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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
The Plum CurculTO.

THIS insect belongs to the same family
as the Colorado potato beetle, but flies
much more readily; has the same way of
playing "possum" when you approach
or disturb him, and consequently is easily
caught by the thumb and finger on the
tree, or by jarring the tree, when
he falls to the ground like a dead
thing, but will soon crawl off or fly
away if undisturbed. The curculiO is Of
dull black or very dark brown color,
from One-half to three-quarters of an
inch ? in length. The early morning is
the best time to hunt him, as he does not
like to fly only IN hot still weather, but
if they are any way plenty they should be
looked after three times day. [ have
seen them fly from the woods to my trees,
mostly toward shutdown Of still, hot
day, so that one is not safe from them
even when none are prOpagated on his
own grounds.
There is not particle Of benefit to be
derived from any wash or application of
any substance to the tree or ground on
which the trees grow, as the little Turk
"careth for none of these things"
In addition to killing all found on the
trees, pick up every plum that falls to the
ground and see that it is eaten or de-
strOyed, so as to leave no eggs to hatch or
larvae to crawl out into the ground or to
hibernate under the bark of some tree to
start the breed next year. If one has a
large number of trees it will pay him to
make curculio catcher, but will not
take room here to describe one. 1t may
be well to say here that the curculiC
stings cherries and peaches almost as
readily as plums, and has been known to
sting the apple.
He must be looked after as soon as the
fruit sets, till the last of July, as in some
seasons there are two crops of the beetle,
but the greatest danger is when the fruit
is about the size of pea. The cherry
does not fall, like the plum, when stung,
so that to eradicate the beetle in one sea-
son they must be picked off and destroyed
efectually.
Some seasons are so cold that the eggs
laid in the plum do not hatch, as they re-
quire about 700, the eggs dying in about
a week if not Matched; and if there is an
entire failure of the rum crop one year
the beetle will be quite scarce the next,
and crop may be had but one is never
safe TO trust to anything short of daily
examination from the time the fruit sets
till it is about grown.-C0r. Western
Farmer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
Animal Food for Fowls.

In the spring, while the ground is moist,
fowls that are allowed any range will pro-
cure for themselves sufficient supply of
animal food, in the form of various worms
and insects; but as the dry season ad-
vances the worms especially follow the
moisture down, and soon get beyond the
reach of the fowls. 1t then becomes
necessary to furnish them with a substi-
tute. Raw meat, however, and an excess
even of cooked meat, is apt to create a
morbid appetite for this kind of food,
which manifests itself in disposition to
pick at the heads and necks of their COM
paniOns. To such an extent is this raven
Gus appetite carried that they will pluck
the feathers from the weaker members Of
the yard for the small amount of animal
matter adhering to that portion of the
Quill inserted in the flesh. This is but a
mite; and merely provokes, instead of
satisfying, the depraved appetite, the
consequences being disastrous to its victim.
The subjects, in their turn, soon be-
come sufferers from the effects of animal
food if an excess is allowed. The amount
should be strictly limited, and not gov
erned by the appetite of the fowls; for
this seems never to be satisfied. If the
meat is cooked it is more easily distrib-
uted among the fowls by removing the
flesh from the bones. The latter, it is
true, are very acceptable to thefowls, and
if bones simply stripped as clearly as
possible of the raw meat are thrown
among them they will obtain consider
able amount of animal substance from the
marrow and juices contained in them.
But they become serious annoyance II
scattered about the premises, by attract
ing rats, dogs and other predatory ami
mails. When the meat and bones are
boiled the latter become more available
as manure, or to be pulverized and fed to
the fowls.
The water in which meat has been
boiled for poultry feed, and that also in
which meat for the table has been cooked,
should be mixed with vegetable or other
material to be fed to the fowls; it thus
supplies their actual wants in regard to
animal food without really pandering to
a depraved appetite. RlyrdJ Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
If Not True Love, What Can 1t Be!

ALFONSO BoMBARDIo was not only one
OF the most celebrated sculptors of his
day, but he was also one of the most ex-
quisite of cOxcombs. Being extensively
Patronized by the Emperor Charles "
he was admitted at court. where for y .
season, he reigned supreme as a leader of
fashion and filtration. It remained for >
young lady Of Bologna to administer q
fitting punishment for his fulsome CON
ceit. This lady CHANGED to be BON
bardio's partner at a ball given by the
Governor, and ne improved the oppor-
tunity of making love in his most flip
pant manner. The lady did not even
smile. Bombardio looked languishingly
upon her, and heaved a deep sigh. Then,
pressing his hand upon his bosom, with
beseeching gaze and with writhing al
most of torture, he exclaimed: "Ah,
sweet lady, if this be not true love feel,
what can it be-" Perhaps" replied the
beauty, with utmost innocence of ex-
preston, something bites gOu" The
story got abroad, and from that day Bonn
bardiO grew wise in the matter of indis-
criminate love-making.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
concluded to pack it away in tissue paper

concluded to pack it away in tissue paper
for the balance Of the year.
SOME wretch is telling people chow to
grow fat" just as every one is becoming
willing to shed ten or twenty pounds
avoirdupois to cheat the summer solstice
of its terrors.
THE English sparrows which were in
troduced into Albany five or six years ago
have become so numerous and annoying
that they are pronounced to be an unmit-
igated nuisance.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, has a stone
yard, and requires each tramp soliciting
aims to earn his food and lodging by
breaking stone. Applications for charity
have fallen off.
The cash deposits IN the Helena Mont
banks were probably never greater than
at present. In the burglar proof safes Of
a single one of them there is $780, 900
currency deposits.
BoBBs complains that his wife is an in
fiationist. She blows him up every day,
and makes him circulate until he actually
feels that he is beyond redemption
Louisville Commercial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

them to plant, cultivate and love flowers.
See also that they have suitable tools to
work with, and do not turn them away
with an old hoe or miserable spade that
a skillful gardener would reject with
scorn. The heavy labor of preparing the
soil should be performed by strong
man, as the strength of children soon
fails when engaged in such fatiguing Ia
Dor as spading the garden, especially if
the soil be heavy. If required to do the
spading themselves they often become
disheartened in their gardening opera
tons; and for the want of little assist
ance they abandon the enterprise and
engage in something else By means of
few dimes worth of seed and a few
hours work and a few encouraging
words small children may be taught les
sons in agriculture, horticulture and
Horticulture that will be of untold value to
them when they grow up.-N. T. Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

Mr.. Smith then discusses at some length the
prospect Of an adverse decision by thesUnited
States Supreme Court, and says that all the
people of Wisconsin will ask is a strict appli-
cation of the law as laid down in theopinion
of Chief Justice Marshall in the Dartmouth
College case, and concludes his opinion as
follows:
/ must in fairness admit that the Legisla-
ture, on a repeal of the charter 77aiQKt transfer
the personal property OF the company to the
stockholders, and might continue the corpora
ton to collect its debts, if the common law
had been repealed, and also TO pay its debts as
far as it could by that means. | am not,
however, prepared to admit that the Legisla-
ture has done any such thing.
am by no means prepared to admit that
this same rule applies to the real estate or
lands and Improvements on it. On the con-
trary, my opinion is that the grantor of these
lands has vested interest in them, not to be
Invested without full compensation. unless
the power is derived from this much-abused
constitutional provision. 1t may be that by a
repeating act the Legislature might reserve TO
the cOrporatOrs allit lands and appurtenances;
but, certain it is, TO my mind, that in case of
civil death by lapse of time, or forfeiture Of
charter by proceedings in the nature of guo
1Dd1TGnt0 for violation Of If, the grantors of
these lands have in them a vested right which
cannot be Invested by any act of legislation,
unless the same act provides for compensation
to the owner Of the reversion, and takes it
under the right of eminent domain for public
use.
There is one more position taken by the
Judge, and indeed by all the counsel Of the
railroads, that [ cannot pass by without no.
tice, and that is, that bondholders, as mort
gagor, have vested rights that cannot be af-
fected by the constitutional limitation. The
answer to this position has been given in
general terms. To sum it up in few words:
The people have the prior incumbrance, and
the Constitution is in the law notice to all the
world of their rights. The money-lender can
get no greater interest in the property than
the borrower had, as it appeared of record
when the loan was made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
Teach Your Children Practical H0rli-
culture.

AS children have everything to learn.
it is important that some competent and
patient person should give them encour-
aging instruction about preparing the
soil and planting seed. A great many
intelligent and highly-educated adults
then, can young children be expected to to
prepare the ground or put in the seed
without first being taught how to do it?
If children are at all inclined to work in
the garden, lay out a plat of rich lard for
the boys where they may raise all kinds
of vegetables and little spring grain;
and designate another plat as flower
garden for the girls, and manure the soil
bountifully and let 1t be plowed or spaded
deep. Then encourage the children to
mark out the ground in drills, and make
small beds here and there for raising only
few specimens Of every valuable veg
etable that is usually produced in kitchen
gardens. Provide bountiful supply of
flower seeds for the girls, and encourage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

A YOUNG man was recently fined ten
dollars in Connecticut for shaking his
handkerchief at a young lady. The
Judge, in passing sentence, remarked
that 1t was a fortunate circumstance that
the young lady had shaken hers at him
first, or he would have sent him up for
three months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

THERE is nothing like leather Shoes with a
SILVER TIP for children. Try them. They
never wear through at the toes.
For Sale by all Dealers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
Carbon for Hogs.

THERE is no doubt in our minds of the
benefits arising from feeding crude car
bOnaceous matter to swine when they are
kept i'll close pens. The avidity with
which hogs eat rotten wood is well
known. Charcoal is but another form of
carbon. Bituminous coal is still another
form. The utility of feeding wood and
coal has long been recognized. We some
years since substituted the ordinary West
ern stone coal with the best results,
where from two to five hundred hogs
were kept in close pens and fed on the
refuse of city hotels. Something Of the
kind seems as necessary to them as salt to
strictly herbiveroUs animals. We have
known them to consume a pound in the
course of day, and again they would not
seek the coal for some time. Just what
particular use the coal is in the animal
economy is not so easy to answer. Swine
are especially liable to scrofulous and in
fammatory diseases. Carbon, in the
shape of coal, is an antiseptic, and the
probability is that it acts in this way in
purifying the blood.-Westean Rural.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

STRAwBERRIEs.-Ne wash straw
berries if it can be avoided. fit must be
done, do it before they are hulled. Use a
large bowlful of water, put in few
berries at time, stir them lightly with
the hands until clean, skim them out and
hull them at once, putting them into the
saucers in which they are to be served.
Sprinkle sugar over them if needed, and
send to the table without further hand
ling, or leave them to be sugared by the
eater. Every time they are handled takes
something from their freshness, but if it
is preferable for other reasons to place
them in one large dish on the table put
them at once into the dish as you take
them from the water and hull them,
sprinkling on the necessary sugar as you
proceed, so that they will need no stirring
afterward. They need no draining The
little water that clings to them will melt
the sugar, and with the juice of the fruit
will make an exquisite dressing.-HeraId
of Health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

WIsHART'S Pine Tree Tar Cordial cures
Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Wishart's
Worm Sugar Drops banishes worms COM
pletely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25
VEGE'I'INE
Purifes the Blood, Renovates and
InVigorates the Whole System.
Its Medical Properties are
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent
and Diuretie.

VEGETINE is made exclusively from the juices OF
carefully-selected BARKs, RooTs and HERBS and SO
strongly concentrated thatit will eectuay eradicate
from the system every faint of Scrofuia. Scrofu-
ious Humor, Tumors, Cancer. Cancerous
Humor, ErysipeIas, Salt Rheum, Syphi-
little Diseases, Canker, Fafntness at the
Stomach, and all diseases that arise from impure
blood. ScIataca, Infialnmatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, NeuraIg ia, Gout and Spinal
Complaints can only be etfectually cured through
the blood
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of the
Skin, Pustu1es, Pfmples, BI0tches, BoiIs.
letter, ScaIdilead and RingyyorIn, VEGETINK
has never failed 10 effect permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Conn
plants, Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leu
corrhoe, arising from internal liberation and utter
inc diseases, and General Debility, VEGETINE
acts directly upon the of these complaints It
invigorates and strengthens the whole system,
upon the secreive organs, allays Inflammation cures
liberation and regulates the bowels
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, HabituaI Co.'S
tiveness, Paipitation OF the Heart, Head
ache, Piles, NervoJsn ess and General Pros
tratiOn of the Nervous System, no medicine
has ever given such perfect satisfaction as the VEGE-
TINE. 1t pures the blood cleanses all the organs
and possesses controlling poWe" over the nervous
system.
The remarkable cures effected by vEaEr1EE have
induced many physicians and apothecaries whom we
know to prescribe and use it in their own families
In fact, VEGETINE is the bestremedy yet discovered
forthe above diseases and the only reliable BLOOD
PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
PREPARED BIZ
n. r. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
PRICE, $1-25-
SOLD BY
All Druggists and Dealers
mvEHY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The Einton Qowa) Eagle says: "The
horse with snake in his eye has been in
town Notices of this curiosity have
been going the rounds of the press for
some weeks. 1t is no humbug; the horse
IS a commOn-appearing farm horse, the
only remarkable thing being in his right
eye-a veritable, living thread-worm,
about four inches in length, white in col
or and about the size of sewing thread
1t is constantly in motion, wriggling and
twisting over the entire aqueous or watery
portion of the eye. 1t does not destroy
the sight, though it seems to be somewhat
impaired. The eye has milky tinge. 1t
is not particularly wonder, but rather a
curiosity, the worm, probably, being but
one of the many parasitic species which
infest animal life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-25

The bride was then placed upon the
same chair, and the bridegroom came for
ward with richly-trimmed cushion
bearing the bridal presents-a watch and
chain, diamond brooch and ear.rings
and bracelets, and large knitted puTsa
filed with gold.
l asked my guide how he was able to
give such expensive presents, and was
told that all her dover was made over TO
him the day before the wedding. After
giving the jewels the bridegroom parted
the veil and placed the Jewels on his
bride, and then she descended from the
chair and all proceeded to the supper-
room. There she was lifted by the men
and seated astride a small barrel of wine
and the feast commenced. She was
obliged to sit there till all the wine was
drank out of that barrel, which was near
ly two hours. She looked tired enough
before all was over, for she got nothing
to eat at all. The Armenians are good
eaters think, by the way they cleared the
plentifully-furnished table, and it was
daylight before we had finished. We
then had coffee again, and all went
home:-COnStantinOple Cor. (Oiig6 Harper
San Francisco Alta.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-19
The Mountain MEADOW Massacre.

A Salt Lake City dispatch states that
the Mormons Of Beaver county, Utah,
are greatly excited because they antici.
pate m attempt to arrest prominent
Saints indicted for participation in the
Mountain Meadow massacre. II is
represented that the Mormons evince
n determined spirit to resist the ex.
pected legal process by the District
Court, and the authorities will probably
call for the assistance OF the United
States troops to aid them in the dis.
charge Of their duty. tits not unlikely
that bloodshed will occur, but 1t is high
time the Mormons were Taught that the
law OF the Church, or, what is the same
thing, Of the prophet Brigham, Is sub.
servient to the law Of the land, and that
criminals even in Utah must be brought
to Justice.
Twenty years have passed since n
party Of emigrants, numbering over 300
men, women and children, pursuing
peaceably their journey from Missouri
TO California, were murdered in cold
blood ut Mountain Meadow, in Utah.
But one escaped TO tell the horrible
story Of slaughter. Nine little children,
too Young, as 1t was supposed, to realize
their terrible situation, were saved and
adopted by She Mormons. Three OF
these afterward displayed too clear
knowledge Of what had transpired, aud
they were also put out Of the way. The
other six were subsequently restored
by the United States officials to their
friends and relatives in Missouri. The
Mormons at the time attempted to shift
the responsibility Of the massacre upon
the Indians, but subsequent develop.
ments leave no doubt that the whole
slaughter was planned and perpetrated
by the Mornons themselves. Those
high in authority in the Church d.
rected the bloody work, and prominent
"Saints have recently been indicted
by the Grand Jury for murder by par
ticipation in the massacre. II Is 10 be
hoped they will speedily be brought to
justice, tried, andi II found guilty, suf-
fer the Just penalty Of their crimes.
The United States laws have been q
dead letter in Utah Territory for years,
but the last session OF Congress adopted
Legislation which, though not altogether
satisfactory, has at least had the effect
OF setting the wheels OF justice in mo-
tion,-RepubLiC,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-19
A SorroMfnl Amir.

The Paris Figaro announces the
death OF the Count de Chambis, former
ly the equerry 10 the Duke Of Orleans,
and indirectly the cause Of his death.
He had never ridden on horseback since
1912, to account for which popularity
the following story is told In his on.
pacity OF equerry Il was his business TO
attend 10 the efficient management Of
the royal stables, see the horses were
properly cared for, and, above all, that
they were free from vice. By some IN.
fortunate misohance or carelessness two
horses, which had been condemned as
vicious and unmanageable, were never
removed from the stable, and were
harnessed TO the Duke Of Orleans
carriage on tho fatal 18th OF July, 1s42,
with What results. everybody knows.
The grief aud CONSERVATION his death
caused throughout France is still fresh
in the memory Of the present genera
ton. II may be easily imagined how
tile unhappy Count, In despair OF
having been the innocent cause Of the
fearful catastrophe that had placed the
whole Of Franco in mourning, sent in
his resignation, and never dared to ap.
pear before the King or Queen. One
day, however, he was passing through
the Tuileries gardens, when he saw
them both on q balcony, dressed In
deep mourning. Overcome by remorse
and emotion, he fell on his kneeB be.
fore them, and on being summoned TO
their presence was freely pardoned by
the royal pair.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-19
Best ORGANS ON MOST Parorable Terms.

The new terms offered by the Mason
& Hamlin sorgan Company, for the sale
Of their celebrated instruments, create
dissatisfaction with macy dealers, who
declare that they will greatly iniure the
business OF selling other organs, espe.
cially by peddlera. By these terms q
person is allowed to hire an organ,
paying only reasonable rent for it
having the privilege, Of course, OF re-
turning it at any time after SIX months,
or OF purchasing It OF any time. II the
purchase is completed within q year,
the whole cost OF the organ is only five
to ten per cent. moro than II all cash
had been paid at the beginning,
Dealers say this Is much too small a
difference for the accommodation in
time, and privilege Of returning, given.
The Mason & Hamlin Company are
determined to try the experiment thor
oughly at least, being confident that
their organs will prove SO attractive and
satisfactory in use that scarcely any will
ever be returned to them. Circulars
with full particulars can be obtained by
addressing them in Boston, New York,
or Ohicago.-CORI,