Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-18

SO feeble that the beating can only be de-
tected by practiced finger. The boy
says that the performance does not injure
his health, and he can make himself so
near dead that it is only by great mental
effort that he throws off the lethargy.
CHICKEN SALAD-Ten pounds chicken
before it is cooked; four punches of celery;
yolks of twelve raw eggs beaten stiff; add
slowly three-quarters OF bottle OF sweet
oil, beating all the time; add salt, pepper
and mustard, mixing these with vinegar;
when all beaten in, and just before pour
ing on to the chopped chicken and celery,
add one-half cup cold water to whiten the
dressing; add also, very slowly, the we'll
beaten whites Of the eggs. Cut the boiled
chicken with knife, and do not chop it,
makes salad enough for twenty persons.
Do not pour the dressing on to the chick
en- and celery until just before serving it.
CHARLOTTE RUssE.-Take box of
sparkling gelatine, pour on it a scant pint
and a half of cold water; when it has stood
ten minutes add same quantity of boiling
water, and stir till the gelatine is dissolved;
stir in half a pound Of white sugar; have
ready six eggs well beaten separately, and
then together, and when the jelly is cool,
whip very lightly three piIrts of rich
cream, favored with vanilla or almond or
both, and when the eggs and jelly begin
to CONCEAL, beat it in as rapidly as possible,
and pour the mixture in a bowl lined with
lady fingers or sponge cake.-Country
Gentleman. tf #3t49
A WRITER in the Science Gossip for
April gives an account of the singular
hardihood of the bat: Having caught a
bat in my bedroom and being anxious to
preserve it without injury, [ got some
spirits of wine and put it in glass for about
two hours, until thought it was dead; I
afterward wrapped it up in handker-
chief and put it in box in drawer. Be
ing called away from home the next day,
and having remained away for three
weeks, when came home I went to the
drawer expecting to find the animal de-
cayed, when, on opening the handker-
chief out few the bat, as we'll as when |
first caught it." This phenomenon needs
to be explained.
WooD ASHES FOR PEARs.-A cores
pendent of the Iow0 homestead "fnds
wood ashes, after fifteen years use, to be
worth dollar per bushel for dressing
fruit trees" Some years ago an Eastern
nurseryman stated that good dressing OF
ashes had doubled the growth of his young
pear trees, as compared with the growth
of trees without ashes" Potash is the
principal ingredient of value in wood
ashes, and its value to fruit trees has long
been known; but at one dollar per bushel
it will be found rather an expensive fer
tilizer for even valuable trees, since any of
the cheap manufactures of potash may be
bought for one-tenth of the sum that it
could be procured from ashes if they are
worth dollar bushel-W estera Ruroz
The following, which is without doubt
the biggest snake story ever published, is
found in the Pulaski Tenn) Citizen:
Charles T. Robinson, of Giles County,
killed chicken snake on the 10Th inst,
which measured seven feet in length. He
found it in the crack of fence, half of it's
body being on either side. On examina-
ton It developed that the snake had swal-
lowed a rabbit before it attempted to
crawl through the crack, and that after it's
body was half through it caught and swal-
lowed another rabbit, thus having rabbit
on each side of the fence. The crack was
SO small that the rabbits could not get
through, and the consequence was that the
snake was hitched. It was killed in this
situation"
THE celebrated "cow-tree" of South
America has lately been imported into
Europe, in the hope that the young plants
may be acclimated. This wonderful tree
yields a good quality of milk. It flows
freely from missions made in the trunk,
and is commonly used as an article of
food by the inhabitants Of districts where
the tree is abundant. The tree grows up
ward of q hundred feet high,
~o{1, 70 a.<,1,f
feet in diameter, and without branches
feet of it's height IF it, would only
grow in the open air in this climate, what
blessing it would prove to those who are
dependent upon unconscientious milk
men!
THOSE who visit Vienna need to be
wide awake, and understand the customs
OF the country, or they find themselves
"taken inn An American having settled
himself at his hotel, and wishing for
bottle Of ink, rang for the servant to get
must send by irregular porter In front of
|. each hotel in Vienna are scores of men
whose business it is to perform such COM
missions as this. The gentleman, there
fore, sent a porter. on the errand, who
brought him a small bottle of ink, for
which he demanded ninety kreutzers,
three times its cost. On being interro-
gated respecting the matter, he simply ex-
planned by saying that sixty kreutzers was
the price of his own service, or the COM
mission. 7oG
THE following letter is from female
lawyer in Colorado, in reply to letter
from an Eastern party soliciting informa-
ton in regard to one Dr. Clutton She, is
simple girl, evidently: ''To NJ D. t.
DR.. Clutton is my family physician; was
in my Office few minutes ago; he was up
in the mountains yesterday, and got snow
ed under all but about four feet of him;
he expects to return to that region about
the 4th Of July, with an armfu1 Of shavings
to try and thaw out his horse and buggy.
[ am an attorney and notary public; send
me your interrogatory and Y and I will
attend to the matter in good order.
You've no idea how much it costs to live
here; soup bones have gone up to 2Oc;
butter S71ac per pound. Whisky holds
its own, notwithstanding the town ordi-
nance prohibiting its use to all but in
valids. Yours, ELIZABETH LUCE"
THE Dixon Telegraph relates the follow
ing strange instance Of forewarning in
connection with the recent bridge calamity
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