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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
A Successful Farmer.

On Tuesday we were driving by the
residence of William Fleet, OF Eden
township, and we spied Mr.. +. sitting by
the roadside on a fence, under the shade
ola large maple tree, smoking his pipe.
We said: :" Taking comfort, Mr.. Fleet?''
"Yes,n said he, 81 am enjoying the
shade of large tree which, forty years
ago, trimmed with my jack knife one
day while was at work splitting rails at
eleven dollars per month. They were
clearing up the ground, and cut down
many very handsome little NAPLES, when
| selected this tree and requested, as it
stood in the fence-row beside the road,
that it be left standing to remember me
by. 1t was then not thicker than my
wrist. l was: then a. poor boy, and
worked out for a living" MIR. Fleet then
gave a sketch of his adventures in 1ndi-
ana and his experience among the lndi-
ans, in his Joking way. How he entered
1000 acres of land on the Pottawattom1e
Reserve, and afterward traded a half In
terest in it for 100 acres where his resi-
dence now stands and how afterWard he
wanted to sell it and couldn't, and then
how he shouldered his ak and waded into
the forest and felled the timber on TWEEN
ty acres. The relation of this bit OF
personal history was interesting, and
more so since we know that forty-three
years after Mr.. Fleet trimmed that little
maple tree, while he was mauling rails
at the small wages of eleven dollars per
month, he sits comfortably smoking his
pipe under the same tree, which is now
more than two feet in diameter at the
trunk, and surveys over 1,100 acres of
we'll improved and fertile land, worth
800 per acre. He does more: he counts
his focks by the thousand and his herds
by the hundreds, his bushels by the
thousands and his wealth by the hundred
thousands. All the result of hard labor,
honesty and economy. All in forty
years.-IIBin (Oh5o) Star
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

Any number of figures you may wish
to multiply by will give the same result
if divided by "a much quicker opera
ton; but you must remember to annex a
0 to the answer when there is no re
mainder, and when there is remainder,
whatever it may be, annex to the an
swer. Multiply 464 by 5, and the answer
will be-, 800; divide the same by and you
will have 232, and as there is no remainder
you add 0. Now take 359 multiply by
5, the answer is 1,795 and dividing thus
by g. there is 179 and a remainder; you
therefore place at the end Of the line
and the result is again / ,795.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

getfulness of the fact that he had provided
himself with reader means of locomoticn
Some workmen about Cases new building
in Racine fell from a scaffold the other day
and were very seriously injured.
Rock County.
Mr.. Enoch Taylor, of GAINESVILLE, has been
raising cotton this year. The staple is as
good as any Southern cotton, and the size OF
the Dolls fully up to the average.
Subscribers to the capital stock of the
Janesville shoe factory have been notified that
they must pay 25 per cent. of the amount
subscribed on or before Nov %.
Sank County.
More dwelling-houses is what troubles
Reedsburg.
ShawanO County.
Bears and wolves are becoming plenty in
the county.
Washington County.
DISTINCTIONS have frequently been placed
upon the track of the Air Line Railway, in
the town of jackson, of late.
Buildings are being erected in large num-
bers in Kewaskum.
Waukesha County.
Owen Owens, of Waukesha, had the misfor-
tune to break two of his ribs, the other day,
when under the influence of liquor.
On the 5th Herman Brudenmeyer, Wauke-
sha barber full of hops, malt or corn juice,
attempted to put a period to his trials by
cutting his throat. Friends interfered before
the job was completed. -
Mrs. N. Fuller, of Merton, was burned to
death the other day by her clothes taking fire
from the stove.
WinnebagO County.
Miss Lizzie Robinson, of Neenah, was re-
turning from the GAINESVILLE Asylum for the
Blind, the other evening, in charge of a
friend. When near Neenah she was taken in
fit, and died in five minutes.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

A West Newbury. Mass farmer be-
fore beginning to pick his apples went to
thinking that 200 200 would ou contain his ap,
pies and fifty his crop of onions. he
went at his trees and filled all his barrels
with apples, bought another hundred in
Georgetown and filled them, bought an
other hundred in Newburyport and filled
them, and recently he was in town to
buy a hundred barrels more. He told a
friend that where. he expected three
barrels on tree he picked nearly seven
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
Rotation.

A judicious rotation of crops is abso-
lutelynecessary in maintaing the fertility
of the soil. This needs no demonstra-
tion, for it is universally admitted. But
how to rotate to secure the greatest adj
vantages is the main question No
specific can be given to suit every case,
because circumstances alter cases"
very much in regard to this point. The
system that would succeed on one farm
would utterly fail on another and g6ce
yersa. Governed by general principles
the farmer must decide this matter for
himself. Each crop extracts from the
soil the elements essential to its growth
and maturity, and by continuous crop
ping, however judicious the rotation
may be, the soil will eventually be ex-
hausted. Hence the elements distracted
must be returned to the soil in the shape
of fertilizers. aThis settles one point
that farmers must keep stock; and the
nearer they come to keeping stock
enough to consume what their farms
produce the nearer they come to the
most improved culture. ssI 81. ~. 5
The usual rotation is from the sod
corn, oats or barley, wheat, and then
grass. In good soil twoAcrops of wheat
can be grown, clover being soWn on the
first, in the spring, which will furnish
one crop, and one to pillow under for Sec
ond crop of wheat, on pasture lands. A
prominent agriculturist recommends the
following six years rotation: First year,
corn, potatoes and roots, with ground
heavily MANFRED; second, oats; third,
clover plowed in and sowed with wheat
in the fall; then timothy and clover
sowed on the wheat in the spring of the
fourth year; then let it lie in grass two
years. esssF.ss
Other systems of rotation have their
advantages suited to the surrounding
circumstances of soil, climate. etc. In
wheat districts, where the soil rests on
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
Solomon in Modern Life.

SOMETIMES good rule does not work
Two women came before Alderman
Dobbs, in our village, the other day, to
settle dispute about a child. Mrs.
Murphy CLAIMED the boy as hers, while
Mrs. Doolan insisted that it was hers.
AS the Alderman could not obtain any
decisive evidence bearing upon the case,
it occurred to him to try the plan once
used in a similar case by Solomon. He
sent out to the kitchen and got cary
ing-knife, and then, placing the boy on
the desk. he said to the women, while he
sharpened his knife on his boot, !" Pm a
goln to cut this yer youngster in half and
let Mrs. Murphy take the body, while
Mrs. Doolan can go home with the legs"
1t was clever idea, but it failed. Mrs
Murphy stepped up to him, and doubling
up fist that looked like an undef-done
leg of mutton, she shook it close TO his
nose and said, EFF We do, we sphalpeen,
Oil murther We with me own hand;" and
Mrs. Doolan seized him by the hair,
threw him to the ground, and exclaimed,
while she brandished the knife over his
PROSTATE body, Gimme the legsl Beme
sowl, olive mind to kill we and ate yep
Then Squire Dobbs adjourned the case,
and while Mrs. Doolan retired with the
boy he went out to hunt up a Bible COM
mentary, in order to ascertain if there
was not something about Solomon's pro-
ceedings that he didn't understand
Mae Adeter, an Danbay NeaoS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

"A new industry for women has been
commonwealth England by four ladies of
standing in London. 1t is that of home
decorative artists. They undertake the
whole furnishing, upholstering furniture
and all-that tends to embellish the inte-
rior of dwelling. They are said to be
remarkably clever and very successful.
They have served regular apprentice
ship, and acquired thorough knowledge
of the business. 1t would seem to be a
business peculiarly fitted to the taste for
and love of the beautiful inherent in
women.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

How TO MAKE ERAsIvE SoAP.-A gen
uine erasive soap that will remove grease
and stains from clothing is made as fol
lows: Two pounds of good CASTLE soap;
half pound of carbonate of potash, dis
solved in half pint of hot water Cut
the soap in thin slices, boil the soap with
the potash until it is thick enough to
mold in cakes; add alcohol, half an
ounce; canphor, half an ounce; harts
horn, half an. ounce; color with half an
ounce of pulverized charcoal
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

limestone or plaster, simple rotation of
clover two years and wheat one IS found
to be good, always promising that plenty
of manure is returned to the soil.--OhtO
Farmer
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

A Squantum Debating Society pro-
pose discussing the grammatical con-
struction of the sign displayed in public
parks Please keep off the grass" Grass,
it is argued, does not fall upon you, and
why, then, should you be asked to keep it
off? ta.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

The Peoples Stamp of Value.-The Gov
eminent Endorsement, which legalizes the sale OF
PLANTATION BITTERs, is not the only stamp affixed
to that famous VEGETABLE Tonic. 1t bears, in addi
ton to that official sanction, the STILL MORE vALUA
ABLE STAMP OF PUBLIC APPROPRIATION This inesti-
mabe voucher of its properties as TONIC, Cor
RECEIVE and Alternative is worldwide.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

THE most stylish collar that is worn now is
the Improved Warwick. 1t fits better than
any other on low-cut shirt All the edges
being folded, and the surface looking so much
like linen, we recommend ali to try it; Ask
your gents farnisher for the Improved War;
wick
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
Pianos and Organs.

Fine new rosewood pianos for $500. u
Fine walnut organs, six stops, $125. sf'i'
Good secondhand pianos, $3.50 to 5000.
Reeds Temple of Music, Chicago.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

Donaldson, the aeronaut, is contem-
plating matrimony, although the world
has never disputed his ~recklessness or
solicited additional proofs of it.-BrO0k-
I'm Argus.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

SENT iree, on receipt of neck and breast
measure, height, weight and price, our (sam-
ple) Model 50 Shirt Fitted by patented
model Stylish and substantial Address
Model Shirt Co, 81 South sth st., Ptila 1elphia,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

OYSTER SAUcE.-Take fifty oysters,
rinse and put them in a stew-pan with
one gill of cream. As soon as they be-
come hot stir in one ounce of butter,
mixed to paste with little flour. This
is delightful sauce to eat with boiled
turkey or fine fat young pullets, in which
case the fowls should also be stuffed
with oysters and bread-crumbs. -Har-
peT''s B0s0r,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
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Wanted in Every Store. e State Rights, Northwest,
for SALE Applicants Tor rights tomanufactre andscI
it should address A. L. Stmson, Purchasing Agent of
the American Express Company, Chicago. This handy
tool Gust patented) is made entirely of spring steel.
Sample sent free of freight charges. receipt of ST.
Remttances of money to me for the purchase of TOOLS
come free of express charges. A. L. STIMSON.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

SEND your name and address to Dr.. q. r. Rlackall
81 Washington street, Chicago, and receive his Bul
letin and Catalogue of new books free.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

DR.. Dan1 Weaver, of Boston, fell down a
mining shaft Denver, 76 feet. He was terribly
bruised limbs broken and supposed to be dead. Mex
lean Mustang Eminent freely used consciousness
restored, his life saved and he came home in eight
weeks. This is the most wonderful article for Bruises
sprairs, rheumatism. Swellings, SPAWN, Ringbone,
Sores, or any flesh, bone muscle ailment upon man
beast ever discovered. 1t is humanity to animals.
1t has saved much suffering and many useless doctors
bills 1t can be had for 50 cts and s0O per bottle in
any drug store But beware of counterfeits The
une is wrapped in fine steeplate LABEL signed G..
w. Westbrook Chemist" ~I,t
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

THE NORTHWESTERN HoRsE-NAIL Cos
'Finishedn Nail is the hest in the world.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

How to Look Xoung-Sixteen.-Don't pain t
use vile Hair Restorers but simply apply Hagans
Magnolia Balm upon your face, neck and hands, and
use Lyons Eatharon upony your hair. The Balm makes
your complexion peary, soft and NATURAL and can't
tell what did it. 1t removes freces tan, sallowness,
riug-marks, mothpatches etc., and in place of red,
rustic face youhave the marble purity of exquisite
BELLE It gives to middle age the bloom of perpetual
youth. Add these effects to splendid head of hair
produced by the Kathairon, and lady has done her
best in the way of adornment. Brothers will have
spinster sisters when these articles are around.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
MASON C HALIMl|!|.]L!,IN
CABINET ORGANS.

Winners of THREE HIGHEST MEDALS AND DE-
PLOMA OF HONOR at VIENNA, 1873, PARIS 1861,
and in AMERICA ALWAYS. Declared by MUSL-.
CLANS GENERALLY to be UNRIVALED and IN"
COMPARABLE Sold at fixed uniform prices to all,
PURCHASERS OF ORGANS ARE RE-
MINDED that the tesnptanon to Dealers and Ped
ders is very strong to deal in and recommend best
the organs of those makers who will pay them
the largest commissions or discounts for
The MASON & IIAMITN sORGsAN CO.,
printing as they do their lowest prices, afford
plan secures to every purchaser the lowest price be-
cause the dealer cannot ask than the Catalogue
price, but it causes many dealers to do their best 70
sell other organs, simply because they get enormous
discounts on them Some organs are currently sold
to dealers at seventyye per cent discount at one
quarter the prices printed for them. AS rule, the
poorer the organ the higher its printed price and the
The The MASON & fHIAMLINr ORGAN co. are
now Offering new styles, with important Improve
ents, and are selling not only for cash exclusively,
through one yearor longer They also rent ney or
gans with privilege of purchase. Rent pa1d three
years pare b q SEES the Organ. 1,ss,,,.-a
Send for the Illustrated Catalogues and CIRCULARS
whichgive very nforrnation and are sent free
80 ~ q. ~ address, - . ~ as
THE MASON q HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,
At EITHER 8 zig F+A
New York, Boston or Chicago.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13
I ! ~

Young Men desiring to itsthemselves for business
will be Interested to know that H. B. Bryants Chicago
Business College is the largest Institution of the Kind
in,America. Three months tuition, with all the at'
yantages of this great business training school, costs
Bryant, the original founder of the chain of colleges
has Withdrawn as partner from all the SCHOOLS Of ne
chain in order TO give his whole time to building up In
Chicago an institution far in advance Of any business
school heretofore in existence in this country, ana
this purpose is being rapidly accomplished. The terms
are p9< as low rate, being based upon large patron
ulum of study, which will be sent application 70
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
: daily asked, "What is the cause of tho
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BIT
TERsp Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
perfect Renovation and 1nvigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing tho
sick Of every disease man is heir to. They
are q gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases. .4 ~rt
The properties of Dr. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretlc,
Sedative, Counter-Irritant Sudorlhc, Altera'
tive. and Anti-Bilious.
r.. H. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. A CTS. San Francisco, California,
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., n. Y
Sold bysau Druggists and Dealers
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ESHALLENsS DIME ALADDIN, OR THE
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-11-13

1 hBeauG1tul fran SfcrEsIctu slnstrut
W tions catalogue Easily transferred Chro
cts Agents wanted. J. L. PATTEN CO., II Pine -
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q IN "a a month to AGENTS everywhere Address
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TIR FOX LES reno ed in 5 days.-Send stamp for
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-04
HYdrate OF Choral.

In an article reviewing the evidence
which from time to time has been
brought forward for and against the use
of hydrate of choral as a therapeutical
agent, the editor of the JournatCf Chem
ist,y declares it as his opinion that it is
a perfectly safe article for any intelli-
gent physician to employ that it pro-
duces sound, refreshing sleep when
used in cases of nervous wakefulness,
leaving the brain and digestive organs
in perfectly normal condition that
there is no organ or function of the
system disturbed by it, even when its
use is long continued; and that it has
the singular property of not losing its
therapeutical influence when persist
emily employed-the same dose given to
the same patient, for period of nearly
three years, having invariably produced
the same refreshing sleep, each night.
The editor of the Journal asserts, how
ever, that it is useless and improper to
give the agent to relieve paint being
only valuable as hypnotic in sleepless-
ness unattended by pain-and that the
dose employed by many physicians is
insufficient ten grains have usually
but little Influence upon an adult, twenty
often fail to produce sleep, but thirty
or forty seldom fail-medium doses be-
ing better at first, to be repeated as re-
Uuired
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-04
The SnOw.FlOWer.

A very remarkable account is adj
mitted into Les Mondes of a so-called
snow-fower, said to have been 6iscov-
cred by Count Anthoskoff in 1868, in
the northernmost portion of Siberia,
where tine earth is continually covered
with a coating of frost. This wonder
full object shoots forth from the frozen
soil the first day of the year, and
then returns to its original elements.
1t shines for single day, then the
stem, leaves aud flower are converted
into snow. The leaves are three in,
number, and about three inches in di--
ameter, covered with a kind Of micro
scopic ice, developed only on that side
of the stem which is directed to the,
north. The flower, when open, is star
shaped, its petals of the same length
with the leaves, and about half an inch
wide. On the third day the extrenlities
of the anthers, which are five in num-
Der, show minute, glistening specks, like
diamonds, about the size of a pins.
head, which are the seeds of this aston
ishing flower.
Count Anthoskoff collected some of
these seeds and fastened with them to
st. Petersburgh. They were there
placed in pot of snow, where they re-
manned for an entire year; but on the
LIST of January, 1864, the snow-fower-
Durst through its icy envelope, and dis
played it's beauties before the eyes of
the imperial court.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-04
American Labor.

Canon Fremantle, in recent lecture,
in London on America, said that no
American will enter into domestic serv-
ice. If that were right it would be
equally wrong to keep a servant. But
the same people who regard domestic
service as degradation have no scru-
pies against employing Irish or German
servants. The Canon thought there,
was truer feeling in England, where
the most honorable relations are often
found to exist between master and serv-
ant. The Canon, however, said he
would leave it to his hearers whether
the excessive independence of the Amer
lean or the dependence of the English
workman was preferable. At station
in Boston he found it impossible to get.
any one to carry his luggage to another
station three hundred yards off, and had
to do it himself, though, as there were
several boxes, he would gladly have
paid. When he arrived at Euston sta
ton, London, two fine fellows ran by
the side of his cab all the way to-
Gloucester Plain-over a mile-for the
chance of earning sixpence for carrying
in the luggage. Which, he asked, is.
the better state of things-that in
which you cannot get man to work for
you, or that in which human toll is SO.
cheap and so little accounted of?
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-04
The Length of Whales.

Mr.. Scoresby, a very high authority
on this subject, declares that the COM
mon whale seldom exceeds seventy feet
in length, and is much more frequently
under sixty. Out of three hundred and
twenty-five whales which he assisted in
capturing, not one exceeded tifty-eight
feet, and the largest of which he knew
the reported measurement to be au-
thentic came upto sixty-sevenfeet. Two
specimens of the rorqual or razor back
whale have been observed to be one
hundred and five feet in length. One
of these was found floating lifeless in
Davis Straits, and the skeleton of the
other was seen in Columbia river, and
must, tail and all, when alive, have
measured one hundred and twelve feet
Other specimens have measured hun
dred, and many others from eighty to
ninety feet. One cast on shore at North
Berwick, Scotland, and preserved by
DR.. Knox, was eighty-three feet in
length. These instances seem to es-
tablish the average and extreme length
of these animals. But, with considera-
BILE credulity, in earlier accounts, Gu
vier, the eminent naturalist, says stout
ly, There is no doubt that whales
have BEN seen at certain epochs and in
certain seas upward of three hundred
feet long, or one hundred yards in
length"