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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-02
=" How Much Was He Worth 2"

THERE is terrible significance in the
question we sometimes ask upon the death
of a wealthy man, if we only understood
the real significance of the question.
n How mach was he worth 81 we ask and
the angels might reply: Worth? He
wasn't worth anything. His money was
something as a source of fertility to the
soil-but he wasn't worth anything" So
We vary the question; "Yes, but how
,n,uch did he leave9" sob, leave" it
,night be answered; Eyes, will tellyou
He had houses, lots, bonds, stocks, gold
notes. merchandise, farms. And he left
Great God! he left them all. He carried
-nothing with him. Naked and destitute
.rsme he into the world, and as naked and
destitute did he go the way whence be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-02

the dead bark at the collar of every tree
and thrust knife blade into everv borer
before it has opened passage throuoh
the live bark. Let the trees be examined
about the time they are in blossom. and
then again after the lapse of a month or
six weeks. If borers are allowed to enter
the wood they viii soon pass beyond the
reach OF any instrument except a gouge
and mallet. If a competent person will
appropriate only two minutes to every
tree per year, looking for borers near the
surface of the ground, it will be small
task to keep them from injuring the trees.
THE CANKER WORM AND CATERPILLAR.
The canker worm, the American tent
caterpillar, the forest tent caterpillar. the
army worm, the apple curculio and
numerous other insect enemies of the an
pie orchard must be crushed or thrust
through with cold steel. 1t would be in
teresting to prepare descriptions and read
over the long and unintelligible scientific
names of these; but the great practical
point with the industrial classes is, How
may we prevent the ravages of these in
sects? The answer may be expressed in
few namely, Catch 'em and kill
'em.-N. 7. Herald.
A PENNY saved here and there counts up at
nf hn o. T INT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-02
FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS.
BY EMMA C. BRACKET

BY EMMA c. BRACKET.
DEwY droops the green sweet-brier,
Dewy hangs the rose,
As follow where her footstep,
Lightly printed, goes.
Sun, that cOmeth up to meet me,
Was there aught to see
Down beneath that gray horizon
Half so fair as she2
Down this path she careless wandered
Where the lilies dropped;
Here her garment brushed the dew off
Is she, gathering, stopped.
Here she turned and paused. uncertain
All, hear it nOwi-
Over stones the full brook singing
Family, far belowl
Leading on TO greet the roses
Bun the footsteps free;
Red, and white, and pink she gathered
Dropping one for mel
Then to where the honeysuskle
Climbs TO scent the air
No, she stopped and left it climbing.
Turning otherwhere.
Where then? Oh, adown this pathway,
Where her heliOtrOpe
Makes the air with perfume heavy,
Purpling all the slope.
Sun that maketh shadows shorter
As, follow still,
Where were you at early dawning
When she climbed the hill?
Shall she climb TO wait your coming,
She, my own, my sweet,
When her gracious presence only
Makes your day complete?
Here she left her blossoms lying
In a hawthOrn's care,
And the dewy steps go springing
Up the rocks SO bare.
Higher, higher, ever leading,
Follow and Hope
Sunny hair lit up with sunshine
All my hehotropei
-,ScTjbD1y.sc No0
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-02

THE smallpox that has been prevailing
in the vicinity of Cascade, Iowa, is about
at an end. 1t was spread by the careless
patients, mostly Germans and Irish, who
wandered about the place after being ex-
posed, and even after they had broken out
with the disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-02

A CORNING Qowa) youth paid his at
tentions to two young ladies and proposed
marriage to both. They found out about
it, invited him to the house of one of
them and asked him to take a seat be-
tween them, which he did, sitting down
in tub of water over which covering
had been nicely spread. He did not stay
a great while after that.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-02

A PENNY saved here and there counts up at
the end OF the year. Buy only SILVER
TlPPEDShoes and you will save dollars in
stead of cents. Parents remember this
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
Power Of Z Gold Piece.

An amusing illustration of the false
philosophy which:estimates mans wealth
by the quality Of his clothes, and his
worth by his wealth, occurred at q reli-
glous meeting not long time ago. A
couple, apparently man and wife, eiiter-
ed the church where the meeting was
held. From their style of dress, it
seemed possible that they were strangers
in q strange llnd; their garments,
though good aud clean, were neither
costly nor fashionable. They entered a
pew where sat some ladies whose exteri.
or was considerably more snowy, and
who seemed to loot with some contempt,
not republican, certainly, upon their
neighbors, the lady being, of course,
the principal Object Of observation.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
The Bread and Neat Question.

The we'll known destructive character
istics Of Monarchical society are rapidly
appearing in America. The centres Of
commercial activity and banking capitol
are having now but two classes.
The naughty, avaricious rich on one
side, and the miserably poor on the
other. These are two conditions into
which our society are fast drifting.
That great middle class Of plain people
who receive compensating wages and
live free Of debt are disappearing. The
malstrom Of an engulphing money power
is evidently drawing all oth{r Interests
into the eddying circle Of id Ipxn un-
satisfying selfshness The lab boring
man is hourly concerned lest tom |orrow
he may not be able to furnish meat and
bread to wife and children. He has a
strong and willing arm for labor, but
monopoly has placed its veto upon the
further working of the factory, it sus-
pends and Of course thrown out Of en-
ployment, he seeks in vain for a Job, he
suffers, waits and pines for return of
the good old days. But, Mr.. Capitol
Monopoly sees fit to make financial
corner and hence the tight times. All,
who can faithfully portray the myriad
scenes Of suffering and heart anguish
that follow in the wake of corner, as
wiokedly made by stock and gold gam
blers.
The money question that now en-
crosses the attention Of the people is the
absorbing vital issue of the day.
The present political parties are
poverless to give relief: They have
served their day. The whole nation
calls loudly for an amicable settlement
Of the pending dispute between labor
and subsidized money power.-Bu6a-
10 Anti- Monopol;st.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

The business Of the meeting proceed
ed-the strangers evinced much inter!
est in the speeches, and the collection
was made. The 5plate-bearers presented
them to those in the pew who appeared
respectable-to the strangers they pre-.
sented them not, possibly thinking they
were poor immigrants, who| could
not afford to give anything, and doubt
less formed this judgment on Ithe false
principle to which we have iadverted.
But the strangers were bQt thus to be
excluded man watched the plate,
arrested it, and put upon it u five dollar
gold piece. Oh, the magic power of
the precious metal Tho collector, who
had passed him unnoticed, felt its influ-
ence, and his countenance lighted up
with most complacent greeting, an
eager inquiry for the strangers name
followed, and the owner Of the name,
before 2 stranger and afar off, was at
once g brother beloved. Oh, human
ity, humanity thou art an inexplicable
compound. Would that there were
more of true nobility in thy nature, and
that men, Christian men, especially
would cease to look coldly on fellow
christian because he wears a rough coat.
" A mans man for a that" ."-Method-
tst Recorder.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
AGRICULTURAL CLIPPINGS.

TO buy all the land one can is like a
merchant paying all his money for a
building.
An unusually large demand for
shortrhorns, particularly for young bulls,
is reported in Wisconsin.
Before the fall of man" the only
occupation was farming. All other
pursuits have been introduced since.
IF every milk pail in the country
leaked so much as to lose half it's con-
tents: the loss would be no greater than
the loss arising from bad butter.
Josiah Smith says -" Pass strap
around the COW just forward of the I'D
der, and buckle it just as tight as you
can, and then look out that the COW does
not fall on you when she attempts to
kick. She will try it but few times
and it will cure without hurting her.
AS persistent and profitable produc
ers of eggs, hens which are a cross be-.
tween gamecock and black Spanish hen
are strongly recommended by an Eng
lish breeder. He says they are small
and black, but they yield average sized
eggs never desire to sit, and seldom cease
to lay even for a day except at moulting
time.
There is one especial advantage in
keeping farm accounts. By knowing
what corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye and
roots cost, or what they bring in market
or how far they will go in feeding, it can
be ascertained which will pay best. Not
to keep accounts is a good deal as if a
merchant should sell his goods without
knowing what they cost.
"A foreign z.vant asserts that the
decay Of wood arises from Internal and
not external moisture, andSo foag as
free evaporation is allowed 6dcxy will
not very readily: set in. 1t would be
very absurd to SPY that norpaint ought
to be used in the interior Of a house,
but it is certain that a piece of wood
painted on both sides will not last
nearly so long as one not painted at all.
The reason is evident"
The deterioration Of the potato and
its diseases has attracted a good deal Of
attention in this country and Europe
and it has been suggested by expert.
enced 1hen in both countries that the
plant needs regenerating and that this
may be done By seeking for healty ma
tive plants in those portions of South
America where it is indigenous. bring
them by cultivation in their native
habitat to a good, degree Of perfection,
and bring the earliest and best of them
hither and thus obtain seedlings of orig.
inal health and visor. Almost simultan-
eously have these pgggestions been made
in England and America. y"
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Cedar M;Ms.-A letter to the Ledger
from this place shows the Grange in a
prosperous condition. Prairie fires
brilliant farmers putting in their crops.
E1-Chief Justice Ripley has removed
to Boston, which place he will thence
forth make his home. e.-L;tchfeld Ledg-
cr.
ROCK COUNTY.
Luverae.-H. Master, writing to the
Herald, opens up on the women cru
saders in the following style:
I" I make bold to soy our Saviour God,
made every particle Of food, also every par
ticle Of drink or the substance of the same
for the good Of mankind, and when men or
women undertake to thwart good desires,
they are simple in the extreme. This
can backup with good authority, and should
not have uttered one word about this mat
ter. but 1 see every day the manoeuvers Of
this ''petticoat' monopoly until l am per-
fectly disguised with the affair. Hoping
that the ladies will take no offense, as these
are my views on the subject. have used
wine almost forty years, and have used it
temporarily. never was sick with any
disease during the time but sgue and small
pox and / cured those diseases with good
brandy"
He will probably be made a special
subject of prayer.-A Norwegian by
the name of Sven Torgerson, in cross
ing Rock River, drew his gun from the
bottom Of the wagon to save it from
getting wet, and in so doing acciden-
tally shot himself.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

What has surprised me most in
history is to read Of so few kings who
have abdicated their thrones-not above
dozen or two at the most.-Sterne.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

New York wants the last drop of
blood Of the West it can get. The West
wants justice. It will have it, and no
empty clustering can prevent it. AS to
its threatening to risk war in order to
protect the exorbitant exactions of Wall
street, it is all a humbug. 1t has been
we'll said there is no such coward in the
world as 81 900, 900, except $2,0o0,000.
John Logan, with one brigade Of West
ern boys, would scare Wall street out of
its boots. Think of those voracious
misers 6ghting! 1t is simply ridicu-
lous. They may clutch their gold closer,
and stare and storm at the community
that has resolved to free itself from their
grasp, but they will never fire gun or
endanger their cash.-Industriaz 4qe.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-22

Lord Coleidge, an English judge,
on recent trial, was compelled to ask the
counsel to explain what was meant by
perch or rod, as the defects of his Ok
ford had left him ignorant Of it; the
barrister, no wiser than his Honor, re.
piled that the length of the rod varies,
but in most cases is 16 feet. Our
schooln,aster declares that in the edu-
cation of thisjudge and his lawyer the rod
was used too spa aringly.
Mr.. D. W. Herstine, of Philadel-
phia, very successful strawberry grow
er, practices seeding down his strawberry
beds to oats as mulch for them. He
sows oats broadcast over his strawberry
patch in the fall. After it has made
considerable growth it is checked by
frost and falls down over the plants,
making a complete and sufficient cover
ing till spring: 1t may be well to make
note Of this in your memorandum book
that you may act upon it the coming au-
tumn.
Some timely hints relative to the
sowing Of clover were given at a meet
ing of a farmers club in Scotland. The
speaker said that owing to the small size of
the seeds large proportion of them are
buried too deeply and fail to germinate.
1t had been found by experiment that
the greatest success with red clover is
attained when the seed is~coyered with
only half an inch of soil; when, covered
one and half inches deep so per cent,
Of the seed germinate, but a depth of
two inches not single plant appearedk
White clover will not show al bove the
surface if the seeds are co1ered one
and half inches deep, and at three
quarters of an inch only so per cent. of
the seeds produce plants. It is neces-
sary, therefore, to prepare carefully
soil for clover, and to SOW and cover it
with discretion. Rolling helps to secure
fine seed bed, and consequently an
even distribution
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-08
SHEEP DOGS AND BELLS.

The effect of bells in preventing
damage to sheep by dogs has been
well proved in this vicinity the
past season. Of fourteen focks
without bells but one escaped; in
five focks with bells on each sheep
no damage was done. Mr.. D.
Fowler, of Middlefeld, had
flock partially belled and lost but
one sheep, which strayed into
another lot without a bell, and
was killed. Mr.. A. B. Coe bought
a flock and put in a lot adjoining
the former, and soon found two
dogs at work at the forty fifth
sheep. The dogs belonged within a
quarter of a mile, and passed Mr..
Fowler,s sheep, getting into Mr.,
Goes flock. Dogs, after getting
the taste of blood of unbelled
sheep, may attack sheep with bells
on; yet l believe if all sheep were
belled, trouble from dogs would
be very rare. The great difficulty
has been to get bells which did
not wear the strap off, bells with
shanks to penetrate the strap will
wear it off in a few weeks. | have
found bells of all sizes, made by
Bevins Brothers, of East Hamp
ton, Ct, cast with staples for the
strap to pass through, which move
on the strap, and all the wear does
not come in one place; the strap
can be drawn out to oil. To be
safe, evry sheep and lamb should
wear a bell. r. w. MATHEwsoN.
MIDLEsEx County, Or.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Mackerel are dense along the
coast of Maine.
Worcester, Mass, is said to owe
$40 for every man, woman and
child within its limits.
A popular negro church in Rich
mond, Va, has upwards of three
thousand members and thirty dea-
cons.
Boston admits that Boston has
one virtue-the rigid enforcement
of the law against furious driv-
ing.
Several duelists, the remains of
an almost extinct race, are among
the attractions of Newport.
The Grocers' Company of Lon
don recently gave 100000 for the
erection of a new wing to one of
the hospitals.
The Alta Californian says that
the cost of living in San Francisco
is higher than in any northern city
with the possible exception of New
York.
A Washington widow who is
known to have $40, 900, is reported
to have refushed eight offers of
marriage in one day from dis
charged clerks.
Missouri claims to have coal in
43 counties, iron in 48, lead in 81,
zinc in 10, tin in 6, copper in q ,
marble in 0, koalin in II, nickel in
is, and other. minerals and clay
distributed throughout the State.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-08
THE BEST KIND of a salesman for

The BEST KIND of a salesman for
these dull times is an advertise
ment in q newspaper. 1t never
tires in its labors, and never shirks
its duty; it talks to customers
VIII en- they are in the bestmood to
be fasora bly, impressed. 1t has
access to the merchant, the scholar
the artist, the mechanic, and the
farmer. 1t goes unquestioned into
the most private and sacred of re-
treats. The lawyer listens to it
while working up his case; the
doctor dives into it when not
divining diseases; the ladies have
it in their laps while leisnrely
lolling in their boudoirs. 1t is
present in thousands of places at
he same moment.-Graphic.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-08
GEORGE III'S DOMESTIC FELL
CITY.

Here is pithy extract from a
recent speech of Bradlaugh in an
English town: "Mr. Disraeli, at
Manchester, spoke of the royalty
OF this country. He said that
George the Thirds Family were
an example of domestic felicity
He said they illustrated the honor
of the Nation. / ask you only
to imagine George The Thirds FAM
lily as an example of domestic fe-
licity. George the Thirds Grand
father ! cked up his wife for thirty
years, and in her absence lived
with two other women. Is that an
example of domestic felicity !?
George the Thirds Grandfather
never spoke to George the Third.
George the Thirds grandfather
burned his wife's will, and George
the Thirds father burned his faith
er's will, and still Mr.. Disraeli sets
them up as an example of domes-
tic felicity! George the Thirds
mother said that her son was the
most licentieus, dishonest and
wicked man living, and she wished
that he might die and leave the
world. That's an example of Mr..
Dicraeli's domestic filicity.' When
George the third was mad his two
sons came back to their clubs and
spoke it widely there in order to
make believe that the madness
was incurable. George the Thirds
son was drunk the day he was
married. He deserted his wife the
day his first child was born; and
Mr.. Disraeli says this is an exam
of domestic felicity!o When Ma
poleon died, q man-GeOrge the
Thirds eldest son-came to him
and said, Sire, your greatest enc
my is dead : and George the Third
not knowing of Napoleon, but OF
his wife, said: Is she, by---w
Laughter. And Mr.. Disraeli
says they are an example of do
mestic felicity? Not only did he
say that they were an example OF
domestic felicity, but that they
represented the morality of the
nation. George the Thirds son
wrote that the Brunswicks were a
family without principle, and
were not to be trusted. George the
Thirds three sons borro wed mon
ey and placed anonymous sigma
lures thereon, and afterwards de-
MED the signatures and shipped of
to a foreign country those persons
who were concerned in the affair,
in order that they might not GRIM
mate them. George the Fourth
stole a quantity of coronation dia-
monds, and then accused another
man of the crime. And Mr.. Dis
raeli says they are an example of
morality! Laughter.
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Mrs. Margaret Middleton died at

Mrs. Margaret Middleton died at the
residence OF her son-in-law, in Simsbu
ry, Conn.,, on Monday evening, 18th in
slant, at the age of onehundred and
seven years eight months and sixteen
days. A correspondent, enumerating
the customary characteristics of cente-
narians, says that she has never worn
glasses, and has always been able, I'M
Ill quite short time before her death,
to thread the finest needle. Again, she
has never had physician to attend her
professionally but once before her last
sickness; neither had she, at the time Of
her death, nor did she ever have, gray
hair in her head,
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-08

AS announced in our kilograms
a few days since, the schooner Ben
son, which was recently loaded
with grain at Toledo and sailed
for Europe by way of theSt. Law
renee river, has arrived at Cork.
Ireland, to the qualification of the
owners and the surprise of sailing
masters. The vessel, in order that
it might pass out to the ocean,
was necessarily built in such a
manner that it was deemed un-
seaworthy by underwriters, and
the owners were unable to effect
an insurance on either vessel or
cargo. Under the circumstances
it is a matter of surprise that she
has at length reached Ireland in
safety. The success of the trip,
if it should pay, may tempt own
ers TO risk few more; but with
the unanimous opinion of under
writers against the safety of the
voyage in vessels capable of pas
sing down the st. Lawrence, it
will take a good many successful
trips to establish a regular line oi
vessels sailing direct from the lake
cities to Europe.
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LIME VS.. Ashes.

Place a piece ofiron or steel in damp
ashes and it will soon corrode with rust.
Place the iron or steel in lime mortar,
and it will remain bright and the rust
will disappear. Sow small grain
where brushpile or log heap has been
burned, or where liberal dressing of
ashes has been applied, and there will
be rank growth that will probably
fall and never mature. Sow the grain
where the lime has been applied to the
SOIL and the grain will grow with stout
stiff, straw, and plump hardy heads that
mature well. Ashes cause a rank
growth of the herbaceous part of the
plants, such as leaves, straw and grass I;
line induces growth of the woody
part plants and the grain or fruit. Ash
es stimulate heavy muck, and rich or yir-
gin soils. They appear to disintegrate
or make available what is already in
the soil. They seem to act specially on
vegetable mould and manures from the
barnyard. Apply them to the most of
fensive pile Of compost, and they will
render it inodorous and worthless as a
fertilizer, their effect being that of releas
| ing the ammonia from the compost
Ashes used with compost heap of de-
caying vegetable matter would be vast
ed--worse than wasted-as they render
the compost inert as fertilizer. APP
piled TO an offensive sink, sewer or cess
pool, they serve an excellent purpose as
a disinfectant. They promote the growth
of grass, and forage especially, proving
very valuable on low lands; will stimu
late trees, etc., to vigorous growth
when the soil is strong. They exhaust
strong soils and injure poor ones.
Lime improves poor soil, especially
| sandy ones, by rendering them more
compact and capable ofrendering fertil-
ity when applied. AS a promoter of
health and vigor in apple treesit is one
Of the best application that can be made
to the soil. Under its influence trees
mature well, the fruit is finer, and trees
are freer from disease. Lime may be
applied with benefit on most soils and
many plants, but is of special value to
the apple tree and strawberry plant,
while ashes are valuable on heavy or
rich soils for the grosser feeding of plants
such as our native plums and currant
bushes.
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SPECIAL TO THE GENTLEMEN.
DR. z. B. HAMILL.

Dentist Office and Residence No.
West Burke St., q few doors west 70
Market-house. [apr25 70, d8w