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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19
Ellsworth Items.

JUNE 13.-J. ID. Trumbull, of
Maiden Rock, was in town last Monday.
The Town Board of Ellsworth
have determined to plot the town GEN.
etery.
Hank Bevans has been setting out
some evergreens in the Court House
grounds.
Norris Kline has commenced work
on his new house. Mr.. Kline has a
very pleasant location, and a new house
with front yard decorated with shrub
berry and flowers, as it will be, will add
to the attraction of our village.
The Supervisors have decided to
lay out road from the school house
near George Terpening's east on the
section line to the quarter post between
sections five and eight. Several fami-
lies have located on sections five and
eight and they need roads to get out.
On the above occasion we noticed
that Supervisor Fenton Looked as
though he was pleased with the action
of the town Board; but on enquirlng
into the cause of his happy expression
of countenance he informed us that he
had wood chopper at his house and
that it weighed seven pounds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Business Cards, four lines or less, SIS.
A square will be counted the space Of one
inch.
Local notices / 5 cents per line for first
insertion and 10 cents for each subsequent
il sertion.
All job work must be paid for on de-
Nv ry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19

The Common School, published
Davenport, Iowa, in speaking of {
importance of teachers reading, moi
the following as a necessary course
professional reading, l. Periodicals;
Reports and Proceedings of Educatlo
al Assemblies; 3. School books; and
Miscellaneous books. Constant study
what all teachers need and what T.
many neglect. Large salaries, viii,
would give the struggling ones mo
leisure, would. in a measure. do awi
with this neglect
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19
III! RIVER FALLS JOURNAL.

a WEEKLY AND SEMl-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER.
FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY
TERMS, st.25,
SECOND EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
TERMS, 81.
TWO EDITIONS ONE YEAR TO ONE
ADDRESS, So. CASH IN ADVANCE.
Weetiy Edition, published eUery Friday, 81.
A. MORSE s. son, Propretors.
SOB PRINTING
or every description executed on short
notice, neat and at reasonable prices
OFFICE on Main Street.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19
MASON WORK.
G.. q. Knowles

g.. g.. Knowles
Does all kinds Of Mason Work, in
Guiding Stone. Brick, Piastcring,
Putting IN Cisterns, etc.
WILL FURNISH MATERIALS
If DESIRED.
Work done with promptness, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Riyer Falls, Wis. Ab'5m
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w. II. IInXs

viii attend to Digging and Blasting Wells.
special attention paid TO quick-sand wells
Satisfaction guaranteed when good ma
terials are furnished Terms reasonable.
lT-45-5m
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19
MEAT MARKET

BY George Pratt.
Shop opposite Saunders & Green's Store,
on Main Street, River Falls, Wis.
CASH PAID FOR HIDES.
Also, Common Lime, White Lime,
Plastering Hair, and Cement kept
constantly on hand, and for sale at
reasonable prices.
v17n30
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c. HENRY.
TO BUILDERS.

We are agents for II. W. Johns
Asbestos Roofing for st. Croix and
Pierce Counties and keep a good
stock on hand. People that are
building and want a good and cheap
Root, will use the Asbestos Roofing.
Inquire about it.
1870 BURHYTE Bros.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-19

Iron and Wood Turning done to
order.
River Falls, Wis. lf-61
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PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.

MRS. W. o. PINGREY
ON MAIN STREET RIVER FALLS,
Takes pictures Of all kinds in the best
style of the art at low rates. Those wish
ing COED pictures can get them at Mrs.
Pingrey's Gallery. Give her a call. 1870
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HARNESSES

OF all descriptions furnished on short mo-
tice. 1910
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
How to Eat Green Corn.

A Connecticut farmer thus speaks on
the manners of eating green corn
With green corn comes the annual
discussion as to the way of eating it
politely. [ don't remember that the
late Professor Blot had anything to say
about it, and suspect purely Ameri-
can dish--so independent for flavor of
the cooks art-might be given the go
by by such an expert, except he were
one of those superhuman cooks who
haYe the grace to leave well enough
alone. If the wild Indian were but
extinct, and become classic-if we were
not being scalped by him all the time
we might assume his way, or assume
he had way-in lack of foreign pre-
cedent. AS it is, there is no standard
for table behavior in green corn time,
and distressing lack of uniformity.
There are as many methods as people
around the board. OF those who cut
the corn from the cob, some cut from
and others toward themselves holding
the. ear at all possible angles, and either
end uppermost. OF those who go for
the kernels tooth and nail, some eat
one, two, three, or four rows horizon
tally; others eat round and round,
directly or spirally, perhaps following
Ill unseemly haste the drip of the
butter. Unless the hot ear can be kept
constantly turning-like spitted fowl
being basted would it not be as well
to eat the necessary butter upon cold
bread? for it is next to an impossi5ility
to make the under lip or chin do eff
Gent and comfy dripping pan serv-
ice. Yet we must acknowledge, how
ever, that people lick their chops and
enjoy their corn in their own way
perhaps quite as much as if there were
less liberty and more established
method {"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
A Night Surprise.
The Pail Mall Gazette saws :

The Pail Mall Gazette says: "The
ancient fortress of Luciensteig, the
only one maintained by the Swiss Fed
Grafton, which has sustained some hard
knocks in it's time from French and
Austrians, was carried the other night
by sudden surprise. This may seem
strange to report in time of profound
peace, but the treacherous foe on this
occasion, as we learn by letter of
Swiss officer then in the place, was a
branch of the Mayenfeld stream, which
had been partly choked before the
recent foundations occurred. ION the
night III question it became suddenly
and violently swollen, and diverting it's
course from the proper bed, made
straight for the fort, the barracks inside
OF which were full of militia. An alarm
was given, but the officers, who were
quartered on the ground floor, turned
out only just in time to escape by wad-
Ing breast-high through the flood to
the rampant. AS the water kept gain
ing on the drains which should have
drawn it off, it was necessary to take
instant measures in order to save the
property within. Fortunately part of
the temporary garrison (Which, in fact,
was formed by summer military
school, such as the Swiss militia use for
their training) was a company of en-
gineers, and their tools were accessible.
They were set at once to cut an opening
through the rampant, but did not
succeed in clearing it till the flood had
risen nearly to the height of the
masonary, which was soon turned into
regular breach at the point selected
as the water poured off through the
new channel. This done, the threat
ened barracks were relieved for the
time with no more loss than that of
some live stock and furniture. The
water had, however, done it's work of
mischief for the time so thoroughly
that the colonel in command moved the
school of instruction away to Wallen-
stadt until the necessary repairs should
be effected and the channel of the in
vading torrent so effectively cleared as
to prevent any repetition Of it's erratic
performance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
The Poets in a Puzzle.

Cottle, in his {" Life of Coleridge,"
relates the following amusing Incl
dent:
ct led the horse to the stable, when
a fresh perplexity arose. [ removed
the harness without difficulty butafter
many strenuous attempts, I could not
remove the collar. In despair, I called
for assistance, when aid soon drewnear.
Mr.. Wordsworth brought his ingenuity
into exercise but after several unsuc
cessful efforts, he relinquished the
achievement as thing altogether i'm
practicable. Mr.. Coleridge now tried
his hand, but showed no more grooming
skill than his predecessors for after
twisting the poor horses neck almost to
strangulation, and the great danger Of
his eyes, he gave up the useless task,
pronouncing that the horses head must
have grown (gout or dropsy p since the
collar was put on for he said 6 it was
downright i'm possibility for such ahuge
os frontis to pass through so narrow
collar 7 just at this instant servant
girl came near, and, understanding the
cause of our CONSERVATION, La, mas
ter said she, you don't go about the
work in the right way. You should do
like this;' when turning the collar com
pletely upside down, she slipped it off
in moment, to our great humiliation
and wonderment, each satisfied afresh
that there we're heights of knowledge
In the world to which we had not yet
attained
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Household Hints.

To clean brown porcelain kettle,
boil peeled potatoes it it. The porce-
lain will be rendered nearly as white as
when new.
A STRONG solution of carbolic acid
and water poured into holes kills all
the ants it touches, and the survivors
Immediately take themselves off.
SMALL quantities of ice may be pre-
served in summer by making bag
large enough to hold the ice. Then
make another much larger bag. and fill
the space between with sawdust.
To remove paint stains from glass
windows. 1t frequently happens that
painters splash the plate or other glass
windows when they are painting the
sills. When this is the case. melt
some soda in very hot water. and wash
them with it, using soft flannel 1t
will entirely remove the paint.
To clean paper hangings, first blow
the dust off with the bellows. Divide
a white loaf of bread of eight davs'
ok into eight parts. Take the crust
into your hand, and beginning at the
top OF your paper, wipe it down in the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Education in Russia.

The correspondent of the Eastern
Budget at st. Petersburg, writing on
the I'd INST, says: "The reports Of
the educational results of the past year
in Russia, which have Just been issued,
| occupy much attention here. It is evil
dent from these reports that Russia is
at least half a century behind the other
European nations in this respect, and
the government is being urged OH all
! sides to increase the number Of schools
and make them more efficient. The
middle schools, or gymnasia, occupy a
much more important position in Rus
STA than in other countries, as the uni
versitles are comparatively but little
used by the more intelligent classes of
the country. In the generality of cases
a boys education is completed in a
gymnasium, and no further instruction
is considered necessary to prepare him
for the civil service or any other ordi-
nary career !; it is very seldom that
young men, even Of the wealthier
classes, go to the universities to acquire
proficiency in the higher branches of
science. Now the educational reports
show that in many of the gymnasia the
system of instruction is very defective,
barely a fifth or sixth of the pupils
having obtained certificates from the
government examiners, while in other
gymnasia eighteen out of every twenty
pupils have obtained certificates. This
is probably owing in part to the rigid
uniformity which, in this as in other
departments, is extended to all the vari-
GUS races and nationalities which
make up the Russian Empire. The
question of forming high-school for
women is also much discussed. The
government has decided that this insti-
tuition shall not be university for
grown women, but sort of finishing
school for girls. It will be divided
into five sections, including one for
natural philosophy and another for his
tory and philology. Logica and psycholo-
gy are to be compulsory subjects in all
thesections, and the chief aim of the
schools to train up girls for govern
esses." fk ~.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Mulching Transplantesi Trees and Shrubs.
We moved last spring large sized
Seckel pear tree, ten feet high, and had
some trouble IN carrying it safely
through the long protracted drought.
Blossoms appeared in profusion, which
Of course dropped off, and it was de-
eidedly sick patient for many weeks
no leaf appearing and the signs Of life
very small indeed. There was no abso-
lutte willing Of the bark, but it became
black in many Of the branches.
1t is now out In full leaf and vigor,
which we attribute, first, to vigorous
pruning back; and secondly, to mulch
ing the surface with stones, grass, ETC.. ),
and washing freely with soap. This
mulching, while admitting air to the
roots also prevented baking GU the sur
face; and third, washing the trunk and
branches with strong soap suds, helped
materially to restore the languid circu-
lation. Mulching around newly trans
planted trees and shrubs, for which
stones will do as well as anything,
would save many tree and plant. If
not absolutely required by prevailing
drought, as IN the case Of our Seckel
pear tree, tt tends to preserve an
equable temperature of soil and to pro-
tect somewhat against the results of
sudden changes Of weather.-Jounal
Of the Farm. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
California RaiSins.

The Alta Californian says Enough
white Muscat grapes will be converted
into --raisins this year to see what
California can do in that line. We
expect them to Command a price fully
equal to the best imported. Our vine
yardists have shown much enterprise
by importing all the most noted varie-
ties Of European grapes; but they have
until lately overlooked the Peruvian
Huasco, cuttings of which have been
ordered by several gentlemen. We
have tasted some Huasco raisins dried
in the shade. They have a strong,
peculiar and pleasant favor and aroma,
are large in size, have small seeds, and
deserve to rank among the best. They
will in few years be numerous in Cali
fornia.. Since the drawbacks to the
profit of wine-making, from the high
costly, casks and the internal revenue
oppression on distillation, have been
felt, the attention of grape growers
has been turned to raisins, and several
of the largest vineyards in the Sierra
Nevada have been or are to be grated
with the white Muscat, which is much
preferred for raisins to any other grape
in the State. The Huasco will be it's
rival. a#
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Aesthetic Ducks.

A writer in Land and Water gives
some curious instances of the sensibili-
ty of ducks to colors and musical
sounds. He once had in his garden a
border of China asters of the most
brilliant colors. The ducks would
congregate around these and lie there
for hours. They never pecked at them
as if they found snails or slugs among
them. They appeared simply gazing at
them, as If attracted by the gay colors
Another time he had large clump of
very brilliant violet flowers, which, by
their brightness, shone out from the
rest of the border. The clump was
like magnet to the ducks; some of
them was always around it. One eve
ming the writer had party of friends.
1t was summer time, and the doors of
the sitting room were opened to the
lawn. One of the company commenced
playing upon the piano. No sooner
was there a pause in the music than
two ducks, which had by some means
got into the room, rose from under a
chair and waddled: all over the apart
ment, quacking loudly. On the music
commencing again, the ducks crouched
down, perfectly silent while it contin-
ued. The experiment was made several
times, with the same result. That it
was not surprise Or fear which induced
this behavior was afterward proved,
for on subsequent occasions these
same ducks would, upon hearing the
piano, leave the field and come into the
! room to listen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
How Mike Saved His Friends

| The Lawrence American SAYS that
some men who attend horse races and
buy pools are sensible enough to keen
quiet when they have "got EN- wrong''
as horsemen term it. Others, and thew
are in the majority, howl swear, and
curse the judges OF drivers, and while
1t is somewhat amusing to watch these
"squealers, as they are vulgarly but
appropriately termed, it also sets ones
wits at work to invent some method by
which all pool-buyers could be satisfied.
But occasionally you will find horse
man With tender conscience and rare
sollcltude for his friends, and such a
man Is the affable Mike Carroll, who
owns many horses and drives them at
races. On Wednesday large number
OF persons bought pools on Mikes bay
geld1ng, Essex, and that horse taking
the first heat these men bought more
pools on Essex against the field. But
Mike lost the net two heats, which
were won by Emperor, and the pool
buyers looked sad, and as Mike return
ed from the stable they gathered around
him and complained that their money
was on his horse, and that he was
" throwing" the race. Here was
rare exhibition of Mixes solicitude flor
his friends, and his generous heart
prompted him to say : "Gentlemen,
I'm afraid my horse is off, and I don't
think can win with him this race [
am sorry, but [ tell you that I am not
pulling the horse, and [ don't want an
other driver put in I'D rather lose a
good deal of money, and I'll tell you
what III do: You're all my friends, and
L don't want you to lose any money on
me, and I'll take all your pools off your
hands rather than have any hard feel
ings." This was fair, and the crowd
began to pass in their cards, which
Mike willingly accepted, with smiles
OF rare benevolence. This matter hay
lug been adjusted, Mr.. Carroll mounted
his sulky, and without effort won the
next two heats and the race, pocketing
the purse, the large odds which his
friends " would have won, and a
handsome gift from man who had
heavy pool at stake, beside his own
pools. Mike played his little game
shrewdly, and the greenhorns, though
losing nothing, failed to make a dollar.
A few were shrewd enough to hold on to
their own chances when they saw the
owner and driver willing to be so gener-
GUS to his friends.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
A Wonderful Baby.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, August Is.
The greatest wonder in Kentucky just
now, arrived in this city from Glasgow,
KY, and will be on exhibition here in
few days. It came in the shape of a
3-year-old boy baby, which weighs 1876
pounds, measures 81 inches around the
chest, 40 inches around the waist, about
Sc inches around the hips, 26 inches
around the thighs, and is 40 inches in
heigth. Mr.. S. FL. Chambers, man of
medium size and abont As years of age,
isthe father. The mother is rather small.
The child when born was of ordinary
size, and was six months old before he
began to develope into such enormous
proportions. He is a pretty boy, of a
lively disposition and very intelligent.
With due respect to the boy and his
parents, as the reporter reviewed him
both lying on the bed and standing
upon the floor, he appeared more like
baby elephant than baby boy. He
is very stout, has good appetite, talks
plainly and sleeps soundly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
Trap for Cut Worms.

The American Agriculturist gives
the following: An old shovel handle
is split for abouta foot with fine saw
The split portion is soaked in boiling
water to soften it, and the ends are in
serted into holes made in a hoop or
ring of wood, two inches wide, one
inch thick and eight inches in diameter.
In the bottom of the ring there are in
serted a number of pieces Of an old
broom-handle. projecting two inches and
not more than a quarter of an inch
apart. When this is pressed into the
earth, around hill Of corn Or cabbage
plant, it leaves a circle of smooth
round holes, two inches deep, with
compact sides and bottoms. The cut
worms fall into these holes in their
nightly rambles, and may be found and
destroyed in the morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-09
A Frenchman on Grant.

A late number of the Revue des
Deatc Mondes contains an article on
Charles Sumner, from the pen of Mr..
Auguste Laugel. The article contains
the following account of visit by the
writer to Gen. Grants headquarters:
Gen. Grant is cold and silent man;
he had given me tent at his head
quarters, but during my short stay I
saw him only at the dinner, which was
as short as frugal. Hardly word was
uttered before him: I remember that
one day an officer Of his staff spoke of
an attack prepared at the mouth of a
river and said the bar atlow tide was six
teen feetdeep. Grant lifted up his head:
eighteen feet" said he, and nothing
more was said. When I was ready to
leave, I gave notice the day before, as
was the rule that day, after dinner, the
General, who usually went back to his
tent, did me the honor to ask me to take
a short walk with him. Tt was near
evening IN January. "You brought
me q letter from Sumner" said he to
me 81 take no part in politics, yet
some Of the papers say that [ belong to
the democratic party. You can say to
Sumner that I am, above all, the SER
want of the Union and of the Govern
ment; as to his friends, and especially
himself, 1 esteem them sincerely. He
does his work we'll in the Senate I do
mine as well as [ can, here, and very
soon, I hope, we shall enter Rich
mond." The democratic party was then
building great hopes upon Grant, and
were thinking of opposing him some
day to Lincoln. These few words, ut
tered by him with the greatest simplic-
ity, touched me more than they sur
prised me. I was COMPOUNDED to re-
ceive such a mark of confidence from
man SO chary of his words. At first
cold, with a sort of timidity contracted
in the solitudes of the West austere
in his life, his dress, the interchangeable,
the impossible Grant had been Impress
ed, in my mind, with all the signs Of
commands living, tenacious and
memorable will one of those men with
neither weakness nor bias, who are
made to end a civil war, too deeply i'm
bued with the principles of their race to
think of ending it in any other way
than for the benefit of the law.