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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Cut Feed for Stock.

One of the prime necessaries of every
farmer engaged in rearing or feeding stock
is a good cutting box. Numbers of them of
every shape and variety have been patented
and advertised of late years-some with
knife some with two some with a dozen
some cutting straight up and down, some
revolving, some very useful and some very
much the reverse. We have tried them all,
more or less, and after discarding as nui-
sances qnite number, have come to the
conclusion that all other things being equal
there is one feature perfectly Indispensable
to a real good utter. 1t must work upon
the one knife principle. Let the knife be
what shape it may, it must be single it
must work UP and down; must be easily
detached from the box, and therefore readily
sharpened at will. One of the reasons
which will account for the small number of
feed cutters in use among the ordinary small
farmer, is the number of worthless machines
offered at low prices. They are bought and
discarded as useless, and the purchaser be-
comes convert to the behalf that hay and
straw and corn-fodder, had better be wasted
under the feet of half-starved animals than
properly prepared for them at expense,
time, and pains. It would be invidious to
back ones opinion in an article of this kind
by giving the names of manufacturers
when they are so many, who put up q
machine which exactly suits our taste but,
in the interest of the farmer, we confidently
assert that we have seen cutters go con-
structed that no one would find fault with
them in any respect-running so smooth
and easily that child could work them
without losing breath, and turning out an
amount of nicely cut provender, in an hour.
sufficient to feed several head of stock for
many days. The average Western farmer
can scarcely appreciate the necessity for
avoiding waste. Heis distant from market,
and very large proportion of what he
raises, lies on his hands, and must be fed at
home in one way or another. He has prob.
ably limited number of stock-and an
unlimited supply of straw and corn-fodder
his only bother is what to do with it ALL
In most instances instead of outstanding
his supplies and increasing the number Of
his animals; he throws his abundance to
the few, permits them to trample it under
foot, and brings his stock through the win
ter with pot-bellies and bare ribs, and right
here is where the feed-cutter should come
to his relief. Let him invest his savings in
sheep or cattle-prepare straw sheds for
them, set up his machine, and when the
cold rains and SHOWS of winter, put stop
to outdoor occupations, he can, lat his leisure
pass his coarse straw and fodder through
the cutter, sprinkle it with salt, feed his
stock regularly, and thereby prepare the
way for handsome profit with the opening
of spring.-INatstrated Journal of Ag75cul-
tIre.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Why High-priced Eggs do not Hatch.

High-priced eggs do not always hatch, for
we have tried them and know. We set two
dozen under orthodox hens of amiable dis
position, that knew how to stick to the nest.
and did it for twenty-three consecutive
days. It wasn't the fault of the express
man, for they did not come BY express.
They were not old. We haaeso the ward
where they were laid, and they were fresh
eggs. There was twelve-pound rooster
with the hens that laid them. And the re-
suit OF the hatcLing was one thoroughbred
Buff Cochin chick. Now, there are twenty
reasons why they did not notwithstanding
with this, that the hens were kept confined
in too small yards We do not know what
physiological laws are violated that hens
kept in close confinement do not breed well.
Perhaps it is because they are fowls of the
air, and need good deal of that article and
plenty of mother eartht make them thrifty.
Thefact is pretty we'll established in the
experience of pouItrymen. There is no
trouble of this kind with hens running at
large They steal their nests in hay mows,
under the barn, under the shed, in the
woods. in out-of- the-way places with no
protection at all, and nearly every egg
matches until frost comes. But with the
fancy breeds, as they are called, come small
yards. that several varieties may be kept
upon the same place, and here trouble be-
gins. All sorts Of causes are alleged for the
failure of the eggs to hatch. The express
man is roundly abused. The breeder is
dishonest. He may be only ignorant, and
over-anxious to sell eggs at six dollars a
dozen IF small yards are not a good rea-
son for unfertile eggs, we will bring forward
the other nineteen. The moral is: It is
safer to buy high-priced eggs after seeing
the fowls CONNECTICUT.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Lost.

The. branches are wailing, wailing,
The winds are heavy and Schill
The shadows, sailing and sailing,
60 chasing over the hill
Lo, 10 ! faint and forlorn.
Maddened and sore affrighted,
Rushes like one benighted,
And the masses of clouds she crosses,
10 left and to right she losses,
With glimmering, golden horn
Oh, Heart, thou art stricken and ailing,
Watching and waiting for morn,
While the night is so YEARLY waning;
But useless is thy complaining,
Thy sorrow is unavailing
To call back the Unreturning
And foolish thy fond endeavor
10 fan again into burning
The cold and desolate ashes
To kindle again into flashes
A fire that has vanished forever.
H, e. Warner IN GALAXY for December
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Domestic,


SOFT GINGERBREAD.-M butter half
a cofeecup, molasses two cups, one egg, one
tablespoonful of ginger, one cofeecup OF
add the last before baking, and -four to
with steady heat. No cake burns as easily
as molasses cake.
To WASH STRAW MATTING.-Take pail
half-full of hot water, a perfectly clean
long handled mop. and a dish of dry. I'M
sifted Indian-meal Sweep all dust of the
mating, then scatter the dry meal evenly
over the room. Wiring the mop so dry that
it will no drip at all, and rub hard, one
breadth at time, always lengthwise of the
straw, and use clean water for each breadth.
When the mating is dry, the meal can be
swept off easily; it should always be done
on dry day.-W.
To WHITEN YELLOW FLANNEL.-Dr.
Artus tells us that flannel which has be-
come yellow with use may be whitened by
putting it for some time in a solution OF
hard soap, to which strong ammonia has
been added. The proportions he gives are
one and half pounds of hard curd soap,
fifty pounds of soft water, and two thirds
OF pound OF strong ammonia. The same
object may be attained in shorter time by
placing the garments for quarter of an
hour in weak solution of bisulphite OF
soda, to which little hydrochloric acid has
been added.
BREAD MERINGHE PUDDING. pint
of fine bread crumbs, one quart of milk,
juice of lemon, yolks of five eggs, one
cup of sugar. Beat the whites of eggs to a
stiff froth, flavor with the grated peel OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Northwestern Farmers Convention

The Farmers Convention a Chicago de-
bated the subject of cheapening transporta-
ton. Mr.. W. G. Flag, of Illinois, made
the principal speech, apparently rejecting
the continent of a large class, the substance
of which was that although he did not be-
ieve in the governments embarking in the
business of contracting transportation lines,
he feared there was no other way out of our
present difficulties.
Finally, resolutions were adopted asking
Congress to pass maximum freight and
passenger law, regulating trade between the
states, and the legislatures to regulate trade
in the states; protesting against subsidies
to private corporations, demanding "the
construction of railroads and Improvement
of water communications between the in
terror and seaboard, the same to be owned
and operated by the general government for
the purpose of affording cheap and ample
transportation, and to protect the people
from the exactions of monopolies' urging
the people of the interior to build manu-
factories to make home markets, and to free
themselves and keep from debt: declaring
that no one industry can be protected by
legislation, except at the expense of all other
industries, and denouncing all special legis-
lation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

A WORKMAN who lives in the Rue La.
line in Paris, has been in the habit of
beating his wife with cane every
morning before leaving home, and then
claiming her to a ring fixed in the wall.
The poor young creature-she is only
seventeen-succeeded by her cries in
attracting the attention of police Off
Ger, who was passing in the street the
other day. She was released, and her
husband was arrested
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
Autumn.
BY JULIA A. DIXON.

Sadie.
Mamma. dear I'm awful sorry
cause the summers gone
All out door Is dark and hateful.
Not speck Of sun.
Scarf and mlttens such bother.
Tying on and taking off:
[ only wish | need not wear them
Rather have the whooplng cough.
Mamma.
But | love Autumn, Sadie darling.
And would ask you join with me
In gathering from this golden HARVEST
Nut-brown leaves frern every tree
Then, when crystals glisten brighttIx
Ger the pathway we must treald
Buried daisies shall only slumbar
In their pure and snow-whitA bod
Sadie.
But, mamma dear it's warm and cow
Sitting in the houseSall dav.
And if YOU should gej out a moment.
1t is not TO ronp or play.
But. there is onethinp makes me- bannv
In the coming winter time.
And that's the coaster Harry gave me.
Which he says is always mine.
Mamma.
I was thinking, Sadie darling,
How very thankful we should be-
That every season brings blessing
Fraught with love for you and me:
And, When you're coasting down the hill. love
Leave no pebbles on the way,
For on your journey you might falter.
Therefore ever watch ana pray.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

The London Spectator says of Mark
Twain that his higher humor g is eked
out with SO much skill of anecdore. so
much command of American idiom
and such power of mimicry, as to fur
nlsh an entertainment more popular
than Artemus Wards inimitable lee
lures Themselves
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

This is the way Joe Arch began:
A couple of labore1s knocked at Arch's
cottage in Barford one evening. Mrs.
Arch answered the summons, and saw
two sturdy bread-winners from a
ne1ghboring village. HWe want thy
man Joe; is he at hoame 2" what's
wantin, lads ~ "Why we want to
see i'm about formin' union. Other
trades ave union, an we doan't see
why we shouldn't ave one it's time
we did summat." "You form union I?
Why you amt got spirit enough, my
lads, for no such thing" Eyes, we
ave, if Joe will only lead u.s." And it
came to pass that Joe consented to
lead them, and before the man left his
cottage that night he had pledged
them to address a gathering of
laborers at Wellesborne the following
week.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Bad for the Lawyers.

Quite number of the subordinate
oranges OF Iowa have incorporated into
their constitutions clause binding mem
bers in cases where differences occur be-
tween them, to submit in all cases to the de-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
A Terrible Game of Cards.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.

A game of cards, in which aShuman
life was at stake, was played on the 9th
of September, at the Ritter Hotel, Hell
delberg, by four young students, one
of whom, Silferd Meyer, was an Amer
can, from Chicago. It appears that
the four men had formerly been init
mate friends, and they met, it seems,
on the above day, at the Swan Tavern,
where they drank good deal, and
finally began to quarrel. One of them,
Count Ottendorf, called Meyer a cow
ard]y Jew, whereupon the latter
promptly challenged him. Ottendorf
accepted the challenge Immediately.
Meyer, in tone of great excitement,
proposed that all should retire to the
Ritter Hotel, and there play a game of
" sixty -six." The loser should shoot
himself with pistol. The proposition
was accepted, and the four students
repaired to the hotel.
They ordered wine and cards to be
brought up to a private room, and
Ludeken, one of the four, procured
two loaded pistols from a neighboring
armorer. The fourth student dealt the
cards, and Ottendorf and Meyer seated
themselves, a pistol lying by the side
of each. The first few minutes the
game remained almost even. But then
Meyer obtained a single advantage,
and Ottendorf, seeing that he was lost,
suddenly jumped up, and exclaiming,
" Adieu, my friends" seized his pistol
and shot himself through the right
temple. He fell a corpse to the floor,
while his companions stood as if petri-
fed for moment, and then hurried
from the room. Late in the afternoon
the police arrested Immich. Meyer.
and Ludeken escaped across the French
frontier. Ottendorf was the son of
wealthy landed proprietor in West
phalia He was only nineteen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

" WHAT was you brought up on?"
asked rough Western Judge of lean
and lank culprit. brought up on a
charge OF vagrancy, [ believe, your
honor"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

OUT of sixty samples of milk
examined by DIR. Stevenson, food
analyst of the ST. Panclas district, in
London, during the past three months,
only twenty-five were genuine.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08
Centaur gfninlent.

There Is no pain that the Centaur Llni-
ment will not relieve, no swelling 1t VII
not subdue, and no lameness which it VIII
not cure. This is strong language, but 1t
is true. Where the parts are not gone It's eff
fects are marvellous. 1t has produced more
cures OF rheumatism, neuralgia, lock-Jaw,
palsy, sprainS, swellings, caked-oreast,
scalds, burns, salt-Iheum, ear-ache, &c,
upon the human frame. and of strains
SPAWN, gals, &C., upon animals in one
year than have all other pretended reme'
dies since the world begsn. 1t is counttr-
irritsnt, an all healing pain reliever. Grip
Piles throw away their crCtches, the lame
walk, poisonous bites are rendered harmless
and the wounded are healed without scar.
1t is No humbug. The recipe is published
around each bottle. 1t Is selling as no oth-
er ever before sold, and 1t sells because II
does Just what it pretends to do. Those
who no suffer from rheumatism, pain OF
swelling deserve 10 suffer If they will not
use Centaur Linimeut. More than 1000 GER
iifcate7 OF remarkable cures, including
frozen limbs, chTonic-rheumatisp, govt,
running tumOTs, &c, have been received.
We will send cir ular containing certifi-
Gates, the recipe, &c, gratis, TO any one re-
questiDg 1t. One bottle OF the yellow wrap
per CenIaur Liniment is worth one hun
bred dollars forspaviued or sweeBied horses
and mules, or for screw-worm in sheep
Stock-owner this liniment is worth your
attention. No family should be without
Centaur Llniment. J. B. ROsE& Co, New
YORK.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08
House Bill No, 3.

A BILL to amend and re-enact sections
5 and 7 of chapter 96 OF the Code Of
West Virginia, and TO re-enact sec
tons 8, 9, lOand II of chapter AL
of the Code OF Virginia OF 1861, IN
relation to money and interest.
Be il enacted BY the Legislature Of West
Virginia
That sections ard 7 Of chapter 20
of the code OF West Virginia be amend
ed and re.enacted as follows:
IS. All contracts or assurances
made directly or indirectly, Tor the loan
or forbearance OF money or other thing
at a greater rate Of interest than !s
allowed by the preceding section shall
be void
~. Any borrower OF money OF
other thing, may exhibit a bill IN
chancery against the lender, and com
pel him to discover, upon oath, the
money or other thing really lent, and
all bargains, contracts or shifts relative
to such loan, and the interest or consld
Grafton OF the same and it 1t appear
tn at more than lawful interest was re-
served the lender shall pay the cost OF
suit"
2 Be il further enacted, Ifan excess
beyond the lawful interest De paid IN
spy case, the person paying the same
may, in suit brought within one year
hereafter. recover it from the person
with whom the contract was made, OF
to whom the assurance was given and
il NAV be so recovered from such person
notwithstanding the payment OF the
excess be made to his endorser or as-
signee.
3. ANY judgment creditor who ap'
prehends that he is in danger OF loss by
reason of usurlous dealings on the par
OF his debtor, may exhibit his bull IN
equity, verified by q affidavit, against
the party with whom the dealings were
had and compel him to discover, on
oath, all bargains, contracts or shifts
relative to such dealings;and hit appear
that more than legal interest has beer
received, the excess above that rate, OIL
so mach thereof as may be necessary
shall be applied to the satisfaction o.
the plaintiffs demand. Such bill shall
be filed within five years alter the re-
cent of such illegal interest.
i. Upon a bill requiring no dlscove'
~ II the defendant, but praying al
iniu notion to prevent the sale OF proper
ty conveyed to recover the repayment
of sum OF money or other tmng Dor
} rowed at usurious interest, the cour
shall cause an issue to be made ant
tried at It's bar by a jury, whether or nj
the transaction be usurious. On TIT
trial of such issue, neither the bill no
the answer shall be given III evidence
1.-THE jury find the transaction usurions
then the same relief shall be gwen a
il the party claiming, under the con
veyance, had rssorted to the court t.
make his claim available, but the cour
may grant new trials as in other cases
). Ifany person take for the LOAF
or forbearance OF money, or othe
thing, interest at a greater rate than II
allowed by law, he shall forfeit th'
whole interest,
6. The laws in force immediatel,
before the passage OF this act shall con
tinue to apply to all contracts hereto
tore made, and demands heretofore
accrued, aud the remedies to enforce
them.
:. This act shall take efietc and b
in iorce from and after the first OF Jul.
1873.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08
LEGAL NOTICE.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, n mi, =.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ,,,
ohio county,
Al rules, held in the Jerks Office OF the
County court oi the county OF Ohio, ior
srid Court on the last Moldsy in February,
1873.
IN CHANCERY.
Richard V. Whelan guardian OF John
Ruhl and Joseph Ruhl. complainant.
as.
Caroline Ritz, administrator OF John Ritz
deceased. Caroline Ritz, Mary Nichols and
David Nichols, her husband, Catherine
Meyer and Henry Meyer, her husband,
James NJ. liz, John A. sitZ, onStR ntine
Ruhl, Anna Ritz and James NJ. Ritz her
guardian, Wi liam Ritz, Caroline bradley
and Ralph Bradley, defendants.
The object Of this suit is to eff5c the par
titi0n OF certain real estate lying In the
ornty and State Aforesaid, OF which John
ri 2, deceased, dit Il siesed, and IL appearing
from an affidavit filed In his cause that
aruline Bradley, Ralph bradley, Mary
Nichols. David Nichols and constant Ne
khul, defendants, as aforesaid, are non
residents or this State, they are hereby re-
quired Ia appear within one month az er
the date ot the first publication hereof, and
do what may be necessary TO protect their
inter estS IN this suit.
copy test. kOB'T Is. WOODs,
Clerk Of County Court for Ohio county
VIM. II. Mcknrue, solicitor or COM
planaut. feb2)-Oawb
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08
SPECIAL NOTICES,
Avert the Danger.

The ethereal mildness" with which
poets credited the vernal season is more an
Illusion of the fancy than meteorological
fact. Fairly spring in temperate climates Is
fearful time, and the tears are usually
too cold for health or comfort. To avert
the complaints to which the logs and wind
OF the season are apt TO give rise, prudent
people who believe in the proverb that
"preventation is better than cure" fortily
their stomachs and brace up their nerves
and muse es with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. those who do this are wise, and are
rewarded for their wisdom by escaping the
visitatiOns OF ehills and lever, rheumatism,
billiousness, fiatulency, consumption;
stomach complaints, &C., so common in
damp inhospitable wea ther. 10 those less
prudent, who neglect This prccaution, and
suffer Tor 4, we would say, that the disor-
ders which this potent vegetable tonic pre-
vents IL also cures,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08

WEs publish this morning the bill
that is under consideration in the legis-
latate concerning interest. 1t will be
observed that it lie proposed to render
both principal and interest uncollecta-
bic by law when q larger rate than Six
per cent. has been charged for the use
of money.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08

JUDGE KELLEY ten shares Of Credit
.Iohiler stock seem to have as much
,ifIiCuDty in finding an owner as did the
1000 given by PoMEEoY o York. 1t
win be remembered that OAKEs AMEs
auded the certificates to kELLEY in the
..-euce OF the investigating Committee
.d Mr.. KELLEY, with q frown OF in
liant innocence, gave them to Judge
...svD, the chairman OF the Commit
e.. ANEs says they do not belong to
Inn. KELLEY says they are not his;
poLAND knows they are not his and
low the question is to whor. do they
hrlDng .nd who is entitled 10 rake 10
,hr dlvidends
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08

The New York World of last Thurs
lay says that Governor JOHN j. JACK
~ was inaugurated Governor Of West
Virginia yesterday. The other State
r>ecutive officers also took the oath OF
lice"
There's something 10 name and
"e World ought to. know that there's a
w,rld OF difference, in West Virginia at
ast, between JOHN J. JACKSON and
l1nN J. JACOB.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08

A CORRESPONDENT of a New York
vaper says hat among the noble army
Of otfice-see,,ers at Washington. There
- a perfect warm ofseedy ex-Confede-
rates who renowned the lost cause and
ok the stump Tor GRANT during the
ATE campaign clamoring tor office, and
{, these some Of the most unhealthy
rorsulates will undoubtedly fall"
An ''unheaijhy consulate" will
-rarcely requrte the distinguished ser
wees that carried West Virginia for
rRAxT, ard we expect to hear the Char
-.ou Journal litter its swan-like
neal
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES
MONDAY March 8

In the Senate on Monday the follow
ing bills were passed. d
Senate bill go, providing for the
appointment, prescribe the duties and
fix the salary OF the State Librarian.
House bill amending the Code in re-
lation to the penitentiary.
The greater portion OF the day was
spent in discussing and amending the
bill in relation to the assessment OF
personal, property, incomes and sala-
ries.
In the House of Delegates the Senate
bill regulating the tees OF officers was
considered in committee Of the whole,
and the bill ordered to it's third read
ing.
Arrangements were made Tor the IN
auguration OF the Governor and other
State officers on the following day.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08

Az eastern paper calls to mind the
act that when General GRANT was a
.det at West Point he occupied po>
mon very ar down in his class, and
iatimates that he ordered the present
diets to visit Washington and partici-
pate iu the inaugural ceremonies, in
rider 10 show them that high standing
ia their several classes, is OF little conse-
,ucnce and that a mere dullard in the
,rcitation rooms OF the Military Acade-
I'd, can get along in the world good
.cd better than any OF the Star Five
.ytr did. Dizziness and ignorance, II
.rmarks, have been proved to be no
IIndranCe.