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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
s fountain Of Gold.

The San Bernardino (Cal.) Argus, OF
Nov 81, gives this extraordinary ac-
count of a recent discovery. 1t sounds
like the stories of the early days Of
California
John Brown, ST., arrived here yes
terday, and has set the town wild with
excitement by reporting the discovery,
by Chas Carter, of the richest belt OF
gold quartz which has ever been discov.
cred in California. The find is situated
in Bear Valley, this side of Holcomb,
and directly on the old trail to Holcomb,
which has been travelled for the past
twenty years. Carter was riding leis-
urely along, with his eyes upon the
ground, when he saw something glisten
in the sunlight, and Immediately stop
ped his horse and took another look.
His curiosity became more and more
excited, and with his eyes fixed upon
the glistening spot, he dismounted and
fastened his horse, and proceeded to
investigate the mystery. Upon APP.
preaching the place and exGmin-
ing 1t, he became convinced that the
shining mass Of pure gold, and as large
u1 ~ ECag anu u pph lul NllCi CAdLuihAtAOA
he became convinced that he had
indeed struck one of the biggest gold
lodges in California. For 60 where he
would the glistening jewels would pre-
sent themselves. The rock was perfectle
bespangled with gold. Piece after piece
was broken of, and in different local.
ties, but the same result was there
gold. 1t is said that one place, about
the size of a mans fist, contains, on
close estimate, 800. Carter says the
ledge is fully sixty feet wide, and
stands up about that distance, and upon
all sides, where he has broken off
pieces, does it show the same unbound
ed richness. Brown showed us piece
as large as a hens egg, which is per-
fectly alive with free gold. When the
news reached Holcomb Valley. work was
suspended and every body proceeded
to the new I'll Dorado, and the work OF
laying off and stalking out claims was
the order of the day"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
Curing and Preserving Meat.

Mr.. r. Guild read a paper a Snort
time since before the New Jersey
Farmers Club, in which he gives the
following recipes for curing and pre-
serving meats:
What are known III commerce as
sugar-cured hams are packed in
bulk with ground salt at such times, or
from time to time, as convenience may
dictate the time they remain IN bulk
is also governed by convenience. They
are at length packt in hogsheads filled
with what is called sweet pickle-com-
posed of salt, saltpetre and molasses.
The celebrated Burlington hams of
the olden time (Newbold, | think, was
the name, were cured in this wise
70 twelve hams, eight pounds sugar,
one and one half pounds saltpeter, five
pounds fine salt; rub the hams with
this mixture, and let them be one week
in a cask with the skins downward
then make pickle OF the strongest
coarse salt, of sufficient strength tc
bear an egg; add two or three quarts
of hickory ley, refined by boiling
when cold, cover them.
The recipe of Abraham Hunt, OF
Trenton, was For three dozen hams,
three pounds Of saltpeter, one half.
bushel fine salt, and one and a half
gallons of molasses mix them well
together, and rub the hams we'll let
them lie twelve or fourteen DAYS then
make Il pickle that will bear an egg,
and cover the hams with it. After ~
ing three or four weeks in pickle, rub
them with bran and hang them up to
smoke.
The recipe | have adopted for my
own use is as follows For twelve
hams one pound of saltpeter, twelve
pounds fine salt, one-half gallon mo-
lasses. These ingredients, when well
mixed, will have about the consistency
and appearance of damp brown sugar.
Rub them thoroughly with this mix.
ture, and lay them singly on dry
platform. At the end of one week rub
them again at the end of the second
week again rub them and hang them
up TO smoke let them dry thoroughly,
but do not smoke them more than ten
days
All brine requires 20 be assiduously
watched aud kept pure. II extracts
the juices of the meat they being
lighter than the water saturated with
salt, rise TO the top, become exposed to
the air and soon decompose, thereby
communicating the contents OF the
cask. The following recipe formaking
brine, | think, is the best that has
fallen within my observation
Six pounds salt, one pint molasses,
six ounces saltpeter dissolve them by
boiling in four gallons of water. In
the pickle, when cold, keep any sort
of fresh meat sunk and closely stopped.
This pickle may be kept pure, and It's
strength undiminished for almost any
length Of time, by occasionally reboil
ing il and skimming of the impurities
but as old brine is an excellent fertil
izer, and salt is not expensive, / would
recommend that the old brine b.
thrown on the asparagus bed or com
post heap, and fresbly.made brine b,
substituted.
l. To have cured meats in perfection
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06

no animal should be slaughtered until
it has, in some degree at least, attained
its natural growth.
2. All meats should 6e promptly and
thoroughly cooled before being sailed
Ii in cold weather, by hanging in a
cold place at least forty eight hours,
and as much longer as will be consist
ent with its keeping sound but under
no circumstances let it freeze.
3. No more salt should be used, and
no more time should be consumed in
curing, than is necessary TO its safe
keeping, due regard being had tc the
size of the pieces, the temperature of
the weather, etc. and as little water
should be used as is consistent with
cleanliness.
4. They should be thoroughly dried
before slowing away, but smoke is not
essential 10 their preservation.
3. To preserve them after being
cured, they should be slowed away in
a cool and well ventilated department
before the fly can possibly reach them.
In this climate l should say not later
than the middle of February.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
CalIfornia's Order Of Land Barous.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.

There are one hundred and twenty
men residing in six counties in this
State, who own 3, 140, 600 acres ofland.
A part of this large area consists of
Mexican ranches but much the great
est part has been acquired by scrip,
land warrants and cash purchases at
almost nominal rates, and the bulk Of
them remain in their primitive condi-
ton. While the Mexican ranches have
in many instances been subdivided and
cut up, it is notable fact that the
consolidation of large landed interests
has been going on quietly here for
years. There is q ruling ambition to
own immense tracts OF land. The
owners in many cases profess a readi
ness to sell but they put the prices so
high that the lands are effectually kept
out of the market.
The evil would be a serious one if
California were comparatively small
state, or the chief lands were all alb
sorbed. But there is yet a very large
area of land accessible TO purchasers at
low prices. The improvements of the
small holders often surround the great
ranches, and thus augment the value of
the latter. But forty or fifty thousand
acres OF land held by single individ-
ual, and the same fact repeated in more
than one hundred instances, is not a
good thing for the state. Whether the
evil can be safely reached by any legis-
lation is doubtful. 1t can only be
reached in some Indirect way.
A good trespass law would be of real
service, for while it would protect the
small holders, it would restrain those
who, while holding large tracts of land,
are really occupying the land of others
because there are no trespass penalties
to keep them in check. Ii bargaining
and pledges in advance can be kept
down the Legislature will this Winter
enact wholesale trespass law for the
entire State.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
Desperate Struggle with q Bereaved
GRIZZLY.
Ftom the watsonviIIe, cal. Paiaronian

From the watsonville, Cal, Paiaronian.
A few weeks ago DR.. Swain, of this
place, went on hunting expedition to
a point about one hundred miles from
here, in the eastern part of Monterey
county. In the company was an old
mountaineer, called 4" Rocky" who
had become quite famous as a bear
hunter. One morning Rocky started
out of camp, and was laboriously toll
ing along narrow trail on the side of
a steep canon, when, in a wild portion
of the mountains, he saw on the oppo-
site side of the canon two young griz-
zlies playing on a grassy beach of land.
Immediately his splendid revolving
rifle was at his shoulder, and he fired.
One cub he killed instantly, but the
other lived long enough to cry, almost
like a child, for the mother bear.
Soon cracking of bushes
was heard behind, and Rocky
turned just in time to see the
mother, enraged and excited, almost
upon the slayer of her offspring. The
bold hunter again raised his rifle, but
before he could use it the bear, by one
stroke of her powerful paw, hurled it
from his grasp far out of his reach. A
hand to hand encounter was now the
only way out OF the difficulty, and
Rocky drew his huge knife. He raised
it, and swiftly it descended, cleaning
through the air into the heart of the
bear, and none too soon, for, as he
struck, the bear also dealt him a pow
erinl blow on the side, which stretched
him insensible some distance from the
scene of the encounter, the knife re-
naming buried to the hilt in the bears
side. After time the hunter recov.
cred sufficiently to drag himself to the
camp, where he was obliged to remain
for several days before he recovered
from the terrible blow he had received
Other members of the party went to the
place and found the cubs dead, and 9
short distance from them the old bear
also dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
White Marks on a Horse,

No. Take razor and shave of
the hair the form and size you wish the
blaze or star to be made then take a
small quantity of oil of vitriol and then
with feather anoint the part once,
which will be quite sufficient. After
the application of the vitriol the part
will become a little sore and lnfamed,
which may readily be removed and
healed up by washing the sore with
copperas water. No. 2-Take piece
of coarse cotton cloth the size you want
the blaze or star; spread it with warm
pitch and apply to the horses face !;
let it remain two or three days, by
which time it will take off the hair
clean and make the part little ten.
der; then take of elixir vitriol small
quantity, and anoint the part two or
three times; or, of very common weed
called smart-weed, a small handful !;
bruise it aud add to it about a gill of
water, and use 1t as a wash until the
face gets we'll, when the hair will grow
out entirely white -TurG Field and
Farm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
Snakes in Martininne.

The bane of this delightful paradise
is serpent-what paradise is without
it's bane2 called by the fearful sugges-
tive name Of the "iror lance" This
reptile, with yemonous taste, chooses
the coolest and most delightful places
in the green for his retreat, and 1T is
literally at the risk of ones life that
one lies down on the grass, or even
takes a rest in an arbor. The wounds
inflicted by these serpents are very apt
TO be fatal unless Immediately cared
for. The whole island is infested with
this dangerous reptile, uud il is said
that on an average nearly eight hun
dred persons are bitten every year, of
which number from sixty to seventy
cases prove fatal, while many others
result in nervous diseases, which are
as bad as death. A few years ago, when
Prince Arthur of England visited this
island, grand fete was given in his
honor in the Jardin DIES Plantes. In
the evening the grounds we're beauti-
fully illuminated and thousands of
people sauntered through its cool and
shady avenues. A large number were
bitten by the "iron lance, and many
f, of them never recovered from the ef-
fects of the poison. The fondness of
this terrible reptile for cool and shady
places is a serious drawback on the
pleasure OF rambling through the
charming groves of Martinique. A
rest on the grass under some spreading
tree is always haunted by the dread OF
unseen dangers, and one cannot even
cross a field without exercising extreme
Daution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
An Aggrayating Mistake.

The other day lady halted in front
Of garden on State street, Portland,
and accosting a man ct work on some
trees with the remark "What are you
doing to those trees Z" 81 am girdling
them, madam, with printers ink and
cotton, to prevent the canker worms
from ascending" replied the man.
" How mnch does it cost 2" asked the
lady. "About twenty-five cents
apiece, said the man. whats your
name 2" was the lady's next question.
Gill;" replied the man. Well,
said the lady, 81 wish you would come
and girdle ours The man gave an
evasive answer and the lady went home,
On telling the story TO her husband
she was astonished TO see him burst
out in convulsive fits OF laughter.
What on earth are you laughing at q"
said the lady. why" said her hus-
band, "your man that you asked 10
girdle your trees was Rev. DIR. Hill,
late President of Harvard College, one
OF the foremost mathematicians living,
and now pastor of the First Parish
Church
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
OVER THE-HunS0S-
Des' riphcn OF the Proposed Bridge NJ
Poughkeepsie.
From the N. z. World, Dec. Is.

From the n. Y. World, Dec. Is.
The Poughkeepsie bridge, when com.
pleted, will be one of the most remark.
able structures OF the kind in the
world. In a conversation with MIR. j.
H. Llnville, the architect and engineer.
ln-chief, the writer obtained the fol.
lowing facts and figures regarding its
dimensions and construction. The
bridge will be truss, aud not, as
many suppose, suspension bridge.
owing to provision of their charter,
the company will not be permitted to
spring any arches in its construction.
The track and roadway will be upon
the lower chord. The approaches on
both sides are favorable, the grade to
the summit at Centreville, on the west
side, 300 feet above high tide, being
not more than tifty-five feet to the mile,
and from thence to the bridge descend
ing. There will be five spans of 525
feet each, one approach span on the
west side of 200 feet, and four on the
east side of $50 feet, and five of 1856
feet each. The total length of iron
and steel superstructure will
be 1900 feet, the elevation of
the lower chord above high tide
will be $50 feet, aad on the track on the
upper chord 100 feet, By comparison
with other large bridges built on this
single span principle it will be seen
that this projected bridge will, when
completed, be a triumph of engineer
ing skill. The largest span of tho
Britannia bridge, in England, is $50
feet OF the Saltash bridge, also in
England, $50 feet aud of the Kuylem.
burg bridge, in Holland, SIS feet. In
this country the longest single spans
are those in the Newport and Cincin-
natl, now in use and built by the Key
stone Bridge Company, $50 feet and
the st. Louis bridge mot yet com
pleted), of which Mr.. Linville is also
the architect, and of which the spans
are arched, $40 feet. This projected
bridge over the Hudson, then, having
five spans of 525 feet each, will be
novelty of bridge construction. The
entire cost OF the bridge and APP
proaehes will, il is estimated by its
engineer, be not more than So, 000, 900,
and can be completed within three
years from the time of beginning &C.
tive operations, which cannot, how
ever, be begun before spring.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
Pointers and Settlers.

Forest and Stream this week pub.
fishes a challenge for England for a
field trial of pointers and settlers, in
August next, TO he run in England.
The challenge comes from Mr. Price,
of Bala, North Wales, the owner oil
the famous pointer "Belle, with the
sanction Of the Rev. Canning Macdo-
ma. He says that they will pay ex.
penses, and in this case well known
sportsman and master OF fox hounds,
Sir Watkin William Wynn, of Wynn
stay, will lend the requisite ground
and game. He proposes a double
match, brace against brace, then two
single matches 10 follow. He suggests,
as the English judge, the name Of Wis.
count Combermere, a wtll-kuown arpi.
traitor at field trials aud renowned
sportsman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06

Thomas Heathwood. a successful
breeder of game fowls, gives the fol-
lowing as proper food for young
chickens One egg, with the shell
beaten into a quart of raw oat meal,
and wet up with new milk. Feed them
from four TO six times day, according
TO age. Lettuce, onion tops, or fresh
grass chopped dne, should be given
them once day.
The following rules for the manage
ment OF chickens, from The American
Poultry Gazette, is worthy of study by
those who have just engaged in the
business of rearing fowls:
LIST. Keep young Chickens in a warm,
dry coop. I'd. The coop should be
cleaned out and dry earth thrown in
every day. 3D.. Let the chickens ont
after the morning sun has removed the
wet from the grass. 4th. Feed them
suitable food and frequently. 9Th. Keep
pure water where they can get it easily
9th. Keep them away from decaying
fruit and vegetables and staenant pools
Eggs.--A good egg is made up of ten
parts shell, sixty parts white, and thirty
parts yolk. The white Of an egg con
tsns eighty-six per cent. of water, the
yolk fifty-two1per cent. The average
weight Of an egg is two ounces.
Cold IN the Throat. This disease is
manifest in fowls by a noise as il some
substance had stuck IN the throat
phlegm is present in the throat. The
following remedy is highly recommend
ed A tablespoonful Of water contain
ing two drops Of the tincture of aconite,
gwen two or three times day, aud
plenty Of fresh water TO drink.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
Cultivation or SuniIOwers.

The cultivation of the sunhower is
said to meet with great favor from the
planters in British Guinea. These flow
crs, which flourish in marshy places,
yield from eighty TO one hundred
bushels Of seed 10 the acre and each
bushel furnishes from five 10 seven
quarts Of an oil, which il excellent for
illuminating purposes. besides being
Of use in the mixing Of paints. Its
flavor gives il value for cooking, also.
As food for poultry, the dried seeds are
said TO be very fattening. From the
stalks fibre is obtained that may be
substituted for hemp; the leaves are
relished as food by cattle; and the
flowers furnish supply of rich honey
for bees. IL will thus be seen that
those who choose TO undertake the ex-
pertinent of growing suDhowers start
out with eyrry promise OF a rich re-
turnwith little labor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
How Soil was rIadc.

Prof. Agassiz says that all the mate
rails on which agricultural progress
depends are decomposed rocks, and not
SO much those that underlie the soil,
but those on the surface, and ground
to powder by the glaciers. Ice all over
the continent is the agent that has
ground out more soil than all other
agencies put together. The penetra-
ton of water into the rocks, forests,
running water and baking suns have
done something, but the glaciers more
In former age the whole United
States was covered with ice several
thousand feet thick and the ice NOV
ing from north to south by the attrac.
ton of the tropical warmth or
pressing weight of the snow and
ice behind, ground the rocks over
which was called soil. These masses
of ice can be tracked by the hunter
He has made study of them in the
country as far south as Alabama, but
has observed the same phenomenon in
Europe, particularly in Italy, where,
among the Alps, glaciers are now in
progress. The stones and rocks ground
and polished by the glaciers can easily
be distinguished from those scratched
by running water. The angular boul-
ders found in meadows, and the terraces
of rivers not reached by water, can be
accounted for only in this way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-06
AL Ahnni n Donkey.

We have had another funny instance
in one Of our Westminster courts. The
parties were the costermongers, and
the dispute was about a donkey. The
case occupied tho court all the morn.
ing, and, ON adiourning for luncheon,
the Judge remarked that il was triv
iaI matter, and he hoped to hear, on re.
assembling, that the parties had settled
il out Of court. After luncheon, there.
fore, the defendant got up and said 1t
was all right, and the donkey was his,
explaining that they had found quiet
yard 10 settle il in, according 10 his
lordship's suggestion, but that it had
been tough work, as they had only
half an hour. His lordship was horri-
fed, on looking az the other party, 10
find that his eyes we're much swollen
and discolored, and that he was a good
deal smeared with blood, and TO find
that while they had acted in perfect
good faith on what they supposed 10
be his suggestion, he had himself, in
his own conrt, been really melted 10 Q
serious breach OF the peace. The court
burst into toars Of laughter, and II
was equally impossible, under the cir
cumstances, 10 punish the honest bel
ligerents. London Letter.
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Beata Memorial.
/. nIilrcrnpER l4. ls7S.


Lo! sorrowlng deep, too deep for tears,
Stands Science shorn OF strength to-day
Her keen eye paled with brooding fears,
Her lips blanohed with dsmay,
That he, her lover without guile,
(Oh, that it must be be D
Lies PROSTATE, blinded 10 her smile,
Her faithful Agassiz
No common love she bears to him
Whose ear is deafened to her call,
Whose eve has grown 90 strangely dim
Within deaths mystic thrall,
Twas rather such as closely knits
Two earnest souls together,
When Reverence at Loves banquet sits
And heeds no change OF weather.
Or as the mother loves her son,
Who walks unblenched in bleakest WAYS
ana from her presence lured by none,
Is 'oal throughout the days
Her cnarmer and INTERPRETER,
Her champion TO DEFEND
Tho one OF all most dear to her,
Her sceptsred king and friend.
Now mute she stands, and at her feet
A world looks on no less appalled,,
That he, OF life SO strong and sweet,
From earth 80 soon is called
Too soon-for, though he did so much,
Yet is so much to do
And where is the magician's touch,
Az bis, so fine and true
Nor yet is only science grieved--
Another form Of faireT grace,
With head bowed down as one bereaved,
Wells, too, her radiant face;
lis Truth, who held Tim loyal, true,
Nor spares her pearly tears,
Though mourning not as others do,
Since clear, beyond the years,
She sees the rounding Of his hope,
The glory Of patient life
That, bound within no narrow scope,
Is victor in the strife.
But Science owns no certain faith,
Like Truth, to make her free
lis hard, too hard TO YIELD" she saith,
To heaven our Agaesizl"
--NeC York EUeninq Posi-.