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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30
Juggernauth.

The Juggernauth pilgrims at Seram,
pore are said to have manifested consid-
cradle dissatisfaction at the conduct of
the Serampore Municipal authorities in
regard to the cars. The commissioners
declined to allow one of the cars, which
was in manifestly rotten condition, to
be removed until it had been repaired.
The priests set hundreds of men to
work, and kept them at it necessarily
for day and night But the next
morning the magistrate was still dis
satisfied with the condition of the car,
and impounded the robes to prevent
any attempt at moving it. "The result
was, says the Patriot, +" that for the
first time within the memory of man
the sacred car was not drawn on the
day OF the festival" But by the wise
action OF the authorities in preventing
the removal of the car in its unsafe
condition, there can be no doubt that
many lives were saved. The magis-
trate, who has thus been the indirect
means OF preserving the lives of num-
Der OF his fellow creatures, is covered
with abuse, and accused of "conspir-
ing to interfere with the religious OBJ
servances of the people,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30
What is a Sinner

Rev. Mr.. -, who had taken into his
service, for general utility, poor lad,
and Of whose spiritual welfare he was,
of course, bound to look out, desiring
one morning to put in practice his
benevolent intent, he called the boy to
his study, and with a visage of the gray
est sort, said:
Sam, do you know that you are a
sinner ?"
eyes" falteringly replied Sam.
do you know what will become
of you if you don't repent?''
Receiving no coherent reply, he
launched into repentance and redemp-
ton. Encouraged by the evident i'm
preston made by hiswords, and feeling
no small conjunction the while
that he had neglected "subject of
grace" SO promising. At last vacant
and wandering look aroused sudden
suspicion, to veify which he inquired:
"Sam, what is a sinner q
Imagine the situation when the "sub-
iect of grace" promptly responded:
"Sinners, sir? Yes, sir. Sinners is
strings in turkeys legs, sir
The sinews in the parsons face re-
1axed
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An Intelligent Mare.
From the Lexington. XIV. Gazette. Sant

From the Lexington, KY, Gazette, Sept. ?.
On the Harrodsburg road, four miles
from Lexington, lives Mr.. Funkhouser.
One night as Mr.. Funkhouser was en-
joying the profound sleep which fol-
lows an honest mans hard days work,
he was awakened by the repeated
neighing of his saddle nag. After
waiting some time for the mare to
cease, he became impatient, and
bouncing out of bed, drove her off.
He thought it rather strange, too, that
she should come to the house and leave
her colt in the woods, where she had
been running some weeks He thought
it still more remarkable that his man,
usually very careful, should have left
the gate open, SO that the mare could
come from the woods to the house.
While he was turning these things
over in his mind, in that half uncon-
scious state preceding sleep, he was
again aroused by the mare. She
neighed loud and shrill, and at last
put her head to his window. Her per-
sistency finally suggested that some
thing might be wrong with her. He
got up again, but as soon as he ap-
preached she started in a brisk trot for
the woods, and he re-entered the house.
But scarce had he seated himself in
the bed when the mare was again at
the window, making more noise than
ever. At last he thought Of the colt,
and remembering some wonderful in
stances of intelligence in brutes, de-
ternlined to follow. The mare pre-
ceded him to the gate, when he opened
ho, oh LII
struck out i'll the dark, and he lost
sight of her. When he had stood pom
dering a few minutes, thinking the
mare had played rather sharp game
on him to get back to her colt, and
when he had just started again for the
house in no good humor, the mare re-
appeared. At first he was disposed to
go on home, but she actually blocked
his way at every step. He took the
hint, and again followed her, and near
the middle of the wood she stopped at
sink hole. A little examination
showed him the colt lying on It's back
at the bottom, and unable to move.
He had but one match, and used this
up in seeing the position of the colt.
He found himself unable to extricate it
without assistance, and it was morning
before he obtained help and got the
colt out. The mare, meantime, had
pranced around, showing the iveliest
interest in everything done, and when
the colt was finally relieved, her Joy
seemed extreme. Mr.. Funkhouser
made careful examination to ascer-
tain, if possible, how she got out of
the woods, and finally found where she
had thrown top rail off, and then
Jumped the fence. She had never been
known to Jump fence before.
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ChOpping Green FcOd.

Western men, as rule, do not cut
dry feed for stock, much less green
feed in summer. There good many,
however, in the more settled portions,
who are beginning to do so, and are
finding it profitable. A country gentle
man correspondent, after noticing the
effect Of green tares, beans and other
forage which we do not use that especi.
ally tend to fatulence, says:
According to the condition of it's
growth, l mix more or less Of fine cut
straw or hay chaff with it. This
absorbs it's superfuous moisture. and
prevents fatulence, distension and
death. The same principle is applied
to pulped roots-pulped cabbage. kohl
rabi, mangolds latter being most
dangerous early IN the season unless so
admixed. The cost of dong all this is
trife as compared with the serious
losses occasioned by it's omission. The
value of single animal would paw the
extra cost for several years. In fact,
long since arrived at the conclusion
that the turning out, roaming at large,
and whole food system will be given up
by those who prefer profit to loss.
Over-ripe foods, either tares or
clover, which are tough and indigesti-
BILE, require communion. Of course,
in such a case, being deficient rather
tlan over full of moisture, they do not
require straw chaff, or at all events
very little of it. If horses are to have
water, it should be before eating green
tares In wet state, not after. Bean
meal should be intermixed with or
attached to the cut food in the Manager
My horses, coming from work, are
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30

is also known to be constituent of the
suns luminous envelope The fixed
star Aldebaran contains hydrogen, So
dunn, magnesium, calcium, iron, telluri-
UNI, antimony, bismuth, and mercury.
In the bright star Sirius, sodium, mag
neslum and hydrogen have been with
certainty detected.
AS an illustration of the extreme deli
cacy OF the spectroscope, it may be
stated that it will detect the presence of
one-slx-m illionth of grain of lithium,
or OF one-hundred and eighty millionth
OF gram OF sodium in a fame. No
process OF the chemists laboratory can
make any approach to this for delicacy.
-Four new elementary substances, caesi-
um, rubidium, thallium and indiu1n,
which had previously eluded the search
ing gaze Of the chemists, have been dis
covered through the agency of this
wonderful instrument.
The exact nature of those mysterious
wanderers, the comets, and of the ne
brla will probably soon be as familiar
to us as are the numbers of our own
solar system and by means of the light
which the spectroscope is likely to shed
upon the subject, we may soon know
the origin of that system. It is now
rendered quite certain that the
sun is vast incandescent body, either
solid or liquid, surrounded by white
hot vapors and gases. By the recent
revelations of the spectroscope, the So
called ''nebular hypothesis of La
Place, " accounting for the existing Or
der of things in our solaE system, has
received striking confirmation. It has
taught us the real nature of the sum
spots, of the solar prominences, Of the
corona seen in total eclipse, and of
the zodaical and auroral lights. In short,
when the sight Of that far-reaching tele-
scope grows dim, and at last entirely
fails, the spectroscope takes up it's dar-
ing flight to those
mysterious worlds, untraveled by the sun,
Where times far wandering tide has never
rum"
and it brings back to Els, with unerring
certainty, secrets, which, until recently
have been known only to the Omnipo-
tent One, who holds the whole universe
in the hollow of his hand, and in whose
sight the sons Of men are but SIS notes
floating in the recesses of the beautiful
sunbeam.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30
WEAVING Lambs.

A serious mistake, too often made by
those who undertake the care of sheep,
is that the lambs are allowed to run
with the ewes until they naturally wean
themselves. By this means, the ewes
are weak at tipping time, go into the
Winter weak. and, consequently, are
not in condition to dojustice to the next
generation Of lambs.
With those who are raising lambs for
fatening and selling at three and four
months old, the ewes, of course, have
time, to recuperate, and, consequently,
this will only apply to those who are
raising their lambs with view to MAX
ing them producers of wool, or as sires
and dams Of the flock.
No lamb should be allowed to run
with the eve more than four months,
unless some special reason, as for ex-
hibition at Fairs, or for other show pur-
poses; for, if this be done, it is always
at the expense of the dam.
Early lambs should be weaned in
August, and those that come late should
in no case run longer than September.
But, when weaned, if the greatest
profits are to accrue, they should not
be allowed to fall away and pine for
the dam, but should be given such care
and feed as will carry them over wean-
ing time and bring them forward with
out much, or at any rate with small,
loss of flesh. To do this, if it be in
tended to give the best possible care, it
is necessary thai they be taught to eat
grain while runningwith the dam but,
if they be intended only for thier feeces,
at the age we have mentioned they will
be pretty we'll able to take care of
themselves if supplied with good pas
ture.
When lambs are weaned, they should
be taken from the ewes and placed in
pasture where the feed is flush, out
of the hearing of the dams, where, in a
few days, they will entirely forget the
ewes. But if they have been taught to
eat grain with the ewes before this
time, i must in no case be taken from
them, but they should be melted to
eat literally, by every means possible,
of grain or its equivalent; for it is
during the fall and the first Winter
after weaving that the young Of any
domestic animal suffer the most.
AS cold weather approaches, the
IamDS ShOulu De JauSlILO eau pumpkins,
rutabagas, manigolds or other roots that
may have been raised. They should
not be allowed to shrink, for, if they are,
the expense of bringing them back into
condition will be in exact proportion to
the flesh lost; and this rule will apply
to all other domestic animals, as well
as lambs.
The profit of sheep husbandry is in
exact proportion to the care given.
There is no stock that pays better than
sheep, if the soil and conditions are
suitable; and no stock pays less if neg
lected. The rule that sheep pay twice,
once in the wool and once in the NUT
ton, although true, IS only SO when
good care is given. If this be not the
case, they are apt to cost twice, once in
the investment, and again in the loss
from want Of care and feeding.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30
Bay WindOK Mania.

The rage nowadays up town is bay
windows. No man of property can con-
slider himself in style unless bay win
dow has beenadded to his house. These
windows are not built on lower floor
either, as one would naturally suppose,
but under the roof or on top of it, &C
cording to the bank account of the
owner. A bay window on the roof is
the ne plus ultra of fashion, and makes
a house look as if it had been in fight
and got head put on it. The bay
window under the roof looks somewhat
better, and when it is studded with flow
ers and a handsome young lady with
heavenly azure colored eyes standing
within it looking down street watching
for her beau, the picture is very pleas
ing one, -Eccha3age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30

They made heavy growth, stood up
we'll, filed fairly and ripened without
rusting. The soil was part stiff clay,
part dry, coarse gravel, and part sand.
In an adjoining field crop on sandy
soil, treated in the same manner, with
the exception of plaster, rusted very
badly. Of course this may be due to
the difference in soil, exposure, or other
causes, rather than to the plaster; but
the experience of the farmer is that
there is safety from rust where plaster
is used, and that there is no such safety
where it is not used.-Ed. Cor. Rural
NeaU YOrke,.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30
Bald Mountain Lava.

We were shown recently by Mr.. John
Stephens piece of lava from Bald
Mountain, N. G. The sample is of a
greenish gray color, and is very hard.
1t was thrown out by the eruption
some weeks since, and is undoubtedly a
genuine piece of lava. This is the
mountain which has caused such SEN
satlon lately among the inhabitants of
that region but it is not generally
known that an eruption took place. It
may be possible that this is but small
eruption OF volcano which will in f1-
ture generations, possibly in our own,
become a second Vesuvius. LIE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30
Plaster on Spring Grain.

An old and experienced farmer said
to me the other day, 81 see that the
Rural New Yorker recommends sowing
plaster on small grain, though some Of
its correspondents assert that it is USE
less. Let me tell you that [ have used
plaster for thirty years on corn, pota-
toes, grass, all kinds of small grain,
both winter and fall sowed. My soil is
a stiff loan, clay, sand and some gravel
nearly every variety of soil to be
found. I know hatexcept in very wet,
undrained soil plaster is benefit to
anv of these crops. ! think, by the
way. that have made discovery
that a good top-dressing OF plaster on
oats prevents rust.
This farmer had several acres OF oats
upon green sward this season; he top
dressed them literally with plaster.
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A Declaration Under Difficulties

What he said: "Sophia, believe
me when l say (confound the mosqui-
toes), that you (they're biting right
through my handkerchief (my future
will be bright (and [ shall be all oyer
Jumps in the morning." What she
said angelo, [ can only say (graci
GUS, how I'm suffering } that 1 have
always thought well of you, and that
I'm bitten nearly to DEATH if you are
willing to take me with all my faults
(there must be million of 'em), the
words you have uttered They're going
right through my shoes make me yours
until death"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30

A LARGE vein of corandum has been
foundnear Unionville, in Chester county,
Ia. This mineral serves the purpose of
emery. 1t has hitherto been found in
limited quantities, but now the supply
OF it is said to be immense.
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Served Him Right.

Two letters were recently put IN as
evidence in breach of promise case in
London, which bear strong resem-
blance to the "chops and tomato
sauce of Mr.. Pickwick. The defend
ant was lodger in the house of his
affianced's parents; and being absent on
one occasion he wrote her, and tenderly
advised her 'to take some beer every
day." also, that she left his tooth
brush, which she could use until his
return" Such proofs of affection in
duced the jury to sreturn verdict for
the lady of 81 ,250 damages.
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F1OuSenOiO
PORK FRyEr CAKE Three-fourths of
pound OF pork, chopped line, pound
OF rals1ns, pound of currants, l pound
sugar, I pound citron, l gill molasses,
4 cups flour, l teaspoon soda, eggs, l
teacup water.
WHITE CAKE.-One and q half cups
sugar, mixed with tablespoons of but
ter; break the whites of eggs add
to the butter and sugar, and beat them
together; Il teaspoons baking powder
with cups flour, l cup milk add them
to the sugar and eggs alternately, then
beat as long as possible; add fiavoring
last.
WASHINGTON CAKE.-One half cup
OF butter, 2 cups sugar, eggs, 1
cup sweet milk, 2 teaspoons baking
powder, 81 cups -four. This cake is
baked in three OF four jelly tins, with
the following dressing put etween when
cold l lennon, CRATE the rmd, put it
with the juice; add 1 egg and / cup
sugar, l tablespoon cold water, stir
until it boils.
TO PRESERVE GREEN TOMATOES.
lake green tomatoes of any size pull
off the stems; boil them in plenty of
water till tender, but 40 not let them
break. Strain the water from them.
Make syrup, allowing one pound of
sugar TO q pint of fruit boiled; add
bruised ginger, lemon-peel pared very
thin), and lemon juice according to
taste. Boil the tomatoes till they are
clear. Just before taking off the fire
add a small quantity of brandy, about
two tablespoonful to six pounds of
fruit.
SPICED TOMATOES. four pounds
OF large red tomatoes take two pounds
Of gold brown sugar, pint of cider
vinegar, half an ounce of cloves, and
half an ounce of stick cinnamon. Stew
all together in a preserving kettle, ovel
a slow fire, until the tomatoes are nearly
cooked. Take them out and put them
on dishes to cool, letting the syrup go
on simmering slowly. When the toma-
toes are cold return them to the syrup
and finish cooking. Let them become
cold before putting them in jars. The
syrup must be boiled down until as
thick as molasses, and poured cold over
the tomatoes. Tie them down with
D1auueI OF WaAeu paper.
Picked PEACHES. Pick out the
largestand fairest of clingstone peaches :;
rub all the down off with a coarse
towel; fill your steamer and place over
a kettle Of boiling water, for about
fifteen minutes some peaches require
more time, some less. Steam them
until they can be easily punctured
with fork, not till they begin to crack
open take them off, and as you place
them i'll an earthen jar, stick three or
four cloves in each one. When the jar
is full, pour over them boiling vinegar
spiced with pounded cinnamon tied in
a muslin bag they need light weight
to prevent them from rising to the
surface; in a week they are ready for
use. These are to eat with meat for
breakfast and dinner. To have them
a little nice, add one pint of sugar to
every quart Of vinegar while boiling, and
more spice if desired, and pour over the
same as before.
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50 Ramona
BY BRET HARTE.

BY BRET HAkTE.
Ell REFUGIo NINE, NORTHERN MEXICO, 1874.
Drunk and senseless in his place,
Prone and sprawling on his face.
hIore like d brute than any man alive or dead
By his great pump, ou5 of gear
Lay the peon engineer,
Waking only just to hear,
Overhead,
Angry tones that called his name.
Oaths and cries of bitter blame
Woke to hear all this. and waking turned and
fed!
To the man who'll bring to me-
Cried Intendant Harry Lee
Harry Lee, the English foreman Of the mine,-
Bring the sot alive OF dead.
I will give to him, F" he said,
: Fifteen hundred pesos down.
just to set the rascal's crown rr..
6 nderneath this heel of mine;
Since but death
Deserves the man whose deed.
Be it vice or want of heed,
Stops the pumps that give us breath
Stops the pumps that suck the death
From the poisoned lower levels Of the minen
NO one answered, Tor a cry
From the shaft rose up on high;
And shuff1ing, sorambline, tumbling from be-
low,
Came the miners each, the bolder
Mounting on the weaker's shoulder,
Graphing, clinging to their hold or
Letting go,
As the weaker gasped and fell
From the ladder to the we'll
TO the poisoned pit of hell
Down below
ITO the man who sets them free"
Cried the foreman, Harry Lee,-
Harry Lee, the English foreman of the mine,-
Brings hem out and sets them free,
will give that man" says he,
s'Twica that sum. who with a rope
Face to face with death shall cope.
Let him come who dares to hope."
Hold your peace." some one replied,
Standing by the foremans side;
:! There has one already gone. whoe er he be-"
Then they held their breath with awe,
Pulling on the rope, and saw
Painting figures reappear,
On the black rope swinging clear.
Fastened by some skllful haAd from below;
Till a score the level gained,
And but one alone remained
He the hero and the last.
He whose skilful hands made fast
Tie long line that brought them back to hope
and cheer.
Haggard, gasping, down dropped he
At the feet of Harry Lee
Harry Lee. the English foreman of the mine;
Z have come" he gasped, g to claim
Both rewards. Senior. my name
Is Ramon
I'm the drunken engineer
I'm the coward. Senior Here
He fell over by that sign
Dead as stone
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-30

WHEN man walks up to the aged
Robert Toombs and says "HeHo Bob,
howdy?" Mr.. Toombs puts on look
which would saw a grindstone In two.
and pretends not to have seen kins
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not allowed to drink cold water until
after having eaten little manager food.
Where brewers horses have warm
water they can drink at will. Changes
from old customs are not easy, for
plowmen or horse-keepers are difficult
to be converted where more care and
more work are required. A plowman
finds it much easier to turn his horse
into field of nice clover, and so spoil
much of it, instead Of having to cut it,
bring it home, and pass it through the
chatf-cutter, and then mix it with other
food. Youths growing up with the
modern practice would naturally adopt
1t without objection, but it is difficult
to convert old hands, and one must in
such cases be firmly resolute.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Rabies in Ants.

Corrosive subimate, it is said, has
the most remarkable effect upon ants.
The powder, strewed in dry weather
across their path, seems to drive every
ant which touches it crazy. The insect
runs wildly about and fercely attacks
it's fellows. The news soon travels to
the rest, and the lighting members Of
the community, huge fellows, some
three quarters of an inch in length,
make their appearance with determ-
ined air, as if the obstacle were to be
speedily overcome by their efforts.
AS soon, however, as they have
touched the sublimate, says the mar
rator in the ''Naturalist in Nicaragua, :"
all the stateliness leaves them they
rush about their legs are seized hold
of by some smaller ants already affected
by the poison, and they themself begin
to bite, and III a short time become the
centres of balls Of rabid ants. As these
insects are one Of the scourges of trop
ical, America, destroying vegetation
in immense quantities, it is probable
that this extraordinary remedy may
be Of considerable service to agricul-
turists