whether he can
prove the statement or not; but there
are a good many happy fathers who will
give him all they possess in the world II
be will prove that infants don't know how
to howl.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

A Danbury man says be has read Of
bsggars dying with stockings full Of sil-
vsr. but the only beggars hc ever saw had
real estate In theirs.
Middletown transcript., 1873-04-05

epsshise sf egg . havisa . survived
thsif usssslheN Q asliesss wy of pns-
tlsg \.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-30

STORM LlGHTSING-GOvERNOR SMITH A
SuFrERER.-GA Gazette, 2Sth.l J.
There was heavy rain yesterday afternoon,
which commenced about half-past O'Clock
and continued at intervals until l O'Clock
this morning, when the stars came out. LII
was accompanied with lightning and thun-
der. and ut times came down III such tor
rents that some of the streets of the city
were flooded and many of the cutters rell-
dercd temporarily impossible. The llsht-
ming struck the chimney of the Gas-Works
and damaged it slightly, set fire to Il pile OF
coke near by. and knocked down and stunned
for time two employees there named
McEwen and Zones. Police.Otlicer John
Ni-htingiII, who was in that neiShborhood
at the time. was also blinded and stunned
by the shock. An old framed shanty on The
corner of Oronoko and Fairfax streets, IN
which lives Il colorcd man named jim Berry
and his wife. was also struck, It's occupants
stunned, some of the articles II contained
set ON tire, and chicken in the yard Killed
It was runored that the bridge on inc
Washington and Ohio railroad over the
Washington turnpike was struck, but II so
no damage was done, and trains have been
passing over it to-day rs usual. The storm
il is understood, extended over all thlS sec
ton of country. Near Warrenton the light
uing struck the stack-yard OF eX-GoVernol
William Smith, set fire to it, and destroyed
about $500 worth of wheat. The rim was
much wanted, and was of immense value t
the farmers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-30

Iawton Wade, Of Abingdon, Ct, was
awakened one night last week by the screams
of fayoritc parrot in the kitchen. lie got
ND and FASTENED TO the room, when he found
it in flames. which were the cause OF the
birds cutlery. With great effort he eHtih-
cuishcd the flames, but when he had saved
his property he found that the falthfui D'ra
had expired by sutlocition.
An explorer who has lately arrived
from Canada claims to have discovered,
very far To the north, and in hitherto un-
explored region, stream in which the
spccklcd trout grow to the weight OF nine
bounds. He intends to secure the exclusive
right of fishing that river, though some oil
his friends consider it TO be nothing more
than midsummer night stream.
1t appears now that there ,oas sigma! gun
ordered for the great college regatta, but
they didn't use it, inasmuch as there was
only one man in Springfield who knew any
thing about firing of guns, and they had TO
discharge him because he insisted upon
loading the piece ut the touch-ho!e.-Neao
York Commercial Advertiser.
An Indiana man who shot another, ana
afterwards rcpcnted, wrote 10 his victim that
if he would only get well he would give
him $4,000. The wounded man said he
was willing to get well ut any price.