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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-23

Parish calS, =
New Orleans. TX. IL, 1874.
At a regular meeting Of the Parish Committee,
held this day, it was
the parish be requested to. e., =, l,gates to
Parish Convention, to assem-, u The city III
New Orleans en- the Let Nom, of October,
being the 9TH day of said nth, to select pa
rochia and city officers men".s Of the Legis-
lature and members of the si;ite, for the sev-
eral Senatorial districts embr cd in whole or in
part within the limits Of this parish.
Resolred, hat the electio, ;or said delegates
shall be held in all the Ward- of his parish, on
October. VIZ the ID OF Oc:ob,. pioAimo.
Resolred, That the baei Of representation
81 all be the same as for the last Parish Conven-
ton The representation or non-rel resentation
Of the Sixteenth and Seventt onth Yards, to 10
determined by the State Cont al Co'uni-tee,
Accordingly, the several Ward, sassl be EN-
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Crescent city Relief dissertation.

Mrs. R. A. WILKINSON, President.
Mrs. F N. OGDEN, Secretary.
Mrs H. f. SHROPSHIRE, Treasurer,
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Having removed our factor, slie above piece
and introduced the latest inn tnents in ma
chlnery, we are now prepared :, prompt A.
tention 70 all orders sent to IT.
Terms for Ginning .... The Seed,
Charges Bagging, Ties, Twin ,al Cover
ing Bale ........... SO -
D ayage from landing, per ba. -. 70
A large supply of bags kept N..,~ on hand ar4
shipped at the shortest notice
Thanking our numerous PAL Tor their past
patronage, we respectfully 80 continuance
Of the same. CHOPIi WHITE
au3O I'm Nlnpriet0rs,
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All voters of this parish opposed to the pres
ent Radical rule, Independent of past party
names, are invited to register and cast then bal
lots for delegates to this convention.
?. MALCCHEl., President.
WILL STEVEN Vice Ere sidcnt.
E. L. BOWER Secretary. au23 sis I'd
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The desirable Restaurant and Barrnom knox,
as BENTONS, on St. Charles between Oommnn.
and Canal streets. including every CONVENIENCE
for carrying on first c,ass restaurant. both h
the saloon and kitchen. 1t is aIsO well adapted
for first class beer saloon, being in desirable
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House Furnishing Store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Itch in Sheen,

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A correspondent who asks for rem
edy for itch in sheep, is informed that
the following has been recommended :
Shear off the wool about the pustules
then let the scab be removed with a
knife or comb, after which the dis
eased parts must be washed with soap
and water; then apply the following
mixture: One pound of plug tobacco to
four gallons of water, which should be
thoroughly boiled then add the same
quantity of lime-water with one pint of
spirits of turpentine, or in these pro-
portions if a less quantity is needed
After the diseased sheep is shorn of it's
wool, as well as all the sound ones, pre-
pare a decoction of the above, and, with
a sponge, wash well the entire body,
which will prevent recurrence of the
disease, even if turned in the old pas
ture. .e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Early-Cut Grass Best.

The German papers publish details of
series Of experiments carried on at
the agricultural schools of Fatherland,
for the purpose of testing the nutritive
properties of grass and hay at various
stages. The experiments were initiated
by the excessive demand for forage in
Germany, but are not the less valuable
on that account. By an elaborate series
of analyses, it is shown why young
grass is more nutritious than mature
grass. The physiological experiments
show that it is more easily digested.
Thus, grass, q inches high contains
nearly so per cent. more of albumenoids
than grass which is six inches high, and
about 10 per cent. more of crude fat"
(5.24 per cent. against 4.S2). The ma
ture grass contains more woody fibre
and less fesh-forming matter than the
young grass, and besides this, it is
found that the nutritious albumenoids
exist in less soluble form in hay than
in young grass. Hence the difference
of nutritive value and digestibility
Autumnal hay was found to be more
nutritious than summer hay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
sheep Oh a Farm.

The New York World says, in answer
to correspondent cit certainly is
profitable to keep sheep on a farm if
rightly managed--even though the
price of wool is low. They are scaven-
gers on farm-death to all weeds and
shrubs that are an annoyance to the
tidy farmer. Besides, the spring lambs,
if careful selection of breeds is made,
will be found profitable to sell, espe-
cially the males, in the market. Ameri-
cans are eating more and more mutton
yearly. The object of the shepherd
should be to adapt his sheep-husbandry
to the wants of the market nearest him
grow the kind of wool that sells the
best; or if the carcass is most in de-
mand; grow the sheep which make the
most and best meat in the shortest
time, always taking into account hardi-
hood and easiness Of keep.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Eggs by Weight.
From the Flint Mich Globe.

The Legislature Massachusetts has
lately passed law making it necessary
that dozen eggs weigh one and half
pounds. This is a move in the right
direction, and we hope that all the
other States may speedily follow the
good example set by Massachusetts,
1t is annoying to the breeder of blooded
and fine fowls to find, when he offers for
sale eggs nearly twice as large as his
neighbors, that they bring no more per
dozen than the smaller ones. Also, the
consumer is often vexed to find that he
must pay the same price to-day for a
dozen eggs weighing but a pound that
be yesterday paid for a pound and a
half. Besides, an egg from well fed
fowl is richer and heavier than an egg
from common fowl that is only half
fed, SO weight compared to size is a
combination of richness. Thus, eggs
of which eight will weigh a pound are
better and richer than those of compar-
atively the same size of which ten are
required for pound. Of course, with
eggs at three or four cents dozen
and the writer of this has seen hundreds
of dozens sold at these igures-it is
not much matter as to the size but
when the prices range from twenty-five
to sixty cents per dozen, it is matter
worth looking after. It is high time
that this old style of selling and buying
poultry and eggs by the piece should
be discontinued. It is relic of the
past, and reminds us of the time when
dressed hogs sold for one dollar each,
without regard to size or condition, and
were dull sale at that. Insist upon it,
then, you who have to buy eggs for
consumption insist upon it, all We rich
and poor, high and low, that eggs be
soldfor SO much pound. Then it will
be some inducement for farmers to
raise better class of fowls, and all will
get their just dues. Then the enter
prising breeder and poultry fancier will
receive the reward of his efforts to fur
nish market fowl of good size and of
such degree Of fairness that it shall be
eatable, and the breeder of poor, half
starved specimens will no longer be his
successful rival. -. >,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
More About Poor Parepa.

The following interesting anecdotes
are related of that noble woman, Parepa
Rosa: She pronounced the Boston
Handel and Haydn Society the best
choral organization in America, and
said that she took greater pleasure in
singing with that body than with any
other. She regarded the members,
nearly one thousand in number, almost
as personal friends. One day at rehear-
sal she inquired why temporary
flight of stairs were placed in front of
the stage. "They are expressly for
your use,' was the reply. She quickly
and smilingly answered: 81 declare [
won't sing unless I can come in aUith
the rest Of tho gials." On the occasion
of benefit to Mr.. Lothian, of the Bos-
ton Theatre, few seasons since, Miss
Mehlig was prevented from appearing,
and Parepa (who was sitting in a pri-
vate box, hearing of the fact, and not
wishing the benefcarynor the audience
to be disappointed, asked permission to
replace the absent artist, and amid the
greatest applause she appeared in walk
ing dress and hat, and when the
audience had testified it's acknowledge
ment of her kindness, she sang, very
appropriately, GAS I'd nothing else to
do -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
The BaOhah

{ The baobab is plant of monstrous
size, the most colossal and the most
ancient vegetable monument on earth,
has round, woolly leaves, which consist
OF from three to seven leaflets radiat-
ing from common centre, and giving
them somewhat the appearance of a
hand, and magnificent white flower.
1t is an enormous tree, holding among
plants the place that the elephant holds
among animals hoary witness of the
last changes which the earth has under
gone, and deluges that have buried be-
meath their waves the productions of
early ages. Several baobabs that have
been measured were found to be
from seventy to seventy-seven feet in
circumference. From it's branches
hang, at times, colossal nets, three feet
in length, and resembling large oval
baskets open at the bottom, and looking
from the distance like so many signal
flags. .aa. ..e,. -.
1t would take fifteen men with their
arms extended, to embrace the trunk of
one Of these great trees, which, in the
countries through which the Senegal
flows, are venerated as sacred monu-
ments. Enormous branches are given
off from the central stem a few feet
from the ground and spread out hori-
zontally, giving the tree a diameter OF
over one hundred feet. leach OF
these branches" says Mr.. Danton,
would be a monster tree elsewhere, and
taken together, they seem to make up
a forest rather than a tree"
1t is only at the age of eight hundred
years that the baobabs attain their full
size, and then cease to grow.
The fruit of this tree is oblong; the
color of the shell passes in ripening
from green to yellow and brown. The
fruit is called monkey bread. 1t con-
tains a spongy substance, paler than
chocolate, and filled with abundant
juice
The bark is ashy grey in color, and
almost an inch in thickness. The
negroes of the Senegal grind it down to
powder and in this state they use it to
season their food, and to maintain O
moderately free perspiration, which
enables them the more easily to with
stand the heat. It serves also as an
antidote for certain fevers. The Won
ders of Vegetation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Importance of Water for Sheep.

It is great mistake, and the cause
of much suffering and loss, not to sup
ply sheep with water, especially milk
giving ewes. During the drouth Of
1868 many focks we're ruined by want
of water. I know of striking instance
where the animals wasted and We're sent
to Chelmsford market in evil condition,
the owner being ignorant of the cause.
The dealer, who bought them g for a
song" first examined the whites of their
eyes, thinking they must have sthe rot
or iaundice, but, seeing all right so far,
he found that supply of water was the
only restorative required.
Grass in a succulent state contains
seventy per cent. of moisture, but when
dried very rnuch less. The same remark
holds good for clovers, etc. When we
give cake, corn, maltcombs, bran, etc.,
which we always do, it becomes abso-
1utely necessary to provide water, or
the animals viii not thrive.
Give them the opportunity of Judging
for themselves by an always available
supply, and they will exercise a prope,
discretion In the matter. An iron water
cart is on most farms an indispensable
requisite. When food is too wet and
sloppy. dry cotton-c,lke or grain is a
good and profitable regulator. Turnips
andmangold are disproportionately wa
terry as food for animals !; hence the
losses occasioned by them, especially
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
How Grass is Changed to Beef.

The OK is rUminant-and all rumi-
nants masticate their food the second
time, or, rather, first swallow and then
after some time commence the process
called ruminating," or popularity
called chewing the cud." Let us trace
this process in the COW.
The tongue first collects a mouthful
of grass into bundle, when it is nipped
off by the teeth of the lower jaw and
the grasping power of the muscular lips.
She does not pause to masticate now,
but swallows it whole. It descends to
the first stomach, or q'tn1e7e, which is
only a storehouse in which the food is
kept until wanted. This first stomach
consists Of four small subdivisions, and
the coat is covered with thousands of
little elevations, which doubtless pro-
duce some chemical change in the
newt y-received food. From this first
stomach the food passes into the second,
which is much smaller, and very COM
pick In it's structure. It is covered with
a multitude of small cells, from which
it is often called the honey-comb bag.
In this second stomach the food takes
the form of round, compact masses,
which are returned through the gullet
to the mouth by the muscular action of
the stomach. Now begins the process
of Illuminating, during which she seems
to enjoy the very perfection of animal
bliss. AS each portion of the food is
properly masticated it passes direct
from the mouth to the third stomach.
This is accomplished by the closing of
the tube that leads to the second and
third stomachs. The third stomach is
very small and called manyplus, from
the numerous folds of which it is COM
posed, arranged like the leaves of a
book. Between these active folds the
food rests short time, when tits passed
into the fourth or true stomach, where
the process of digestion is completed,
and the food passes into the organiza-
ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
The Growth of a Feather.
From the Popular Science MONTHLY.

In the skin of a bird where a new
feather is to grow there is little pit,
and at the bottom of this an elevation
or pyramid; extending up one side of
this pyramid is a groove, or furrow,
deepest at the base, and gradually grow
ing shallower until it disappears near
the top from each side of this furrow
a great many smaller grooves extend
around to the other side of the pyramid,
and these also decrease in depth, and at
last disappear just as they are about to
meet on the side opposite the large fur
row. The whole pyramid is covered
with skin, and the surface is made of
the same scales, or fattened cells, that
are found over the rest of the surface of
the body; but instead Of falling offwhen
they are pushed out by the new ones
below them, they become united or
welded to each other, SO as to form a
horn coat over the surface of the pyra-
mid, with ridges on it's lower or inner
surface, corresponding to the grooves
on the pyramid and, as new cells grow
at the base, this coat or cast of the sur
face is pushed upward till it breaks at
it's thinnest part, which is, of course,
the smooth part without ridges opposite
the large furrow; and then, as it is
pushed onward and fattened, it assumes
the form of feather, the ridge formed
in the main furrow being the shaft,
while the casts of the side grooves form
the separate barbs of the vane. When
all of the vane has been formed and
pushed forward, the pyramid loses it's
grooves and becomes smooth, and the
wall now formed on it's surface, being
of the same thickness in all parts, does
not break, but remains tubular, and
forms the quill, which is attached to
what is left of the pyramid. A finger
nail or hair is formed from the same
kind of scales in the same way, the pro-
cess differing only in those features
which give to each organ its special
character. Feathers, scales, hair claws,
and nails, all are made alike from the
dead, fattened cells crowded to the
surface by the process of growth. g
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Origin of the For get-me-NOt.

This popular tradition, which tells
how that name came to be applied to
the plant which now bears it through
out Europe, is not generally known. It
is said that a knight and lady were
walking by the side of the Danube, in
terchanging VOWS of devotion and affec-
ton, when the latter saw on the other
side of the stream the bright blue flow
ers of the myosotis, and expressed a
desire for them. The knight, eager to
crafty her, plunged into the river, and
reaching the opposite bank, gathered a
bunch of flowers. On his return, how
ever. the current proved too strong for
him, and after many efforts toreach the
land, he was borne away. With a last
effort he flung the fatal blossoms upon
the bank, .exclaiming, as he did so,
rorget me not! SEs@ su s5sai 8.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Lead Works i'm England.

In one of the most important lead
works in England there is in operation
line of about one thousand yards of
improved wire tramway, driven by a
twenty-four foot water-wheel. The
plan consists in the employment of an
endless wire rope, supported onpulleys,
which are carried at considerable
height from the ground, on twenty-five
strongly framed timber posts. The
water-wheel draws the rope at about
five miles an hour, and it carries with it
series of continuous stream of iron
buckets-one or more being hung be-
tween each post-in which is placed
one hundred weight of dressed lead
ore, The rope being endless, the full
buckets travel on one side of the sup
ports, and the empties return on the
other. The pendants, by which the
buckets are hung, are especially formed
to allow of their passing the points of
support with perfect ease. The ore is,
at the receiving house, shot into hop
per OF an ore bin, erected at a distance
below. It is stated that the delivery of
the dressed ore from this mine has for
many years been attended with much
trouble and expense, on account of
there being very sharp ascent of two
bundled and fifty feet in less than one
fourth of mile, with like descent on
the other side, down to the road. The
wire tramway obviates this, as by it's
means five tons of dressed ore are now
delivered per hour into the company's
warehouse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Farm Horses.

Farm horses kept in the stable and
worked occasionally should be fed and
managed with care. A common mistake
is to let them do nothing for several
days, and then ''put them through. y
A sharp trot for mile or two until the
sweat starts will do no harm, but rather
good, provided they are rubbed dry
afterward. But to drive them rapidly
eight or ten miles, let them standin the
cold for an hour or two, and then drive
them rapidly home, and give them little
care when they get home, is thought
less and cruel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Dried Fruit.

A bushel of fresh apples, weighing
about so pounds, will furnish about
seven pounds of good dried fruit OF if
the cores are not cut out, or the skins
removed, there will be nine dried
pounds. There is consequently about
80 per cent. of water in the apples, but
fruits generally have about SIS per cent.
Tomatoes have much larger percen-
tage, SO that one bushel will dry down
to three pounds. In drying peaches,
the skins and stones being removed, it
requires ten fresh bushels to make one
dried bushel. Country Gentleman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01

with breeding sheep. They contain
fully nine pints of water to one pint of
dry food. Ninety per cent. of water is
too much. Sixty-fve toseventy-six per
cent. in pasture grass is the more natur-
al and proper proportion. The human
or animal frame has seventy-fve per
cent. of water, just as good grass has
Meat is dear as food, because it contains
in the lean portions, seventy-six per
cent. of water. No wonder that bread
and cheese are found far more econom-
ical.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
A Nice Question.

France is troubled just now with the
discussion of a nice question. The Chi
nese museum, a valuable and unique
collection made by the French army in
the China war, was presented on their
return to the Empress Eugene. The
query now is, wss the present made to
the woman or sovereign Is the prop
erty private or public The Empress
was exceedingly generous to the troops
employed in China, sending them large
quantities of lint, brandy, cigars, and
other comforts, and paying for them
out of her own funds. Her friends now
claim that the Chinese knick-knacks
were given as a token or gratitude to
the generous woman. On the other
hand, the commission holds that an
army could make such g present only
to the sovereign, and, the sovereign
being disposed, it belongs to the coun-
try. The gallantry of the French will
incline them to adjudge the present to
the widowed and crownless Eugene.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
A New Use for Chicken Feathers.

According to statistics very care
fully compiled" says writer in La
Nature, eve throw away yearly GUAM
tity Of chicken feathers, the intrinsic
value of which is equal to the money
we pay out for cotton" A startling
statement, but the author considers it
true and he proceeds to explain how
the feathers are prepared to render
them valuable: The operation is to cut
the plume portions of the feathers from
the stem by means of ordinary hand
sissors. The former are placed in guam
titles In coarse bag, which, when full,
is closed, and subjected to thorough
kneading with the hands. At the end
Of five minutes, the feathers, it is stated,
become disaggregated and felted to-
gether, forming down perfectly hon.
ogeneous and of great ightness. It is
even lighter than elder down, because
the latter contains the ribs of the feath-
ers, which give extra weight. The ma
terial thus prepared is worth, and really
sells in Paris for two dollars "a pound.
About one-sixth Troy ounces of this
down can be obtained from the feathers
of an ordinary pullet and this, on the
above valuation, is worth about twenty
cents. It is suggested that, through the
winter, children might collect all the
feathers about farm and cut the ribs
out as we have stated. By the spring
time large quantity of down would be
prepared, which could be disposed of
to upholsterers, or employed for do
nestle uses. Good feathers may be
treated in a similar manner, and thus
two-thirds of the product of the bird
utilized, instead Of only about one-ffth,
as is at present the case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Grasses.

The best grasses for a pasture are
timothy, orchard grass, blue grass, red
top, with red and white clover. Which
grass to choose depends much upon the
soil Upon rich limestone lands timo-
thy, orchard grass, blue grass and
red clover may be sown the quantity
of seed would be six quarts of timothy,
one bushel each of orchard grass and
blue grass, and six quarts of clover.
The blue grass, if it succeeds, will not
show much until the others begin to
run out, which will be in three years.
Upon most soils red top and timothy
should be chosen. Twelve quarts of
timothy and one bushel of red top
would be proper quantities.