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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
Rules for the Care of Canary Birds.

1. During the summer season you
should have both a drinking cup and
bath dish in the cage, and should wash
them well twice day, and fill with
fresh water. The seed-cup should be
filed every morning.
2. The room in which the bird is
kept should never be warmer than 80
degrees.
3. Feed plain food Now and then
a lump Of sugar does no harm; but as
a general rule avoid sweets. Keep the
cutie fish dry and clean, and feed only
fresh and dry seeds.
4. Never place a cage where a
draught can strike the bird
5. Never smoke in the room where
your bird is kept, as the odor of cigar
is fatal to canaries.
6. As a general rule, never keep the
bird in painted cage; for the birds
will pick at the wires, and it will lead
to disease.
7. When your bird is shedding
feathers, which is generally styled moult-
ing, avoid draughts of air.
By obeying these simple directions,
you can keep birds in excellent health
for years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
A Lobster at Dinner.

A lobster is a much more particular
fellow in his food. I have been watch
ing one in my large marine aquarium,
at Receivers. Ii a portion of food be
thrown down to him, he immediately
sets to work to ascertain the where
abo1ts of his dinner. If he does not
like it, he at once pushes it away from
him with the attitude of an epicure who
bids the waiter take away plate of
meat he does not fancy If the food is
agreeable to him, he munches it up,
moving his jaws in peculiar way, like
a weaver making blanket. He tears
his food into large pieces, leaving the
actual pounding work to be done by the
very peculiar internal teeth, which are
found in the lining Of the stomach, and
which my reader can easily examine for
himself, if he will take the trouble.
When the lobster goes out for "con-
stitutional," and is not in a particular
hurry, he carries his great claws in
front of him, well away from the
ground, like the big flags we sometimes
see heading street professions. He
"walks" upon the little legs which are
underneath his body, while he keeps
LILO IIoIHo uIOflllS Ill lIOuU OI Ills hose
like blind man tapping the flags with
his stick as he plods along, led by his
dog hence [ conclude the lobster is
short-sighted. If the least thing alarms
him he scuttles backward on his little
legs of a centipede. If he does not go
fast enough in this way, he suddenly
snaps his tail toward him like man
suddenly closes his hand, and flies back
ward with jerk like an India-rubber
band snapped in half He always goes
into his cave tail foremost, and he takes
the most wonderfully good shots at the
entrance. 1t has been said by friend
Of mine that fly fisherman will never
be perfect until he has got an eye at
the back of his head, so as to prevent
his drop-fy getting hitched up in the
tree behind him. I really think the
lobster must have an eye in his tail
somewhere. Our pet lobster is not
willing that the secrets of her toilet
should be exposed to vulgar gaze; so the
first night she was in the tank she art
fully collected cookie and oyster shells
and made trench round herself after
the fashion of the Romans when
they took possession of high-top. A
branch of sea-weed forms canopy over
her head, and there she is at this min
ute, III house Of her own making, a
regular " compound householder" with
no taxes topay.-E auckland, IN Land
and Water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
A German Minister'S Wife.

The following advertisement appear
ed in a Hessian newspaper.
GA minister's wife, aged AZ years,
the daughter of one of the superior
clergy, desires, having previously OBJ
tanned her husbands permission, to OBJ
tain employment as cook, in conse-
quence of the pressure of circum-
stances. She has, so far, brought UP
five sons and two daughters that
are independent of her, and believes
her greater experience will command
better wages than those which either OF
her daughters could obtain The name
of this unfortunate person is known to
the editor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11

HE French Government, acting ON
the recommendation of the Committee
on fortification, has determined to keep
for the next five years 5000 pairs of
carrier pigeons for breeding purposes
for service in war time. Each fortress
Will have a military pigeon home, and
each pigeon home will contain 5000
birds. Two general stations will be
established, at each of which 60, 900
pigeons will be kept. The German
fortresses at Metz and Strasburg have
been for a year past connected with
other German forts by a system of
carrier pigeons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11

AT a boxing match in Birmingham,
England, a few days since, at the Army
and Navy Inn, one of the men, named
Alfred Foster, twenty-five years of age,
stood up to box with noted pugilist
named Franklin. In a few minutes
Franklin dealt Foster heavy blow on
the head, and the latter fell to the
ground insensible. Shortly before Z
o'clock three men took Foster to the
Queens Hotel, where it was found that
he was dead, and had evidently been so
for some time. There were no marks OF
violence upon the body.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
Apple Tree Rorers.

There are several insects known as APP
p1e tree borers, but one most destruc-
five to the trees is the larva OF grub or
the two-striped Saperda (Soperdo con-
17ido). This beetle it about three
quarters of an inch long, of q buff col
or, with two distinct white stripes ex-
tending from the head to the tip of the
wing covers. It is very shy, hiding in
crevices of the bark, and up among the
leaves of the tree during the day, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11

THE names of the four Swedish girls
who are attracting so much attention in
Paris by their quartette singing of
scandinavian melodies, are Hilda Wide
burg, Maria Peterson, Amy Aberg, and
Wilhemina Sederlund.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
Greasing of AxIes.

The Canada Farmer gives the follow
ing directions: Many wheel is ruin
ed by oiling too plentifully. A we'll
made wheel viii endure constant wear
from ten to twenty years, if care is TAX
en- to use the right kind and proper
amount of oil but in this matter is
not attended to, the wheel will be used
up in five or six years, or it may be
sooner. Lard should never be used on
a wagon, for it will penetrate the hub
and work its way around the lemons of
the spokes and spoil the wheel. Castor
oil is a good material for use on an iron
axle, just oil enough be applied to a
spindle to give light coating; this is
better than more, for the suplus put on
viii work out at the ends and be forced
by the shoulders and nut into the hub
around the outside of the boxes. To
oil the axle-tree, first wipe the spindles
clean with a cloth wet with turpentine,
If it won't wipe without it. On bug
gy or carriage, wipe and clean off the
back and front ends of the hubs, and
then apply a very small quantity OF
castor oil, or more especially prepared
lubricator near the shoulders point.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11

It would seem as though there need
be no difference on this subject, when
the great trouble generally is with our
COWS and our way OF feeding them, that
they will dry Up anyway for the greater
number, long before we really want
them to. But there are some excellent
COWS, and well kept, which continue to
give milk nearly the entire year. 1t is
better for these however, to be dried off
carefully by drawing off all the thick
milk every three or four days. Not to
do this would be TO endanger the I'd
der and perhaps cause the loss of the
use OF one OF more teats. The time
for doiug it should be from a month to
six weeks before the cow comes in.-Ru-
rat Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
The Dead Church.
BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.

Wild. wild wind wilt thou never thy signing?
Dark, dark night, wilt thou never wear away?
Cold, cold church, in thy death-sleep lying
Thy Lent is past, thy Passion here, but not thine
Easter day.
Peace, faint heart, though the night be dark and
signing;
Rest, fair corpse, where thy Lord himself hath lain
Weep, dear Lord where thy bride is lying,
lhy tears shall wake her frozen limbs to life and
health again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 2O.-355. B u b.

100 acre farm adjoining county seat town of
5000 population The town has rail road and
canal, also a river with good water power and
mills In running gear. Price only $50 per acre
The owner is forced 20 sale. A good chance for
q new edition 70 q thriving town.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 21.-328 B IL B.

A large stock farm and saw mill 20 exchange
for other property. Long time given for any
ough going man 20 get control Of valuable prop
erfy.
August fa 1873. xInl5
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
AppIetOn's Journal for IS74-En-
largement.


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of reading The Journal has always
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than il the case with monthly periodi-
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. II.

240 acres-50 acres bottom land-frame dwell
ling, bank barn, fountain pump, near good mills,
II miles from Lancaster, from sugar grove
Price thirty dollars per acre.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16

Two Mortgage notes for sale secured beyond
question. Win submit to heavy discount.
good chance for the buyer, but unfortunate for
the seller of the security.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 13.
NO. 14.-376.

73 acres, ~ miles from Lancaster, good house,
stable and blacksmith shop, in sight of school
house and Post Office. Price $40 per acre.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
Illustrated Monthly Magazine,
The Model MAGAZINE of America, at So per yeal


Having purchased the copyrights at an enOr-
nous expense, with the expectation of securing
the largest circulation of any magazine II Amer
lea, we have determined on making an unparal-
leled offer OF II-C Justly celebrated picture,
"THE OIL OAKEN BUCKET"
After Jerome Thompson, as premium for 1874
"CAPTTTE CHILD"
After jerome Thompson, as premium 1875
"HOME, SWEET HOME"
After Jerome Thompson, as premium for 1876
CATER THE STORM
By F. NJ. H De Haas, as premium for 1877.
Each chrome, as work of art, is fully equal
to an oil painting worth five hundred dollars.
The chromos are now ready, and are sent by
mail ON receipt Of the subscriptions for either,
or ali Of the years, above, vanished and on q
roller, postage 10 cents extra. Or mounted on
canvas and streteher, las oil painting for 50
cents each extra, which includes the postage
Or mounted on canvasand streteher, in elegant
2L inch gilt frame, with Arabesque corner orna-
ments, yards Of crimson cord, and pa ked, -
extra each. Address
W. JENNINGS DEMOREST,
s3s Broadway, New I Ork.
BB- -Four years subscriptions and all the four
ehromos sent Immediately for S12; but O. not
fail at least send 50 for your subscription for
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Chrome,
1.-THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 19-B & B..

Newly improved farms ranging from 70 10 800
acres from four to ten miles from Lincoln, Ne
braska, at from 20 TO 40 per acre. Will trade for
lands East, or for good town property.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16

The largest, best and most popular Chromos in
the world in all their beauty and artistic excel
lenee, from the original stones Uniform size
seventeen by twenty-six inches. Price sl5eaeh.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16

$50 acres in Madison township, Fairfield CO.,
Ohio, good house-land well watered by new
er failing stream. Price $15 per acre. Two
miles from P. o.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
Astounding Offer.

SIS in value for S. $50 in value for Sc. S54 i'll
value for SO. S72 in value S12.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 1890. b q b.
NO 18.

-Four sections of timber land near a net work
Of rail roads 10 sell cheap. The land is a great
bargain at so per acre.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 16.

Coal land ON Snow Fork and Sunday creek
for sale at rs dollars per acre Splendid timber,
The best bargain now left. Coal vain 10 feet
Win take improved land in part pay. Adjoin-
ing lands have soldfor $3.50 per acre. and this too
within a few weeks since.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16

DUYS, sells and exchanges Real Estate; will
ID place for Guardians, Executors and others
any sum of money at to 20 per cent. interest
good security.
VIII exchange representations and adver-
tisenlents with other like agents throughout the
United States and Canada of whom such oppor-
tunity is respectfully solicited, and with whom
we offer to divide commissions and all other ad-
vantages of their correspondence.
When property or securities are placed in this
Agency by special contract in writing 21l per
cent commission is understood only in case of
sale or exchange. =
erty by number as we never change the mum
------
Der and can refer to it like an index
NO. %.
A fine property in Somerset, Ohio near the
business centre Can be made desirable for 8
business rooms below, public hall above and
leave room to accommodate a large family
This is offered so cheap and on such easy pay
ments as to go off quickly, as the business
rO0 vii Uau tam nara ara fho t,aIa
NO. %.
200 acres-l50, fat bottom corn land, yields 70
to 100 bushels to acre. will stand continuous crop
ping for IS years-market near, water good,
good house, price s75 in easy payments.
NO. 1.
Of the stock in a coal mine in Perry county,
which is now earning dividends of 10 to Is per
cent.
NO. 2.
the coal in a 10 foot vein covering 800 acres
Fork
NO. 3.
$500 acres of second bottom timber land, 200
acres inclosed and farmed, two good frame
dwellings, out buildings, stabling, fruit trees,
miles from Iowa city, IL to II from Cedar
Rapids, close TO smaller towns and TO a college,
of great State. Price s12, 500, will exchange
for land in Central Ohio.
NO. 4.
win exchange land near, for house and lot in
Somerset.
NO. 5.
to four Thousand dollars in Perry county. An
cash.
NO. 6.
Wanted 40 to so acres of land q few miles
from Somerset. Improvements desired. All
cash down.
NO. Z.
Wanted IS to 20 acres improved land, house
fruit and soft water, near Somerset.
NO. 8.
VIII exchange 80 acres of land miles south
Of the State Farm, soft cool spring water, house,
barn, fruit and timber, and two thousand dol
lars cash for land in Perry County. Land with
in miles of Somerset preferred.
NO. 8.
VIII exchange so acres of Hooking Valley
land in Fairfield county, for a good farm in
Perry county. There are two good frame hou-
ses on the land, two good barns, and the soil is
in fertility. Northern Perry pre-
ferred
NO. 10.
log acres Of land "a miles from Lancaster at
$50 per acre, ~ acres Of timber, house. barn. or
ehard, several springs, &c.
NO. II.
$50 acres in Madison township, Fairfield CO.,
Ohio, good house-land well watered by new |
sr failing stream. Price S15 per acre. Two
miles from p o.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16

160 acres timber land miles Of pike and on
b. 4 o. r. X. Bounded by roads ON tide North,
pay for the land. Price e16,25 per acre will
bring fifty dollars per acre in a short time.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 3.

$500 acres of second bottom timber land, 200
acres inclosed and farmed, two good frame
dwellings, out buildings stabling, fruit trees,
] miles from Iowa city, II to Il from Cedar
Rapids, close TO smaller towns and to a college,
and to smaller schools, good farm: in the heart
of great State. Price s12,5OO, will exchange
for land in Central Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 1888.

A magnificent residence and ample grounds
with every modern convenience, in Findley, o.,
viii exchange for acceptable wild lands or farm
nroDerfv
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 10.
NO. IL.

1o6 acres Of land "a miles from Lancaster, at
$50 per acre. ~ acres Of timber, house. barn, or
ehard, several springs, DC.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
NO. 2.

500, 900 of stock in coal mine so cheap that
the coal in 10 foot vein covering over 300 acres
Is given to the purchaser The mine is on Snow
Fork.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-01-16
STRICTLY
GROCERIES.

Store, would call the attention of the ptblic TO
my stock consisting of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-22
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.

Canada gray" Now and then some of the
oetter-to-do people get suit from ''outside,"
and the young women appear on Sunday in
neat Yankee prints, but these cost twenty-five
cents yard at the lowest shingle price. At
some of the schools saw teachers dressed in
the latest styles, and few of the older girls in
school with dresses cut en- pannier. But what
long tedious way the fair ones of Madawaska
have yet to travel in the fashion of wearing
their own and others hair, for at present the
majority of them have only advanced to our
long discarded style of wearing it in bags or
nets in the back of the neck.
Swine abound in Madawaska. What they
lack in the swinish requisite of fat they will
make up in size and alertness. Your cores
pondent or agricultural editor who recently adj
vocated the rearing of "spiritualized hogs will
find an ideal in Madawaska. Perhaps he will
change his mind when he sees 1t.
This year Madawaska gathered abundant
harvests, which they will need, for every kind
OF lumber business is stagnant, and when this
is the case there is no means of getting dol
lars worth of food or raiment, to say nothing
of a greenback.
But the balance of my Madawaska notes 1
must leave for another letter. s.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-22
News and Other Items.

New Orleans merchant, who had on hand
large quantities of tobacco it is said, has made
S5O.0OO by the rise consequent on the partial
failure of the new crop.
Germany has just adopted law by which
the holder of a railroad ticket may stop at any
point on his journey, for any period-the ticket
remaining good till used.
The king of the Friendly Islands is a licensed
local Methodist preacher, and his wife, Queen
Charlotte, is class leader of the same denomi-
nation.
Herman Dubois of Fall River, the consump-
tive patient, upon whom the experiment Of
transfusing lambs blood was recently tried. is
reported to be improving in health.
The list of individuals and corporations taxed
in Providence for S50,000 and upwards foots up
46O. Three are taxed for more than 81 ,OOO, 600
each, and ten others are compelled to pay for
more than 100000 each.
The spire of the new church of st. Nicholas
at Hamburg, in height, to the top of the cross
is said to be four hundred and seventy two feet.
This is six feet higher than the spire of the fa-
nous Strasburg Cathedral, which has hitherto
been reported to be the highest in Europe.
Over three thousand deer have been killed
near the headwaters of Mad River, California,
within year, the skins only being used. Le-
gislative action is called for to put stop to
such wholesale slaughter.
According to the Freeman's Journal, General
Sherman IS not Catholic, but when engaged
to Miss Ewing he was required, before Father
Ryder could marry them, to promise as an off,
Ger and gentleman that he would never inter-
fere with his wife in the practice of her re-
ligion, and that her children should be brought
up Catholics.
rumor having been got up that the person
calling himself Luther Bryant, who is charged
with purchasing government stamps of boys,
knowing that they were stolen, pretends TO be
the brother of William G. Bryant, of the Even
ing Post, it is proper to say that the pretence
is utterly false, and that the person last named
never heard of Luther Bryant until he saw
his name a few days since in the city news
papers.
Detective Field, who was said to be the origi-
nal of Inspector Bucket, in "Bleak House,
died recently in London. He was Dickens
companion in many rambles about the metro
polls, the results of which are embalmed in the
novelsts works. He was for some years
chief officer in the detective department of
London, and after bis retirement from this DO
sition he was at the head of private Inquiry
Office.