Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14
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of road in Maine. The remaining sisters
pillow eighty acres and plant it in corn this
year in Kansas.
THE prohibitory liquor law in Massa-
chusetts sometimes gives rise to comic as
we'll as tragic incidents, as at Holyoke, the
| other day, when a State constable, after
an exciting chase, overhauled truckman
and seized upon the beer barrel in his
wagon only to discover that It's contents
were otfal instead of lager.
WHrrEwAsH applied to walls, ceilings,
fences, etc, has highly sanitary inf1u
ence at this time of year. In the country
this covering is applied with good effect
to the sides of barns and farm outhouses.
1t is cheap, easily applied, freshens and
improves the appearance OF things, and IS
salutary in its influence upon the health.
THE Tycoon knows how to starta news
paper. He does not offer big beets, nor
prize squashes. nor oroide jewelry as pre-
miums for subscribers. Having taken an
interest in the publication of a new paper
at the japanese capital. he has issued an
| order that all men OF certain social and
political circles shall take it or be be
headed
OIL FOR HARNEss--Harness, it is said,
may be made imperyious to water by
| thoroughly impregnating it with mix
ture made in the proportion OF twenty
one gallons of pure whale oil, and fifteen
to seventeen pounds of india-rubber
shreds Heat these ingredients together
at temperature of from 1874 degrees
to $40 degrees, in order that the rubber
may be completely dissolved.
WE trust our readers can succeed better
than we have in pronouncing the three
following Indian words which are to be
found in Church's History of King Phil
ip's war;" printed in 1929. In this Ian
| guage: "Nummatchekodtan
nonash, signities-our lusts. NoOWOman-
tammoonkanunnonnash signifies - our
loves. Kummogkodonattoo
dgannuononnash signifies, in the Ian
| guage of our time-our question:
THE robust managing editor OF the
Pittsburgh Dispatch tolls with the flannel
conundrum. A year ago he bought full
suit of white flannel. After the first
washing, his son, who weighs a hundred
| and two pounds less than the father, found
the suit Just fitted him. Two more wash
! ings made them Just the size for his five
year-old, and at the end of the season
there was not enough of them for good
sized dishcloth Where has all the fan
mel gone to? He says he would willingly
take his whole family and his mothar-in-
law to lecture which would explain it,
and pay double price.
A VERY small actor in Partisan thea
ter lately achieved a great success by
very simple means. In a piece entitled
! "AristOphanes," then being played at the
| Chateau d'Eu, little boy, almost baby,
| appeared on the stage for a short time.
| This performer has his admirers among
| the public, one Of whom the other day eX
| pressed her approval of the tiny actor by
| throwing, not bouquet, but packet of
! bon bons at his feet. The little creature,
| oblivious Of the necessity for making re
| spOnsive bows or Obeying stage directions,
instantly sat down by the front-lights and
| began TO devOur these delicacies, while the
curtain falling behind him left him alone
with the audience, who warmly appreci-
ated the incident
AN indirect appeal has been made to
| the Shah Of Persia through the London
Times, to grant religious liberty to his sub
! jects. No improvement in the religious
laws Of Persia has taken place since the
visit of Henry Martyr to that kingdom in
| 1911. The law common to all MOhamme-
! dan countries, which Furnishes with death
every Mohammedan who embraces Chris
tianity, is still unrepealed. No execu-
| tons under it have taken place of late
| years, but to escape its effect PcrsianS
who wish to embrace Christianity have be-
come eXiles from their native land.
Among the presents to the Shah in En-
gland we notice copy of the Bible in the
Persian language from the British and
Foreign Bible Society, through Sir Henry
| Rawlinson.
BARN RooFs-The Mirror and Farmer
says: AS YOU begin putting in your new
hay see to your barn roofs. On some of
| them the shing les are worn out, and only
an entire new set will meet the emerg-
ency. On others there is a vacant place
! here and there, from which the wind has
| torn Shlngle or two; these may be
| patched. Whatever the condition ofyour
finances Or grass crop, you cannot afford
to put off any needed repairs upon your
roofs. Better let your grass rot in the
field than to put it into your barn to be
spoiled by the rain that will find its way
through leaky roof Though all other
buildings go to the dogs keep your barn
roofs waterproof.
SwARMING BEEs.-A bee keeper gives
the following plan to prevent a swarm of
| bSto lioIl SSAtlhS away HUH lllt lllNt,
with the statement that after ten years ex-
perience he has never known it to fail
once: AS soon as they show the first
! symptoms OF swarming, stop up most of
| the outlets Of the hive, so as to force them
to be a considerable time coming out
The swarm being made up in part of
young bees, many of whom cannot fly
well, and as nothing can be done by the
swarm until all are out they fly about in
the air; by prolonging their exit the
feeble ones become tired, and finding
their plans frustrated, they alight to rear
range their journey. If they can leave
the old hive all at once, they care very
little about alighting.
A FARM GARDEN-R,val Home saws:
The farmers fruit and vegetable garden
should be laid out so that the most of
the cultivation can be done with horse
A good arrangement would be to have
strip OF greensward rod wide at each
end. This would answer for walk and
for the horse to turn on in blowing and
cultivating Grape-vincs might be trained
against the fence, or, what would be bet
ter, the fence itself should be hedge of
Norway spruce. Make no beds and few
walks in the garden. Plant the vegetables
in rows extending from one side to the
to the other. The small fruits, dwarf pears
and apples should be planted on the same
plan. There is then no spading, and but
| little hand -hOeing and weedinp one