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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-01
Sheriff Sale.

State Of Wisconsin, Wood County-ss.
John Rablin Plaintiff against Lovana Earl, Ma
rion B. Earl. A6ebert Edrl, and Friedrich
Earl, the Widow and Minor heirs Of Alfred
Earl. deceased, Defendants.
BY virtue of judgment and decretaI order
in the above entitled cause made By the Ciregit
Court in and for the County of Wood at the
August Term A. D. 1873. I. y. Lavigne Sheriff
of Wood County will on the20th day Of Deem
Der 1873, at the hour Of two o'c1oc in the after
noon at the door of the Court house in the City
of Grand Rapids Wood County. expose for saIe,
and sell at public auction to the highest odd
der the following described rea! estate t2-wit.;
Fractional Lots. one, two and three, in Section
Number Nv epty-FOur Town Number Twenty
Two North Of Range FIVE East. Also Fr2o-
Northwest quarter Of Section Number Nine
teen, Town Number twenty-five North Of
Range Number Five East, also the South East
quarter Of the North West quarter of section
Number TEenty-tour N Township Number
twenty-five North Of Range Number Five East.
For further particulars bidders are referred TO
the decretal order in the case in the Ia this office
of the Clerk of the Circuit court for u God Coun
ty.. r,or, N. T. Ia Az : IN q, s1srlH.
gra1d p pids Oct 30 1873
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DISSOLUTION.
Ornamental Hair Work

am prepared to make all kinds of hair work
Il VIZ Diamond work and ornamental ieweIry
Sharms, Masonic Emblems, Chaius, Eardrops
&C. &e Parties furnishing hair of deceased
friends can have any designe executed as &
memorial. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed
Orders may be left with Mr.. Philleo.
CARRIE LFSSIG.
Centralia, Wis, Dee. 18th. Il-lw
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RESIDENCE FOR SALE

than need. offer it for sale ttgether with f9r
lots, 1t Is beautifully located next door to the
Gatnoilc Church, the soil excellent and under
nIs s state OF cultivation. VIII sell It on time
to
JOHN MCELREA
Grand Rapids. Nov. :. 1873. 56-t
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The wild sheep of California.

| have been greatly interested in study
ing their habits during the last four years,
while engaged in the work of exploring
these high regions In spring and sum
mer the males for,a separate bands. They
are usually met in small focks numbering
from three to twenty, feeding along the
edges of glacier meadows, or resting among
the castle-like crags Of lofty SUBMITS and
whether feeding or resting, or scaling wild
cliffs for pleasure, their noble forms, the
very embodiment of muscular beauty, never
fail to strike the beholder with liyeIiest
admiration. Their resting-places seem to
be chosen with reference to sunshine aud a
wide outlook, and, most Of all, to safety
from the attacks Of wolves. Their feed
ing-grounds are among the most beautiful
of the wild Sierra gardens, bright with
daisies and gentians and mats Of bloom
ing shrubs. These are hidden away high
on the sides of rough canons, where light
is abundant, or down in the valleys, along
lakeborders and stream-banks,:: where the
plushy turf is greenest, and the purple
heather grows. Sweet grasses also grow
in these happy Alpine gardens, but the
wild-sheep eats little besides the spicy
leaves and shoots of the various shrubs
and bushes, perhaps relishing both their
taste and beauty, although tame men are
slow to suspect wild sheep of seeing more
than grass, When winter storms fall,
decking their summer pastures in the
lavish bloom of snow, then, like the blue
birds and robins, our brave sheep gather
aud go to warmer climates, usually de-
scending the eastern flank Of the range to
the narrow, bireh-filled gorges that open
into the sage plains, where snow never
falls to any great depth, the elevation
above the sea being about from 5000 to
1000 feet. Here they sojourn until spring
sunshine unlocks the canons and warns
the pastures of their glorious Alps.
In the months Of june and July they
bring forth their young, in the most solitary
and inaccessible crags, far above the nest
of the eagle. Ihave frequently come upon
the beds of the ewes and lambs at an eleya-
tion of from 10000 to $1,000 feet above
sea-leyel. These beds consist simply Of
an oval-shaped hollow, paved out among
loose disintegrating rock-chips and sand,
upon some sunny spot commanding good
outlook, and partially sheltered from the
winds that sweep passionately across those
lofty crags almost without intermission.
Such is the cradle of the little mountain.
Ger, aloft in the sky, rocked in storms,
curtained in clouds, sleeping in thin icy
air; but, wrapped in his hairy coat, nour-
ished by warm, strong mother, defended
from the talons of the eagle and teeth Of
the sly coyote, the bonnie lamb grows
apace. He learns to nibble the purple
daisy and leaves Of the white spirea; his
horns begin to shoot, and ere summer is
done, he is strong and agile, and goes
with the flock, shepherded by the same
Divine love that tends the more hopeless
human lamb in its warm cradle by the
fireside.- Overland Monthly.
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Various experiments have been made
BY M- Peligot and others in Europe. 20
test the value Of salt as manure. The
following summing up seems to have been
arrived at;-saIt should never be applied
other than in a pulvious state, and never
employed on imperyious, cold and hnmid
soils. The best manner to use Il, i to
combine it with other Inanures, dose az
200 weight to the acre being suficient
When selected to destroy insects. Il should
be applied before sunrise. In the case Of
cereals, salt strengthens the stem aud caus-
es the ears to iill better, and favors the
dissolution and assimilation Of the phos44
pilates 1t acts vigorously on potatoes
and can be detected intheir ashes 10 the ex-
tent Of one-half Of one per cent Aspara-
gus Is yeritable glutton in the presence
Of salt. A dose of 300 weight per acre
acts without fail on beeis, injuring its
value Tor sugar purposes; but enhancing il
for the feeding Of cattle. Cola has as
marked a predilection forsalt as asparagus,
and in Holland, where the culture of peas
is SO extensive, salt is something like a
necessity Mixed with hay in the proper
ton of quarter Of a pound 10 100 cwt.,
the fodder is rendered more appetizing
but the best way TO feed It to animals is
to allow them TO enjoy il in the form Of
rock salt. 1t is calculated that horse
apPropriates daily one-tonth Of an ounce
Of salt, an OK one-haIf that quantity, and
sheep and pig one-half that required
by an OK.
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buitoncd up so tightly on such warm
evening, and what made his face and hat
so dirty, until as they were going down
little hill one of tho traces came unhitehed
and they had to stop.
30 murder n said Bill, what next?n
"What is the matter Mr.. Smiley ?" said
the widow, with u start that came near
jerking the robe off his knees.
"One Of the traces is of, said he.
"Well, why don't you get out and put
ii on ?"
81 cant" said Bill; "Tvc got--tbat is,
l haven't got-oh, dear, I'm SO sick
What shall 1 do?"
"Why, Willie, said she, tenderly, 'what
is the matter, do tell me?" and she gave
his hand little squeeze, and looking into
his pale and trouble face, she thought he
was going to faint so she got out her
smelling bottle with her left hand, and
pulling the stopper out with her teeth she
stuck it to his nose.
Bill was just taking in breath for a
mighty sigh, and the pungent odor made
him throw back his head so fur that he
lost his balance and went over the low.
backed buggy. The little woman gave a
little scream as his big bare feet flew by
her head and covering her face with her
hands gave way to tears or smilcs--it was
hard TO tell which. Bill was fright side
up" in minute, and was leaning over the
back Of the seat humbly apologizing and
explaining, when Ed Wilbur and his wife
and baby drove up behind and stopped
Poor Bill felt that he would rather have
been shot than have Ed. Wilbur catch him
in such a scrape but there was no heir
fer it now, so he called Ed. to him and
whispered in his ear. Ed. was like tc
burst with suppressed laughter, but he
beckoned to his wife to drive on, and after
saying something to her, he helped the
widow out of Bills buggy into his, and the
two women went on leaving the men be
hind. Bill lost no time in arranging hi
toilet us well as he could, and then witt
great persuasion Ed. got him to go HON,
with him, and hunting up slippers and
socks and getting him washed and combed
had him quite presentable when the adie,
arrived. | need not tell how the story
was all wormed out of bashful Bill, anc
how they all laughed as they sat arount
the tea-table that night, but will conclude
by saying that they went to the show
together, and Bill has no fear of Gu
Sackridcr now
This is the story about Bill and tn,
Widow as | had it from Ed Wilbur, anC
if there is anything unsatisfactory abou
it, ask him.
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CosT OF LIVING IN EUROPE AMI
AMERIcA.-Valuable statistics in regard
to the comparative cost Of living in Amer
lea and Europe are given in the last Mas
sachusetts Labor Report One dollar win
buy twenty pounds Of -four In Boston, one
or two pounds more in some European
seaports, but the same are considera-
bly, less in majority Of the places com
pared. In Boston one dollar win buy $3.50
pounds Of fresh beef, roast piece. In no
place in England viii it buy so much by
pound or more, and in Europe still less,
Copenhagen being the only place given
where it win buy more. Butter in Europe
averages pound more to the dollar than
here; cheese less by more than that ex-
cept in few spots. As for potatoes, they
are cheaper here than in England, and
dearer than in Ireland or Germany. Sew
en- or eight pounds Of pork for dollar are
sold here, and not much over half as much
can be obtained for that sum In Europe
or England, and nowhere as much. In
rice, milk and eggs, they have the advan-
tage Of us. Tea costs less here than in
England, but more than on the other con :
tinent.
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A CURIOUS BIRDS NEsT.-Therc is a
bird in New Guinea, called the megapodius,
which, in the size of its eggs and the
manner of Matching them, must be con-
sidered extraordinary. 1t is not larger
than one of our ordinary fowls, but its
eggs are three inches long by two and a
half in diameter. II does not attempt to
sit on them. A colony of birds lay their
eggs together in large mound, in the
hottest part of the year, from September
to March, and leave them to be Matched by
the sun. The mound is made of sand,
loose earth, and sticks and leaves, which
latter by their decay, increase the heat.
The mounds are wonderfully large being
ten feet high and about sixty feet in cir
cumference at the base. The young birds
came out at hole in the top. The mother
birds wait on the trees around till their
chicks are hatched, and then each leads of
her own brood. How each knows its own
Is mystery. The eggs are much relished
by the natives, but not by all Europeans.
A native of Cape York yenturcd one day
into nest of eggs, and while he was
exploring the h dden riches Of the large
mound, the upper part fell in and he was
smothercd He was afterwards found in
the very act Of digging buried alive in a
birds nest
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Ghe 6arnlerl.
Whole Corn for Fattening.

| A Rhode Island correspondent of the
Boston Journal says that the reason Rhode
Island turkeys are worth three cents pei
pound more in market than any others il
because these turkeys are fattened especially
in the south part of that State, on hard
Indian corn instead of meal, barley, oats,
or other kinds of food, and because they are
picked without being scalded in hot water,
and their inwards removed Immediately,
There is almost as much difference in the
bird prepared in this way and one that is
fed otherwise and dipped into hot water
Ito save two minutes labor in picking and
then left to swelter a week with its in
wards undrawn, as is the case with most
that are brought to the New York, Phila-
delphia and other markets, as there is
between woodcock and a COW.
So, too, if hog be fed solely on hard
corn and water, It's meat will be far super
ior to that fhttened on meal or other soft
food as real pure Orange county is to
distillery or swill milk Why are Cincin-
natl hams 50 celebrated? Is their super
iority owing to the method of curing them
solelyf BY no means, but more to the
quality of flesh, which is made entirely
from the juices of sweet, hard wild nuts
and unground Indian corn.
Take turkey that has free, wild
range, where grasshoppers are plenty in
their season feed II well with Indian corn
and sweet apples only (if the latter are
handy until December; shut itaway from
food for twenty-four hours, then (handling
the sacred thing tenderly) tie stout cord
around its legs and hang to spike in the
beam under your barn; let one artist hold
its wings firmly In each hand, while
another gently bleeds it at the throat pick
Il dry while warm; draw its inwards ditto;
let it hang in cool place for two nights
only roast it before bright, hot wood
fire, turning the spit often to keep the
juices from congesting on the surface or
elsewhere set 1t on the table garnished, If
your "fansy or nature viii, with wood
cock, canvasbacks, rail and ortolan, and IL
you once get taste Of that turkey you
win let every other delicacy before you 40
to the dogs rather, than desecratc your
palates with trash 50 inferior to that king
Of all game, cornfed, dry-drcssed, we'll
cooked turkey.
So, too, take twelye-months' old bar
row, place him in roomy, sunny pen,
keep him wholly on bard corn and pure
water, with occasionally little salt, until
he Is fat kill and dress him nicely, and
salt the chimes down with plenty Of Turks
Island salt within thirty six hours of Biz
exit, and You win have pork 10 cat r'Ek
ycur capon that Is irm, Transparent. rvsy
sweet aud delicate. 81 eraIa take the
hams of such hos, eare them Fe|l rish
blown salt and nllps'sr, smoke 'hen ~
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Spiritual Phenomena.

Alta private party, given at his London
house during the past month, Sir Charles
Wheatstone exhibited some curious electri-
cal experiments for the amusement of his
friends, which would seem to throw some
light on certain 50 called "spiritualistic
manifestations" In a dark room, by a
stamp Of his foot, Sir Charles produced a
brilliant crown of electric light in mid air,
while musical instruments seemed to be
played by invisible hands, whereas the
sounds really came from an adjoining room,
in which the player sat, and were made to
appear to be produced by the instruments
before the spectators by an ingenious
contrivance. A contest between Science
and the "spirits" in their own chosen feats
would be almost as memorable as the
ceiebnted competition between Meses and
the magicians. Lirerpooi Post
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Artificial Flowers.

Ladies who deck their hair with mimic
bloom, have, in general, little idea of the
way in which those false flowers grew.
They wear them light-heartedly in the
gayest scenes, and think not that they are
transplanted from the saddest. They put
forth their leaves and delicate hues in
sitting garrets,in feted black kitchens, or
in hot, overcrowded factories, where the
health Of those who made them has with
cred away, where the gas burners are often
without glass or shade, and gas stoves are
set on the tables to heat the tools, while a
hundred women and girls, from nine years
old and upwards, bent over their hot house
plants. Some hold the hand stamp which
cuts through sixteen folds at time Of the
muslin or silk that is to make the leaves
or flowers. Other vein the leaves by press
ing them between dies, or paint the petals
separately with brush when the centre is
to be left white, Most of them are busy
with the finer work Of constructing the
flowers. They gum and wax, dust for
bloom with potato -four, or with blown
glass powder for frost they twist paper or
silk thread to the stalk, and make the
foundation on which the petals may stick.
Slender wires are run through the bios
SONS, and small gofering iron gives them
the curl. All this is straining and fidgety
work, especially by gas light, with blister
ed fingers, thumb nails worn to quick, and
the dust Of paints and other materials in
flaming the eyes and preparing patients
for the 0phthalmic Hospital. The bright
blues and carmines try the sight sadly, and
the latter causes heaviness in the head.
Arsenic green and verdigris blue are now
seldom used; but enough is left to poison
the poor "aower girls" existence. She
works in London fourteen or fifteen hours
day, and sometimes longer After thir-
teen hours work, girls often take home
sufficient for two hours more.--Londoa
Repieic
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Ia this dull world we cheat ourselves
and one another Of innocent pleasures by
the score, through very carelessness aud
apanthy courted day after day by happy
memories, we rudely brush them of with
this iudiseriminating bosom, tn, stern
material present; invited to help in render
ing joyful many patient heart, we neg
lect the little word that might have done
it, and continually defraud creation of its
share Of kindness from us. The child
made merrier by your interest in its toy;
the old domestic fattered by our seeing
him look SO well the poor better helped
by your blessing than your penny (though
give the penny too) the laborer cheered
on his toll by timely word of praise the
humble friend encouraged by your frank
ness equals made to love you by the ex-
preston of your love; and superiors
gratifed by attention aud respect, and
looking out TO benefit the kindly--how
many pleasures here for one hand to gather !;
how many blessings for any heart to give /!
Instead Of these, what have we rife about
the world frigid compliment--fOr warmth
is vulgar reserve Of tongue-for it's folly
to be laxative composure never at fault
for feelings are dangerous things gray-
ity-for that looks wise; coolness-for
other men are cold selfshness- every
one is struggling for his own. This is all
false, all bad; the slavery chain Of custom,
rigited by foolishness of fashion because
there is ever band of men and women
who have nothing to recommend them but
externals--their looks are their dresses,
their ranks are their wealth-and in order
to exalt the honor Of these, they agree to
set compact seal Of silence in the heart
and on the mind, lest the food Of humber
mems affections, or Of wise mems intelli-
gence, should pale their tinsel-praise and
the warm and the wise too softly acquiesce
in this injury done to heartiness, shamed
by the effrontery of cold calm fools, and
the shallow dignity of an empty presence.
Turn the table on them, ye truer gentry,
truer nobility, truer royalty of the heart
and of the mind speak freely, love warm
iy, laugh cheerfully, explain frankly, ex-
hort zealously, admire literally, advise
earnestly-be not ashamed to show you
have heart and if some cold blooded
simpleton greets your social efforts with a
sneer, repay him (for you can well afford
a richer gift than his whole treasury pos
seses) with kind good-humored smile.
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TALE OF SENTIMESr.-A story in one
chapter is told by the Newark Sentinel
There are faces that come to US in oui
dreams, which 60 with us the day through,
looking down upon us while we work or
wander-iaces that haunt us long after
slumbering hours they have slipped away
forever--sad faces sometimes, faces with
sorrowful eyes, which keep us hushcd and
quiet, invoking cloud of shadowy mem
ories which chase away the light and the
brightness of our being. Then again
come faces in the night, fair and fresh, Of
people we owe and can't pay just now or
sadder yet, of folks who owe us that we
can't collect cent of
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A Dog among Porpoises.

The Cape May Daily Wape tells story
ofa Newfoundland dog "While with his
master during stroll on the beach, the
master noticed large school of fish run,
ming in close to the breakers, followed by
a great drove Of porpoises, that were roll
ing and pouuciug through the water in
apparent excitement with the grand chase
after the frightened fnnies. The Dog
Carlo, noticing the rumpus, and being en-
couraged by his master to venture out
among the sea-pigs, gave shrill bark, and
started out gracefully floating over the
pillows. Onward he plunged, and upon
reaching the porpoises he set up terrible
yelping, to the CONSERVATION of the sea-
pigs, for dog-barking among the sea-resil
dents is an unusual thing. Carlo now
plunged, first for one porpoise and then
for another, and so excited the whole
company that grand charge was made,
and Carlo was obliged to beat a retreat,
which he did in great haste, followed by
scores of the enemy, jumping, snorting and
tumbling about, evidently much delighted
at putting the Newfoundland stranger to
flight. The dog was chased close in shore,
his pursuers only retiring after getting
among the breakers. Upon an examina-
tion of Carlo after his novel venture Mr..
Carson found that he had been severely
lashed in the side, and had had ono ear
partly bitten of. This, we believe, is the
FIRST instance on record of dog going out
to battle with the hosts Of the sea.
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VOL. Ix.-NO. 43.

clean fresh corn-cobs and nothing elao
Getting them cool of nighis) until they
attain the complexion Of hazelnui, Or one
OF Titians's most characteristics posiraiis q
tribe So dued Then boil It slowly, aud
when thoroughly done let il stand night
IN the liquor, and you win have the only
thing Of beauty that Is worthy to be
eaten Oft the same plate with your turkey,
and equal to the best Westphalia, North
Carolina, Newbold or Cincinnati bacon.
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A Paradise of Birds.

Another thing that would be quite sure
to strike my eye on this my first ride across
British soil and on all subsequent rides,
was the enormous number Of birds and
fowls of various kinds that swarmed in the
air or covered the ground. II was truly
amazing. 1t seemed as if the feathered
life Of whole continent must have been
concentrated upon this island, Indeed
doubt if sweeping together of all the
birds of the United States into any two Of
the largest States, would people the earth
and air more fully. There appeared to be
a plover, a crow, rock, blackbird and a
sparrow, to every square yard of ground.
They know the value of birds in Britain
that they are the friends, not the enc
mics, of the farmer 1t must be the para
disc of crows and rocks. 1t did me good
to see them so much at home about the
fields and even in the towns. was glad
also to see that the British row was not a
stranger to me, aud that he differed from
his brother on the American side of the
Atlantic only in being less alert and eau
tious, having less use for these qualities.
Now and then the train would start up
some more tempting game A brace or
two of partridgcs or a covey of quails
would settle down in the stubble, or a cock
pheasant drop head and tail and slide into
the copse. Rabbits also would seamper
back from the borders of the fields into
the thickets or peep slyly out, making my
sportsmans fingers tinglc.-" Mello~ Eng
land" by John Burroughs, in ScriJner's
for September.