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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Hints about Hiking.

Always manage to have the COW eat
ing when she is being MIXED, and
when thus occupied she lets down her
milk freer, and is less liable to kick or
move about than when she can give her
whole attention to the mixer. It is
best to milk diagonal teats at the same
time, but always take hold Of the off
teat first, for if the COW is going to
kick at all she will kick first from the
side you commence to milk. In milk
ing diagonal teats the left hand milks
third teat and thus the left arm serves
as fender in case she kicks or steps
about. The best stool is made by nail
in q foot square piece of pine board
G piece of SKA l foot high, and the
k ees the most convenient bucket
holder. Get close under thee cow work
the bucket we'll under the udder, and
the milk will not be near so apt to be
spilled as when you put the bucket on
the floor, and sit off as far as possible.
Milk quickly, steadily, gently, and
never leave a COW until you have her
last drop. Above all things, never yell
at her OF beat her. Kindness is a cows
most effective master.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
The Debt of Boston.

The increase of the public debt of
Boston is unusually large this year.
The total funded and unfunded debt
April 80, 1874, was S43, 49,, 463. 10. OF
this amount So, 1916. $4,000 has been
added by the annexation of Charles
town, West Roxbury, and Brighton.
The total gross debt April 80, 1873, was
s91, 8l, 1854, and the increase is
therefore, 81 1896, 306.68, and if we de-
duct the debt added by annexation, the
increase of the debt of the city proper
has been S., 419, 756. 90, which is unprec
edented in the history of the city.
The means on hand for the redemption
of the debt have increased 81 400, 1874.
So, which shows that the gross debt has
increased 26. Is per cent, and the means
Of paying the same only 9.66 per cent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
How" Jones of NeVada'' Lives,

Senator Jones, the man with fnan-
cial ideas attached, is creating quite a
splurge in society, and is possibly the
most moneyed man here. He is living
III the house built and occupied by
Secretary Stanton, q sixty-fve- foot
front, three story brick residence,
situated opposite Franklin square, one
of the many beautiful gardens in our
city. After Mr.. Stanton's death, Mr..
Charles Aston Bristed purchased it.
Il was filed to repletion with superb
furniture and rare articles of vertss,
among them exquisite paintings and
gracefully perfect statuary After the
death Of this eccentric, genial and
kindhearted man, his widow rented
the house and it's household goods to
Jones, who lives Like lord. His
house is filled with guests. who are
received by his sisters. His table is
magnificent, and his wines almost
priceless. His physician has notified
Jones that his Senatorial digestion
can not long survive the tax imposed
on it every day, and he must diet or
die, without the eat. Jones is cor
respondingly miserable, and refuses
to be comforted. His stables are filed
with fine horses, and he keeps for his
guests three or four carriages with drags
(not drays) and phsetons without num-
Der. lie IS as generous as he is rich,
and most profuse in that generosity
LIS said that his present to Miss Grant
was check of SIS, 900, with the request
"that, not being much of lady's man
he did not know what she'd like, and
SO sent money that she might purchase
what best suited her taste. '-Corre-
E ,'o1adcace Cincinnati Commercial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Slept with His Spurs On.

eyes" said the oldm with smile.
81 remember one time in particular,
while out prospecting with an old
friend, about twenty years ago. We
were travelling on horseback, and came
across tavern one night about ten
o'clock. Being very tired and hungry,
as soon as we got some supper, and
something warm to keep the cold out,
I've asked to be shown to our room. On
looking around, we found the room had
two beds in it, one of which was
already occupied by two strangers,
who we're both snoring Justify. The
fact of there being two beds in the
room did not surprise us, as in back
woods taverns there were frequently
three beds in a room. We undressed,
and just as [ was going to blow out the
light, my friend, who had got into bed.
espied the foot of one of the strangers
sticking through the bedcloths
at the foot of the bed. With
suppressed chuckle he motion
ed me to hold on moment he got
quietly out of bed, and going to where
the strangers boots were he took off a
huge, sharp Mexican spur, and care
fully adjusted it to the bare heel of the
unconscious stranger. With another
audible chuckle as he thought of the
consequences that would follow when
the stranger drew in his foot, he got
back into bed, and [ blew out the
light and followed him. He soon
managed to get long straw from the
bed and reached over and tickled the
strangers foot. He instantly drew his
legs up until his knees almost touched
his chin. In doing this he drew the
spur the whole length of his bed-fellow's
leg, making bad scratch. The victim
uttered a yell and sprang out of
the bed with muttered exclamation
that [ did not make out, and then he
commenced a wild dance around the
room with his neither garment under
his arm, and making frantic efforts
either to dislocate his neck, or to
see how badly he was hurt, all
the while making EXPLANATIONS that
would have made a baggageman with
Saratoga trunk on his shoulder
turn green with envy. The innocent
cause OF the trouble had been awakened
at the first yell of the victim, and in
Strengthening his legs out, scratched
himself most numerically. He did
not yell nor say bad words, but he
jumped out of bed and made for his
friend with the purpose of taking
vengeance, I supposed; but he had not
taken two steps before he jabbed the
spur into his leg. The landlord then
appeared with light, followed by
half the boarders in the house, and
inquired what the matter was. An
examination brought to light the spur,
which explained the matter. The
stranger looked sheepishly at the spur,
thenat his scratch, and finally examined
his boots, and with a sickly smile
said: "Well, boys, [ have lived all
my life among people who wear spurs,
but [ never before saw a man who
could pull off his boots and leave his
spurs on his feet. I'll treat in the
morning."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

HARVEY L. HAzEN died last month
at Norwich, City. All his life he had
been dancing master and he TAUGHT
in the old style of young Turveydrop-
fiddle to cheek, and bow in hand. He
was seventy years of age and came to
his death at last in the course of his
profession by catching a bad cold.
His last request was that his fiddle and
bow should be buried with him. and
those who took a farewell look at the
body as it lay in the coffin saw violin
lying by his side, and bow across tn
breast OF the old dancing MASTER
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

DR.. Z. N. Brener, in the last number
of the American Naturalist, thus writes
sThe most noticeable Of all the de-
stroyers of the cankers worm is the
common cedar bird, which devours
them to an extent perfectly enormous.
Next is the purple grakle, which also
feeds on them as long as they last.
The house pigeon, if in any numbers,
is an Invaluable bird. See, for in
stance, a garden, corner Of Summer
and Shestnut streets, Salem, where the
pigeons make canker worms a thing I'M
known. Among the other birds, all ex-
cellent SO far as they go, are the chip
ping sparrow, the song sparrow, the
purple finch, all the Yireas, white-eyed,
red-eyed, yellow solitary and
warbling, the king bird, the cat bird,
the downy wood pecker, the summer
yellow bird, Maryland yellow, throat,
the blue bird. The blueiay. eats their
eggs III the winter, SO does the chicka-
dee. The latter eats their grub also and
the worm too. The common gray
creeper, which is with us only in win
ter, eats the eggs. Last summer I had
nest Of golden-winged woodpeckers
D1ecSi1hS Oh iIy pteso0 oe iILISItt1u
Some of them dug into my barn and
passed the winter. Only part of my
trees We're protected by a belt Of
printers ink and some of them were
partially eaten, but this winter very
few glubs have as yet, shown them
selves, and I gave my friend Coldptcs
auratus 60 the credit of all this. I
know this-I gave the young ones a
lot of worms myself and they eat them
as if they were used to them. The old
birds were too shy to permit me to see
by their good deeds. / think the
golden robin feeds its young with them
as long as they last, but am not sure
that they eat the tent caterpillar. I
nearly forgot the two cuckoos, yellow
bill and black-bill. They eat every
form of caterpillar, canker worms in
cluded. I do not think the robin feeds
any to its young, because it would
never do; they are too small and its
brood want big lot.s I have known
the robin to feed its young for entire
days, as fast as they could bring them,
with the moth of the cutWorn. That
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Dogs end Their Masters.

The Boston Journal adds the follow
ing to the numerous well-authenticated
instances Of the personal devotion of
dogs to their masters. A gentleman
named Dale died in Chelsea, Mass,
recently He had for many years
owned black and tan terrier that was
his constant companion, and only when
he accompanied his master did the ami
NAL ever leave the house. The Journal
says: "The dog watched by the bed
side Of his master during his six weeks
sickness and remained in the chamber
until q few moments after his BODY
had been prepared for burial, when he
went down stairs and out of the house.
since which time the family have been
unable to obtain any tidings of his
whereabouts. A similar occurrence
took place in Chelsea about year since
IN connection with a dog owned by
gentlman. Most persons through the
square will remember the ferocious
brindle dog that generally occupied
position in the doorway of his masters
shop In the day time. The dog had got
quite old, nearly blind, and was quite
burden to himself, when his owner one
day remarked to friend that the next
day he thought he would have him
killed. The animal happened to be
within sound of his masters voice. He
deliberately got up and walked out of
the store, since which time he has never
been seen by him."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
How to Stack HAY.

The Pacific Rural Press says: Make
your stacks long and narrow. It will
cure better, and there is less danger of
it's becoming musty; besides, it will be
easier baling. The press can be moved
easier than you can pitch from the rear
of wide stack. In building the stack,
unload alternately on different sections
of the stack this will allow the air to
circulate through each load before it is
settled down by another placed upon it.
About three gallons of salt thrown into
a load of hay will preserve its sweet
ness. Three quarts are recommended
by hav farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

BY BARTON GREY.


There is q face remember,
Clear through the shadow Of years;
| can see it tonight SO plainly
Except now and then for my tears.
A face you would not have fancied;
It would have meant nothing to you;
But to me it has just been the one thing
To dream of my whole life through.
There never was aught between us,
She never looked into my heart
Friend unto friend spoke greeting,
Friend as from friend did part
The summers have flushed and faded
SO often since last we met,
am sure she does not remember
know I cannot forget!
For the face is here in my dreaming,
Itwallls with me everywhere; - i E3ts
The@clear gray eyes CLEAN on me,
Glimmers the golden hair.
The faces of men and women
meet with every day
Pass and vanish-but this face
Can never fade away. -.s-..... =
Whether in life's hard journey
The eyes have lost their light;
Whether the mouths pure sweetness
Quivers with pain tonight,
I know not knowing only
1t changes not for me-
That face my heart keeps safely
And my eyes shall never see.
CHRISTIAN at Work
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Evening Longings.

The Princess sat high in her maiden-bower
And the boy blew his horn below by the
tower:-
g Be silent, thou boy, why blewest thou sop
Thou hindrest my thoughts thai afar would go
With the setting SUM-"
The Princess sat high in her maiden-bower,
And the boy no longer blew by the tower -
" Why art thou so silent? Again thou must
blow:
Thou helpest my thoughts that afar would go
With the setting sun"
The Princess sat in her maiden-bover.
And the boy blew again below by the tower;
And then she wept in the eveptide:
" What do then want, my Godl' she sighed;
Then the SIM went down.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Pruning Pear Trees.

I was walking about the experimental
garden of the Department of Agricul-
ture one. day with Mr.. Saunders, says a
correspondent of the Country Gentle
man, and noticed that all the pear trees
had suckers" coming up from the
trunk near the root. Suspecting there
must be some reason for allowing what
I had called slovenly growth, Iasked :
"Don't you cut the suckers off, Mr..
Saunders ?'' "Why ?" he asked in his
blunt way. The "burden of proof
was now on me. because it looks
bad" [ answered somewhat inconsider-
ately, but for want of better reason.
"That depends" said he, "upon what
you base your standard of good looks.
A cow you call handsome, not for her
arched neck and bushy tail, or graceful
proportions, for she has none of these
but for the broad hips, full bag, and
gentle look. A work-horse looks we'll if
he has heavy chest, strong muscular
limbs, and good feet to tand upon
Anything looks we'll, in fact, that prom
ises to fulfill the objects for which it
was designed. Therefore, if any one
knows why these suckers are allowed to
grow, and sees that it accomplishes the
object, it looks we'll to him. Now,
these suckers are allowed to grow and
reach up to the branches for the pur-
pose of protecting the trunk from the
.scorching rays of the sun, as well in
winter, when the bark is frozen, as in
summer. Then, if blight attacks the
top and spreads SO that you have to cut
it completely off, as you will see has
happened here in several cases, these
shoots can be resorted to for a new top,
on the same principle that it is better to
cultivate the currant in bush than in
tree form, on account of tthe currant
borer." So [ came away wiser than [
was before, and went and did likewise.
Mr.. Saunders, by the way, has his trees
in grass, and they do well, with the ex-
,ception of the blight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Valuable Carbon.

A diamond, said to be the largest yet
discovered in the diamond fields at the
Cape, is at present in the hands of
Costor & Co., of Amsterdam, by whom
it is being cut and polished. The stone
weighs about 200 carats, and is of the
purest water. Some months will prob
ably elapse before it is finished. AL
though it is impossible to estimate the
exact value OF the gem while still in a
rough state, it is believed that should
the stone when finished realize the ex-
pectatlons formed of it, its value will
be at least 100000 .sI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

is about as much as we could expect of
any bird to do at one time At the
rate they went, they must have caught
and given their young ones about five
hundred of these moths in day. Be-
fore that, [ had supposed the robin did
me more harm than good, but / had to
give in. My Indebtedness to that pair
was worth all the cherries [ could raise
in many years. So the robin and are
fast freinds.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Wit, HUmOr and Wisdom.

WIZ IENHU1 anu w ASUDUie
A WEEK conclusion-Saturday night.
STRIPED hose is not in style for fire
engines.
SUNDAY SCHOOL teacher" Anna,
what must one do in order to be for
given?" Anna He must sin p
A PHILANTHRoPIsT proposes to muz-
zle the boys during the green apple
season.
A WICKED world-The world of can
die makers.
4 MUsIc-TEACHER should be man of
sound Judgment.
WHEN a woman bushes and weeps
can she be said to raise hue and cry
FOLLOWING the mews-Driving the
nocturnal tom-cat to his lair
The Lowell Courier says that Sing
Sing is the music-box of New York.
The horseshoe falls-and some city
Arab picks it up and sells it for old
iron.
TIGHT-LAcING is again coming into
fashion. This is good news for short
armed lovers.
/
ing, but they can't play unless they
work.
IT is said that in the Paris gardens
one may find every kind of roses, even
including rhinoce-roses.
IF thy conscience smite thee once. it
is admonition if it smite thee twice. it
is condemnation.
A WISCONSIN book agent has been
killed by the kick Of a horse-man's
most faithful friend.
AN accomplished optician suggests to
the opponents of corporal punishment
tn at the place for "pupils" is under
the lash.
The season must be very backward.
for the annual sea-serpent has not yet
made its appearance.
THOROUGHLY respectable Well, I
think you will suit me. What is your
name @ shakespeare, a'am, but no
relation to the play actor of that name"
WHEN Rochefort comes to write up
bis recent travels, his impressions of
the Emerald Isle will have to take the
form Of hiss-story.
VI IOU HUGH lOr SlGuIlp-Spak1n
declared candidate at Dubuque; "but
for honesty and capacity and integrity
bate the devil, so [ do. -
LoT's wife wouldn't have looked back.
but woman with new dress passed
her and she wanted to see If the back
breadth was r1lff1ed.
WHEN the legislature rose the cocks
crew. 1t was then three O'Clock, A. NJ
LooueW Courier. What has the legis-
lature to do with cork screws anyway?
Boston Post f
By watching the harvest hands care
fully, you will be able to tell which one
of them has just returned from college
by his pensive look and the hard work
he makes in keeping his station.
The blossom cannot tell what be-
comes of its odor, and no man can tell
what becomes of his influence and ex-
ample, that roll away from him and go
beyond his ken on their mission.
g PEDAGoGUE-First little boy, what is
your name? Little boy-Jule. Ped
no; your name is julius.
Next little boy, what is yours?
Second boy--My name is Bilious.
ARTIST Ito old Dandy 81 say, uR-
Gle, I'm going to paint the Death o.
Cesar. Would you mind sitting in
toga and without your teeth, for one of
the Conscript Fathersm TOId Gent
"cuts him off, with a shilling.]
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
Useful Recipes,

STEAM PUDDING.-One cup chopped
ralsins two cups Of sweet milk one
cup Of chopped suet; four cups Of
flour; one cup Of sugar; one teaspoon
ful OF soda. Spice to your taste, and
add little salt. Steam two hours.
RAISED CAKE.-Two cups Of raised
dough, two eggs, two cups of sugar,
one cup OF butter, one cup of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful Of soda, two cups
OF flour, one cup Of fruit, cinnamon,
cloves, and nutmeg. To be put into
the oven at once.
BRoILED SwEETBREADs. The best
way TO COOK sweetbreads is to broil them
thus Parboil them and then put them
on a clean gridiron for broiling; when
delicately Drowned, take them off and
roll III melted butter in a place to pre-
vent their being dry and hard. Some
cook them on a griddle, well buttered.
turning frequently; and some put mar
row strips OF fat salt pork on them while
cooking. ia sE
WAFFLEs. Beat well the yolks of
four eggs; add q pints IF sweet milk
end a teaspoonful of salt add enough
sifted -four to make rather stiff batter;
beat the whites of the eggs very stiff,
and stir in lightly the last thing before
baking; bake in waffle irons; serve hot,
and eat with butter and syrup. If but
two eggs are used, add one heaping
teaspoon of baking powder to the -four
FLOUR CHOCOLATE. Put one teacup
of -four in small kettle and set it over
the fire to scorch; stir it constantly to
keep it from burning on to the sides of
the kettle. When the fouris of dark
brown color, pour boiling water over it,
say two quarts or more, if the drink
should be more desirable to be thin.
Let the whole boil up few moments.
Add one pint of sweet milk, and sugar
to suit the taste. Use for drink the
same rs coffee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
The Dancers of Paris Green.

AS the handling and using OF dry
Paris green, especially by persons I'M
accustomed to it's use, is attended by
considerable risk, and often attended
by serious consequences, we make the
following suggestions, founded on our
experience as manufacturers All
packages, whether large or small,
should be plainly marked poison,
There is great danger in the mixing of
this green for potato-bug and cotton
worm poison, owing to the fine dust
which arises in the process, which is
enhaled and also very rapidly absorbed
by the pores of the skin, especially if
the person using it should be in state
of perspiration. To guard against this,
the hands and face particularly nos
trils) should be protected as much as
possible, and should be carefully wash
ed after working in it, or in any Of the
preparations of which it is an ingre-
dent. AS it penetrates and poisons
wood, gets into the seams and crevices
of articles made of metal, and even into
earthenware that is at all porous, all
household utensils, or anything in barn
or stable which cattle or horses could
have access to, in which the article has
been mixed, or from which it has been
used, should be carefully laid aside,
and never again used forany other pur-
pose. 1t should be constantly borne in
mind that it is more dangerous and
deadly poison than arsenic, and farm
ers, planters and others, when purchas-
ing, should be duly cautioned to exer-
else the utmost care III using it. AS
remedy for the poison, the free use of
milk as beverages recommended, but
we have found hydrated peroxide of
iron-a simple, harmless remedy-the
oest antidote. Sores caused by the
green should be we'll covered with 1t,
as with an ordinary salve, and tea
spoonful III wine-glass of water
should be taken internally, while work
ing with the green. This remedy can
be obtained from any druggist or
chemist. The consumption Of Paris
green has largely increased within q.
few years, and the article is now ap-
piled to such a variety of purposes that
carelessness IN its use, Or ignorance of
its highly dangerous properties on the
part of those who use it, cannot fail to
produce the most deplorable results
Paint and OIL Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

BATHING is not INDUCED in to any
great extent at Newport this year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-04

Speaking of Shack hair" recalls story of
another noted woman who has suffered, not
like Mrs. Gaines because she had so lit le, but
because she had so much. Winnie Ream, or
"Little VIM" as her friends call her, is the
heroine. Size was modelling bust at some
exbibition-an industrial fair somewhere or
other, and the people crowded around to see
this little curly headed girl working away
with all her heart over the plaster image. A
gentleman, something of connoisseur, was
especially interested in her deftness, and in
dignant against two Acknowledging
women who, evidently knowing nothing of
art, criticised the pretty artist severely. II
DON'T believe it is hers, said one OF them,
with great emphasis. "Oh, mol quite i'm
possible replied the other, with an air of
conviction. "Pve heard great many say it
was, but / know better than that"
'.Madam," said our friend, who could endure
such injustice no longer, "how can YOU be so
blinded by prejudice? Can you not see for
Yourself? There are the girls hands, and
there is the material, and / saw her put it
up myself this morning." "Ahl really p,
asked the more stylish of The two, with with
ering sarcasm. ''It is quite an uncommon
thing for young lady to have so much hair;
but if you saw her put it up yourself, there
is nothing more 10 be said." In this the gen.
tleman acquiesced. Washington Cor. Ihter-
Ocean.