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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Give the Poultry Plenty of Exercise.

Give the Poultry Plenty OF Exercise.
Until the garden is planted, fowls
should have full liberty to range there
in. In the spring, especially, they are
interchangeable hunters of insects, and
their natural instinct should not be
curbed in this direction, whenever they
will not do positive injury TO the plants,
and this is only for about three months
after the garden is planted. For this
reason, the garden ought always to be
fenced, so that fowls may have the
range of the farm.
In suburban. and other small places,
they must, we suppose, perforce, be
kept up when there is danger of their
depredating upon neighboring places
but, even IN such cases they may be let
out an hour or two before shutdown, the
time then being so short before roost-
ing time that they will neither wander
far orscratch to any considerable extent
Advantage should be taken of the
first warm weather to thoroughly clean
the poultry house, and the wash for
such portions as are whitewashed
should have portion of carbolic acid
mixed in it, since it not only kills YER
min, but also tends to prevent their
gathering.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29

White Sehonen.-One bushel of seed
weighed 264 lbs. Harvested August
a. Weight of straw and grain, 1872
lbs. Weight of grain, 54S9 lbs. Weight
of one bushel, 26 lbs. Yield per acre.
341 bushels. Percentage OF grain to
weight of straw and grain, 22.2 lbs
One pound of seed yields 1876 lbs.
lfired.-This seed is the product of
the mixture in 1871, of equal parts of
Black Norway, White Norway, Sur
prise and common oats. One bushel Of
seed weighed 2S lbs. Harvested Aug.
ID. Weight of straw and grain, 1888
lbs. Weight of grain, 1895 lbs.
Weight of one bushel % lbs. Yield per
acre, 1912 bushels.
Probsteir.-A plat containing 1O5
square rods was sown May 26. Weight
of one bushel of seed, 3Olbs. Harvested
August II. Weight of straw and grain,
1878 lbs Weight of grain 514 lbs
Weight Of one bushel, 291 lbs. Yield
per acre, 24.3 bushels. Percentage of
grain to weight of straw and grain,
1927 lbs. One pound of seed yields
8S lbs.
Surprise. at the same time,
upon a plat of the same size as that
sown to Probsteir Harvested August
IS. Weight Of straw and grain, 2O7S
lbs. Weight of grain, 1919 lbs.
Weight of one bushel, 80 lbs. Yield
per acre, Is bushels. Percentage of
grain to weight of straw and grain,
1871 lbs. One pound Of seed yields
$50 lbs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
EIectineering at POmDeii.

At Pompeii I noticed over the shop
doors signs in large ornamental letters,
painted on the walls, naming the bus
mess carried on. Stone hitching-posts
for horses were in front Of many of
them. On some of the most frequent
streets, the hard travistine rock pave
ments were deeply worn into ruts by
the cart-wheel, and the sidewalks also
were much worn by the tread of human
feet. The stairways of public buildings
exhibited the same effect of friction.
Electioneering advertisements were fire.
quently met with on the walls of houses,
painted in red letters, calling on the
citizens to vote for this or that person
for some office, generally alderman,
justices, sheriff, or treasurer, perhaps
because they paid best. although no
salaries were attached to the first
named. One inscription runs THE
Scribe Issus requests you to support
M. G. Vatia as Eddie. He is worthy
and we'll qualified" Another trans
lated, reads Phillipus beseeches of
you to create M. Halconius Decemvir
of Justice, Police magistrate, such
as "Chief Justice. Banyon" used to be-
Many Of the recommendations proceed
from trade-guilds, or unions, which
seem to have been numerous in Pom
pei. Some of the inscriptions on the
walls were lampoons of rival candidates,
with caricatures of their faces OF any
personal peculiarly. In the vestibule
of the High School the following in
scription is scratched on the smooth
stucco of the yellow wall: "Otiosis hic
locus non est !; discede naov0tor''-
"This is no place for oilers: let them
BECOME % or something to that effect.
Another inscription is still sharper: it
reads: "Aut disco, aut discede, aut
Daea,aet $40 tsrtia cCedi ;" which, freely
translated, signifies as follows :" Study,
or leave, or take confounded good
licking Both inscriptions are evident
ly the work of schoolboys. Love SEN
timents and ditties are scratched on the
walls. One of them reads, in transla-
ton, "Methe, the slave of Corninia,
loves Chrestus with allher heart. May
the Pompeiian Venus (the tutleary god
dess of the city, be propitious to both,
and may they be happy together!'' It
was probably lampoon. MediU,
IN the Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
How 10 Protect Fruit From Birds.

A correspondent of the London Field
says that his method has proven entire
~ efficacious. 'FAnd what, you will say,
is my talisman? Simply ball Of gray,
white, or brown linen thread. [ take a
of it to one Of the twigs of the gooseber-
ry or currant bush, and then cross the
thread backwards from twig to twig in
perhaps a dozen different directions,
fasten off, and the thing is done; and it
will last two years-the thread on the
trees, I mean It is not necessary the
thread should be white, of course; it
ought rather to be fine and dark-a
thing to be felt not seen. [ have watch
ed the birds after performing the oper-
alton they come bold y to settle on the
trees, and they strike these, to them,
invisible snares, for such no doubt they
seem to be; they fly off in a terrible
hurry, and settle on the walls and trees
around about, longing and getting hum
CRY until they disappear and you see
them no more.
AS regards peas and other seeds,
which I always SOW in drills, I simply
stretch thread, sometimes two, along
each drill, at about two inches from the
ground, supporting it at that height by
little forked sticks. If you put it much
higher than this the birds do not seem
to care for tit does not touch them !;
this is the grand secret, something they
do not well see, nor know what it means.
I have seen people put thick white
string with feathers tiedto and perhaps
two feet from the ground The birds
soon understand these, and care little
for them in short know to my cost it
sometimes acts as a lure, as notice to
the birds that there is something to be
had worth looking after. [ will answer
for it, any one adopting the plan I
recommend will never have cause to
complain of the birds, however numer-
Gus they may be.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
Self.

You all know how near and dear q
thing ones self is. The moment we
step away from Jour own consciousness
We lose our mental grasp upon the phe-
nomenon OF right or wrong. We can
look upon suffering man sick or wounded
with comparative peace, because our
knowledge will not travel away from
our own consciousness. We may say,
sFPoor man, poor child, we pity thee"
but we are so cut off from his pain that
an infinite gulf lies between our feelings
and the sufferers agony. But let that
pain, that sickness, that dying come to
self, and how quickly the heart meas
ures all the depths of the new sorrow
Oh, what teacher is ones breasts It
is now reported that one of the victims
Of the Cuban massacre offered $1,OO0,-
900 ii the savages would spare him his
life. The death of others, the common
calamities Of life had not filed with
tremor that heart naturally brave the
grief of death at large had been, as it
were, spoken in a foreign language not
to be understood by him, but now the
grim monster was coming up against
self, it was his heart that was to be
pierced with balls, not yours, nor mine,
but his own, bound to earth, to Friends,
to country, to home and it's loved ones
his was to pour out it's blood and sink
into the awful mystery of the grave.
This was the vivid measurement of
things that made the hero try to buy
sunshine and home and sweet life with
gold. When it comes to any adequate
measurement of life's ills or joys, the
only line which man can lay down upon
the unknown is the consciousness with
in, the verdict of the inner self.-P1'O-
lessor SaUing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
Have You Ever Seen Jones {?

1t was only two days ago Jones was
injudiciously full. Being painfully
aware of his inebriety, he endeavored
to conceal it from the public by button
ing his coat up very closely, imparting
an abnormal stiffness to his knees, and
tripping over his own heels. He stalked
UP to a street car, walked briskly in just
as the horse started forward-and in.
stantly tumbled out backward without
unbending a muscle. Straightway he
recovered the upright, splashed with
mud, and re-entered, seating himself
beside an acquaintance, making no sign
of his mishap. Presently he turned tc
this individual and queried:
"Klishn %
emo"
He considered moment, and then
asked
{: Ofetrack 2"
emo"
More refection-sleepily, then:
{" Runoverprespice ?"
emo"
"Splozhn %
Ono" ..... "a.
Somnolent cogitation.
"Any accident ?"
"Not at ALL"
He took this piece of information into
his intellectual nav, and, digesting it.
concluded that he must be very drums
indeed. Anxious to cover up the dis
graceful fact, and turn the matter of
respectfully, he shortly turned again
with the bland observation:
Well, if I'd anone that, [ woodens
got OUT
He blinked off into an unconscious
state in little while, then evoke up
with his eyes very wide open, to show
that he'd only been thinking. He rode
on about a mile beyond his street, anl
was finally taken home in a hack.
Did you ever see Jones I?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
A Warning to Artists.

There was one incident in the life of
Kaulbach, which the various biogra-
phies published in the papers do not
allude to, though it conveys moral
which perhaps should not be lost to our
artists. Soon after he became known,
Kaulbach made for nobleman, a friend
Of his, sketch of a grossly indecent
character. It showed all the marks of
his genius, but was not fit picture for
an artist to make, or for any person to
have in his possession. In the course
of time the nobleman who owned the
sketch died, and his collection of books
and pictures. was sold at,public auction.
Among the latter was this sketch of
Kaulbach's, which shared the fate of
the rest, and for which probably there
was lively competition. AS photo
graphy had by that time attained a
considerable degree of perfection, the
sketch was sliced upon, and thousands
Of copies made before Kaulbach was
aware of the mischief that was being
done. He would have given all the
ready money he had in the world to
suppress the unlucky picture, but it
was too late. The copies flew far and
wide, and found their way into all the
low bar-rooms in the world. Kaulbach
is probably better known to the great
masses of the common people by this
picture than by all the rest of his
really great works put together. The
lesson this remarkable incident conveys
is that people should not NEEDLE with
filth, and that the vices of men are
more apt to rise against them than all
the good they have ever performed in
their lives.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
Changing Seed.

The American observation-disclosures
a correspondent by saying: With all
other grains than corn change of seed
now and then is considered advisable
Potatoes are especially improved by a
change procured from different local
ity and soil. But corn has not gener-
ally been found to deteriorate by long
planting on the other hand there are
many farmers who are now planting
feed produced from the corn their
fathers planted a generation ago. RIM
ming out of the corn is more likely to
be the result of impoverish ed soil, and
the best method of improvem ent would
probably be crop of clover upon the
land, to be plowed under, or some
other substantial fertili zer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-29
Child Selling in EeXaS.

A Mexican woman in this town has
been going around for some time try
ing to sell her own child, boy of a
month old, for ten dollars. Not long
since she traded the child off for a silk
rebosza, and dress. She afterwards,
by legal means, ATTAINED possession of
her infant, and subsequently sold it to
another Mexican woman for ten dollars
pura plata. Both the mother and the
present owner of the child are prosti-
tutes. San antonio Herald.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

The PALACE OF MoNTEzUMA The
auceut palace of Monlezuma, in the
hear, Of the city of Mexico, where that
unfortunate monarch was seized and made
captive by the treachery OF the Spaniards
under CerIez. is described as place OF
great magnifcence. Ii was full of scup.
tured arches pillars, aud beautiful loun-
tains. On the conslmmation the Span
lsh conquest il was converted into the
Roman Catholic convent, OF San Francis.
co and became one of the most wealthy
religious institutions of the kind in the
New World.
Church and State have, until the past
few years been always united in Mexico;
hut u few years ago, under President
Juarez. the Congress dccreed scpara-
tion and ordered the sale of all church
property.
The American Methodisrs bought the
palace last yea 10; mission purposes, lol
the sum Of SO 500, and OH last Christ
mas day, having cleaued up and repaired
the building, il was publicly dedicated to
Protestant worship. The walls are FIVE
feet thick. and is built in the most strong
and enduring manner. Much of the Or
iginal sculturiDg still remains, aud il could
not now be recut, it is said, for less thaa
100000. The Methodisrs have room
upon the premises for printing Offices,
schools. parsonages, etc, and expect, one
these days, to make it the center of a
very extensive scene of educational op-
erations. a
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

men in regard 10 the " current" and al
though NY faith was not altogether loss
in regard to Wise's theory, | did not feel
willing, without further investigation, TO,
aid in jeopardizing the life of SO worthy
man. |, however, have by no means yet
b zen convinced that Prof. Wise may not.
accomplish all that he desires to attempt.
nor am sure that l will not have "a fn.
ger 10 that pie." -l ral 4I 81 5I. .la'
l had not long been at work before the.
London Era published the following itcm;:
BARSuM's NEXT SENSATION.
The greatest Snowman of theday is once more
in London, completing preparations for the OPP
ening of the immense hppodrome which he is
erecting in New York. Soine idea of the means
which are being to create sensation may DO
derived from the following facts: Mr.. Bsrnum
has not only sent agents to Spain and Africa to
secure attractions, but has himself visited the
hippodrome in Paris, the Circus REM attVien-
M, Myers circus at Dresden, Salamonski and
Cares circus at Cologne. the Geological Gar
dans at Hamburgh, Amsterdam and other Con-
tinental cities, selecting and purchasing the
choicest animals procurable, and engaging the
most talented artists. He has secured what
may fairly be called an endless variety of ut
fractions, ranging from a,racchorse to q. RemaR
chariot. With the Messrs. Sanger alone he has
done business to the tune" Of ELL 900. lie
has already shipped to!Ncw York elephants,
camels and horses, trained for every species Of
Circus. performance. On the 25th snatber
"batch" will be dispatched, including sixteen
ostriches. ten Glands, ten zebras, team of rein
deer, with Lapland drivers, a troup of performs
ing ponies, monkeys, dogs, goats, etc. The ar-
NOR and costume makers Of London are to be
set to work Immediately, the pantomines are off
their minds and hands, and some portion Of tho
paraphernalia which is to contribute to the gf-
gantic whole will be shipped weekly The hip
podrome will be open in April next, and in the
preliminary parade, we have no doubt, the cit-
zens will find reason to say that their greatest
and most popular Snowman has far outstripped
all his former efforts. We may add that tho
New York enterprise will in no way interfere
with the famous tent show everywhere known
as " Barnum's great museum, menagarie, cir
Gus and travelling worlds fair"
@Thus, with considerable over half
million dollars outlay. and under daily
expense which ! hardly care to compute,
l hope early in April, 1874, to launch
the Leviathan ship upon the tide OF pub
lie favor, aud once more proclaim and
prove my unwavering!faith in the public
appreciation Of an earnest desire to PLEASE,
well knowing, as l do, that
Who lives to please,
Must please to live.
London, Feb. %, 1874. p.T.B.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
Conductor Barnard of the Rensscale

Conductor Barnard Of the Rensselaer,
and Saratoga railroad was attacked, upon
the arrival of his train at the llydeville
depot. Tuesday noon by five men, one OF
two of whom he had put off his train the
day before, for refusing to pay their fare,
and there was lively melee for few
minutes. A crowd Of 90 soon gathered
but Barnard freed himself, ran into the
depot and locked the door. The mob
waited three hours, and swore vengence
on Barnard, If they got hold of him. AT
the end of .hat time, the train went on to
Whitehall, N. Y, without the conductor
aud special train, with force of 5O
men, went back to release Barnard, in
spite of the mob. There was a deal ol
excitement over the affair at Rutland, and
a special train was made ready, with a
band of men, to capture the rioters but
it having been learned that the war was
over, nothing was done till "Wednesday
when warrants for the arrest Of Pat Nc
Graw, the ringleader, and others were
sent on.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
Lung and Throat Disease.

Special attention 10 these diseases for
the last thirty-fve years has led me to the
following conclusions
/. The cure for tubercular consump.
tion in the lungs is not TO be found in any
medicine, however skilfully administered,
2. That, as valuable as is change of
climate in the earlier stages Of consump-
ton, yet in advanced disease its utility is
not only doubtful, but not unfrcquently,
by reason of sudden exposures and dis.
comforts, productive of shortening of life.
8. That nothing tends to hasten rapid
decline more than over.hcated apartments.
and without proper ventilation, thus gu
perinduciug night sweats and fever. The
temperaturcishould be kept as low as pos
sible so as not to court chill.
4, That while no physician can cure
the consumptive, yet the patient can cure
himself if he is properly instructed, and
commences before the lungs are too much
wasted away; and that the inhalation of
common air through tube prepared for
this purpose is worth more than all other
m ans, if it be faithfully pursued daily
for few : months, medicines being only
useful 20 control the inaammatory symp-
toms as they arise, thus exercising, airing
and enlargiug the capacity of the lungs,
and moro perfectly vitalizing The blood,
quickenipg its circulation, and aiding d.
gestion; thus sitting in ones chair at
home, enjoying all the benefits Of vigorous
exercise and air In the lungs, where it is
50 much wanted, without the fatigue, an
noyance, .and expense Of going from the
comforts of home and friends.
5. To an objection that the nostrils
are the normal avenues of breathing. the
reply is that in tubercular rhthisis IN the
lungs the equilibrium Of inspiration and
expiration is disturbed, the tendency be-
ing to expel the air rather than to take it
in. Now the tube is useful in restoring
the depth Of inspirations, thus recovering
the breathing power.
6. The usual results of a few months
faithful use Of the tube are to strengthen
and increase the compass of the voice, to
enlarge the circumference Of the chest
from two to FIVE or six inches, and to in
crease the flesh from five to ten or twelve
pounds, SO that the clothing has to be en-.
larged.
Z. In the good time coming ] feel rs
sured that the foregoing thoughts will be
appreciated; and that when they are,
much Of the mist and fog in which the
treatment of pulmonary consumption is
now involved will be dispeled. God has
ten tho time! JonN M. HowE, M. d.
Passaic, N. J..
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
y o q { T. V.
THE SETTLER.

Had cooled davis isultt.v glow
And sb,dws low, tho monnt,;n- s;do 4
Game creon;pe, sof, and Slow
O,er nosturcs White with fccd;ng aocks
And sheaf-set VALLEYS brow.
For fields of vellov corn waved biob
Where forest trees once stood
And the woodman 3 az was never heard
I'm tho ,roon sol;,nda
And human footstep never woke
The echoes of the wood,
Rut ,vioIdoJ now bv sturdy b,nds
AIldav tbe b,;rIt nv rnpg.
Tn the n,;ls, of that vast Wilderness
h,nnv homo had snrnng
AMI rLilGyen,s = c,eefpI f,ngbter blont
with voices fresh and vouny
Bes;do his door ot sur1owp sot
In tbc stilI EVENING air
An nce,i man: mon his brow
We lines of Weary c,ro
And m,ny A.cting yo,r had th;nped
His locks Of silyeTy hair.
,Twos half conturv or moro
Since he had left bis native land: ....
Aud now on nloins of rineneJ wheat
As tbict MS oceau-s,nd
And orchards bent with fruit he looked.
All planted by his hand
The sunset faded and the stars
Cleaned in the tinted sky
Bv slow degrees; vet still he sat, ...
That old man sileptyl--
Sat listening 70 the tale his heart
rnlI of he davs como hv
Like bo,r-frost touched bv sunlight fled
M. -. :. l:,.
His mind stirred with the wakeninp
OF sweet home. memories,
Again n brioht-boired bow he stood
Beneath blue English skies.
HI
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

Sturtevant who thought she could not
miss going to such large wedding, but
who looked more dissatisfied than ever on
account of losing Mr.. Grier whom she
had set heart upon having. But we will
say that there was never more lovely
bride, than our old friend, Clara Martin.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

"A Cincinnati reporter tried to write
notice of the opera, the other night,
and after using all the musical terms that
he learned when he went to singing school.
he came down to everyday English and
said, "Once she struck feariully high
note"
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
One of the largest public tsmperanc

One of the largest public temperance
meetings ever held iu Burlington, assem-
blcd in the City Hall, last Wednesday cv-
euiug. in response to an appeal by the wo-
men. Mayor Dodge presided, and stir
ring speeches were made by Hon. Daniel
Roberts. Rev. G. B. Austin, Capt. j. T
Drew, Rev. l.. o. Brastow. Col. A. ..
Brown and Hon. q. H. Heath, of Mont
peier. aud others. A resolution was ad-
opted, to enforce the prohibitary law, and
the following committee was appointed 10
pursuance thereof: s. Huntington. Z. A.
Austin II. M. Van Sicklen, G. ID. Wright,
G. B. Stafford. The meeting was q great
success.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

Gordon L. Burnham. Of New York,
has afforded to present the Central Park
bronze statue of Daniel Webster, to cost
about $50, 900.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
Misc elan e0us.
|AMUEL STONE,

)AMUEL STONE,
BLACKSMITH, Hyde Park, Vt.
All work warranted. Especial attention paid to
Iorse shceing in difficult cases, such as the different
dlments hoo Is heir to. Give hlm call,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
salaa -
Dentists.
W. BUCK.
GILBERT
BERT ,,>,n,cr

~ SURGEON DENTIST,
Morrisville, Vermont.
Bhree as good work will be furnished al reason
IA prices, as can be obtained any where in the
Ia. Aud shall hereafter keep my olhce oban
ing the FIRST TEN DAYS OF EACH MONTH,
a shall be away from home more or less oil the
ha,ndcr of the time.
fhaye ALL tho Modern improvements, and war,
n entire satisfactionin all cases. or no pay Will
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15

EnAGOOD COWS AND A FEW PAIRS WORK
NO ING CATTLE for sale by me. Terms
II 4 cash down the balance In equal paymon onts on
FOR ready pays lien will be retained on all cattle
Bold on time whether the purchaser be rich or
poor:
4 X. s. PAGE.
n HydePark, Dee. I'd 1879, st