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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-18
Household Hints.


WHEN sewing machine is gummed
up so it runs stiff and hard, little kero-
sene oil will clean it out in few mo-
ments.
WHISKY PICKLES. good whisky
and add two thirds water, then wash the
pickles, and put them into your barrel
or whatever you use for the purpose;
then pour the preparation over them,
adding little salt, as person usually
does in making fresh pickles; put a
weight on them, and in the winter they
will be ready for use. If managed
rightly they are splendid.
CURRANT JELLY.-To be perfectly
successful, currant jelly should be made
within the first week of the ripening of
the fruit. The fruit should be plucked
from the stems, and, after looking over
to see that it is clean from leaves and
stems, it should be packed in an earth
en- jar, covered tightly, and either set in
the oven, or it should stand IN boiler
of hot water for at least half an hour;
you can Judge by The state of the fruit
whether it Is fit to mash and strain.
When it is somewhat shriveled, and the
berries fall easily from the stem it is
ready for this operation. When this
occurs, mash and strain; put the juice
over the fire in new tin vessel, and let
it come to boil. Skim it well, then
measure the liquid, and add pound of
white sugar to pint of juice; heat it
together for ten minutes, and pour into
glasses. It will be clear, light, and
hard, if theae directions are implicitly
followed.
CUCUMBER CArsUP.-Take of full.
grown cucumbers, say one peck; remove
the rind, and cut them down length
wise, then into thin dice-shaped
pieces: strew half pint of salt on
them; let them stand five or six hours;
then put them on a sieve to drain until
quite dry. Peel and slice twelve large
r-skinned onions, put them with
the cucumbers into stone pot, and
cover them with strong vinegar. Add
for seasoning a tablespoonful of black
pepper beaten up fine, teaspoonful of
Cayenne, gill of sweet oil, gill of
Madeira wine, and few blades of
mace. Instead of putting away in one
large stone jar, it answers admirably to
fill with this catsup wide mouthed glass
bottles; and if you have IL few pods of
miniature variety of red pepper, often
procurable, to use instead OF the pull
verified Cayenne, it gives the sauce
quite an ornamental appearance. It is
not generally known that the largest
cucumbers, ripened almost enough for
seed, serve admirably for making this
sort of catsup. If the bottles are care
fully sealed up there is no danger what
ever of spelling.
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Cremation among the Digger Indian

~" eAAAoAP INV DiSSeA AHu.A o.
7.cfemationn sii is prsacctfced, according to
Dr.. Hoffman, byi Digger Indians (Pah-
Utes) living around Marysville,,s Cal.
When an Indian rbeooaues dangerously
ilaall thefremainingl ones move a short
distance away, leaving. the tsuferer.ito
himself. The wife. or one of his .rela-
,tiyes supplies him daily with, food and
water, In case death ensues the male.
friends of the deceased prepares every
thing for the ceremonies Some wrap
the corpse In a Blanket and tie 1t with
grass ropes to keepit stiff and straight;
Others gather pine wood, which they
arrange ll'an for a pile, four feet broad and
eight feet long, high enough toitcen-
tain rather more than a cord, upon
which the corpse is placed, with al his
favorite yaluables, such as bow and
arrows blanket, .gung etG1 q All therxIn7
dams then form q Yeirele. around the
pile, fire isappied and several men are
stationed near with long poles to stir up
the Goals and burning gdbers and has
ten the work. Whef't tlseV body has
been reduced to theoshallest- possible
! bulk (ashes or crisp the widow ap-
proaches and scraping up some Of the
resinousg exudation. Of the pine smears
her face and hair with it, signifying
that she VII not entertain any proposals
to marry So, long as any trace Of resin
adheres to her person. The remains
are then collected and transferred to a
piece. Of b1ckskin or blanket, in which
they are buried near a camp. The
Modocs Tpracticed this as late as 1868,
when it was discontinued.
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should Horses Wear Binders.

This is still mooted question among
horsemen. The following from a for
eign paper makes some good points on
the negative side: eve never could
see what vice or deformity lay in a
horses eye, That should make it neces-
sary to cover it up and shut out it's
owner from at least two thirds of his
rightful field of vision. The poets say
that old age looks backward; but we
never heard such an idiosyncrasy
charged upon the horses The theory
that horse is less apt to be frightened
when shut out from everything behind
him We suspect to be fallacy, else sad
die horses and war horses would be
duly blinded. Every horse is as famil-
lar with his own carriage as with his
own tail, and, as far as his personal for
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Practical Suggestions.

Practical Suggestions.
A CORRESPONDENT writes us that to
drive any kind of horned stock take
small rope, tie it around the hind leg,
between gambrel joint and foot, and
you can hold them with ease.
The best way to mark fruit trees is
to procure strips of sheet zinc, eight
inches long and half an inch wide, and
write the name with pencil. Bend
the strip around limb once or twice.
Labels of this sort will be legible for
ten years. $3.50
'sFor want of water [ am forced o
drink water; If I had water, I would
drink wine" This speech is a riddle,
and here is the solution: It was the
complaint of an Itelian vineyard man,
after long drouth and an extremely
hot summer that had parched up all his
grapes - ze5 aK 30. -
THERE are many more tons of hay
lost annuelly than farmers are aware
of, from raking it the wrong way.
When cut with machine, the grass
falls back, and if you rake In the same
direction that you cut, you will get all
the grass as it layssback witha the tops
! . over the butts shingle fashion. But If
you rake in the opposite direction, It
shingles the wrong way, and instead of
the grass back gathering that in front,
it slides over it and loses it constantly
But few farmers ever think of SO small
a matter, but the millions of spears of
grass lost by raking. the wrong way
make hundreds of tons.
/ To make n cheap refrigerator, procure
S two dry goods boxes Cor make them),
one about eight inches smaller than the
other Procure some thoroughly dry
and clean sawdust, sift it and pack the
space between the boxes Herewith as
solid as possible, making cover land
packing it also) to shut tightly; put "a
: small pipe from the bottom. ofwthe ins
e1er boz to the outs id Of the outer one,
to draw off the wa er as the ice meNs.
to place racks made of lath. The Ice
Is placed at the bottom, and whatever
you wish to keep cool, such as butter,
J fresh meat, cream, etc, placed upon
tbs racks. Such box is also excellent
to keep articles of food in when there is
no ice In it,
"A vRfHR in the Globe,Democrat
gives the following directions for cur
ing sumach leaves. The leaves and
blossoms, after being gathered, must
be dried under cover, the time required
beng two Or three days. There must
not be too much exposure to sun, heat,
or excessive dalnpness. Thresh when
dry, and remove all stems. After being
!, prepared, put in burlap, or unny sacks,
5 which must not be compressed aasz
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Remarkable.

The Buffalo Commercial says: "There
is large ash tree on the river shore
near the Canadian terminus of the In
ternational Bridge, which was to all ap-
pearance dead, having presented no
sign of life all through the spring and
early summer. A few days ago, how
ever, leaf buds commenced to appear on
the branches, and the tree is now
"clothed in living green"
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Arizona Plains,
RY InAnu1N MILLER

By JOAQUIN MILLER
Thou white and driedap sea so old
So strewn with wealth, SO sown with gold
Yes, thou art old and hoary white
With time, and ruin of all things:
And on thy lonesome borders night
Sits brooding DER with dropping wings.
Tie wind that tossed thy waves end blew
Across thy breast the blowing sail.
And cheered the hearts of cheering crew
From farther seas no more prevails,
Thy wEite-walled cities all lie prone
With pyramid, stone,
Set head and foot in sands to tell
The tired stranger where they fell.
The patient OK that Bonded low
His neck and drew slow up and down
Thy thousand freights through rock-built
Is now the free-born buffalo
No longer of the timid fold
The mountain sheep leaps free and bold
His high-built summit. an d looks down
From battlements of buried town.
Thine ancient steeds know not the rein,
They lord the land, they come, they go
At will they laugh at man, they blow
A cloud of black steeds ON the plain
Thy moments lie buried now
The ashes whiten on thy brow,
The winds and waves have drawn away.
The very wild man breads to stay.
Oh thou art very'old. lay,
Made dunn with awe and wonderment,
Beneath palm within my tent.
With idle and discouraged hands,
Of awful silent Africa.
Long gazing on her mighty shades,
did recall semblsnce there
Of thee. [ unused where story fades
From her dark brow, and found her fair.
And yet my dried-up desert sea
Was populous with blowing sail.
And set with city, white walled town,
All manned with armies bright with mail
Ere yet that awful Sphinx sat down
To gaze into eternity,
Or Egypt knew her natal hour,
Or Africa had name Or power.
Independent.
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Twenty days before ripe, -four, TAT;
bran, etc., 25.3; ten Gays before ripe,
flour, ISL; bran, ETC., 700; when fully
ripe, flour, 1872; bran, etc.. 27.S.
Here the difference is In favor of
both the early cuttings, beng as much
as 9 per cent. between that cut at full
maturity and that cut 10 days before
This, in crop of 20 bushels per acre,
would be a saving of | 4-5 bushels.
Still another benefit growing out of
early harvesting is found in the differ
ent portions of gluten and water con-
tanned in the -four. The more gluten
and the less water it contains, other
things being equal, the more valuable
it is. In the above experiment, the
different cuttings contained these con-
stituents in the following proportions:
That which was cut
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A WOMAN walked into house at Rut-
land the other day. where two red flags
were displayed, and, sitting down,
asked when it would commence.
"What commence % "The auction, of
course" When told that the flags
meant smallpox, and not auction, she
turned all the colors of the rainbow, and
disappeared as though the Deputy
Sheriff was after her.
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Here, as In the above instances, the
advantages are in favor of that cut
before ripening: even that cut twenty
days before mature ripeness, containing
less water than that cut when quite
ripe. This experiment, which has been
confirmed BY numerous similar ones,
proves the beneficial effect of harvest
ing our grain from one to two weeks
before it reaches complete ripeness.
This is deserving the attention of all
our farmers.
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ClCO 1t q OuIOIIS5 AuAANA, Out COAA1uOn u0u
are towards, and dread an empty laugh.
Topper. '.3a.
IT is more than possible that those
who have neither character nor honor
may be wounded in very tender part,
the interest -Junius ts
WISE men are instructed by reason,
less intelligent men by experience, the
most Ignorant by necessity, and animals
by instinct. Cicero. sn
For man learns more readily and re-
members more willingly what excites his
respect. -Horace.l iiaw
INQUIsTTIvE people are the tunnels of
conversation; they do not take in any
thing for their own use, but merely to
pass it to another.-Steele.
To be innocent is not to be guilty;
but to be virtaous is to overcome our
evil inclinations.- Penn:
SPEECH is as a pump, by which we
raise and pour out the water from the
great lake of thought, whittier it flows
back again.-Sterling.
THE exercise of criticism always de
stroys for time our sensibility to
beauty, by leading us to regard lhe
work In relation to certain laws of con-
struction. The eye turns from the
charms of nature to fix itself upon the
servile dexteTity of art.-Allison.
The world Of reality has it's limits;
the world Of imagination is boundless;
not being able to enlarge the one, let
us contract the other, for it is from their
difference alone that ali the evils arise
that render us really unhappy. -Rous-
seau. ~
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FACTS WORTHY OF NOTE,
/. - ~ ,srtAaa IL L.
SlleriH.'s Sale.

By virtue Of a general execution TO me dir-
erled, issued from the Office OF the
Clerk of the Circuit Court. in and for the
county of Cedar and State OF Iewa In favor OF
Jnhn Gutberson. and aga INST Harriet A. HUI
b r. Administrators, have levied upon the
following property as the property of the
said Harriet A. Huber. Administrative, to-
wit:
Tne southwest quarter of section n um-
ber nine ~, in township number eighty sol
range number three t3l, west of the 5th p.
IA, containing one hundred and sixty &C res
situated in Cedar county. Iowa.
And shall offer the same for sale at the
Court House door, In the town of Upton in
said county, on Saturday, the 18th ay OF
June. a. d. 1919, one O'Clock n. m. OF said day
TO satisfy said execution and costs that
may accrue thereon.
Dated this 18th day of May, A. u. ls75,
JOHN ID. SHEARER,
2lw3 Sheriff Of Cedar county, Iowa.
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SHERIFF SALE.

by virtue Of special Execution to me d.
rected, issued from the office OF the Clerk OF
the district Court, In and for the county of
cedar and State Of Iowa,in favor OF Fred
Hecht and against Adele Bowker ct al.
nave levied upon the following property
az me property of the said Adele Bowk er
ct al. to-wit. =
commencing one hundred and forty i've
&lio) feet west of the sout b least corner or LOT
nninb Der two ~, In block number one ca, in
Maria Huffs addition to the town OF Ciar-
ence, Cedar county. Iowa; thence west one
hundred and eighty usol feet. thence north
one hundred and fifty (5O) feet, thence ga m
one hundred and eighty 0s01 fact thence
south niaa one hundred and my d5O feet 70 the
ptacs oi peglnninE except sixty.six (6G) feet
on OF east side OF the above described real
estate ae situated stu Z, In Cedar county. Iowa.
Court House door, In the town OF Tiutnr N
s saad county on M Saturday the 18th day Of
OF said day, to satisfy said Executian ara
coats that may accrue thereon
Dated this I'D day Of May, A !, d. rs7s
JOHN D. HHEARER.
0wS Sheriff OF Cedar county, Iowa,
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SHERIFF SALE.

by virtue Of special Execution 10 me
directed, issued from the Office OF the Clerk
OF the District Court, in and for the county
o! cedar and state Of Iowa, In favor of III .
A. McKelvey, and against Thomas ana
Josephine acCabe, have levied upon the
Ioiiowlng property as the property OF the
said Thomas and Josephine McCabe, to wit.
number ten l0i, In township number eighty
one 81 range number two F2l west of the
9TH T.. NJ. except forty acres off of the south
SIDE o. said tract. containing one hundred
and twenty acres situated in Cedar conntv
Iowa
And shall offer the same for sale AT the
Court House door In the town OF Upton. In
SAID County. on Saturday the 26th day of
June, A. d, 1875, at ten o'clock, A NJ. of
sara day, 70 satisfy said Execution and costs
that may accrue thereon
dated this xSth day of May A. d. 1874
JOHN ID. SHEARER
Sheriff OF Cedar County. Iowa.
Per A. B. Maynard. Deputy 23ws
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Sheriff. Sale.

ected, issued from the Office OF the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court, in and for The co. OF Ceda
and state OF Iowa, In favor Of N. n. Friend.
and against Harriet A. Huber, Administra :
trix, have levied upon the following prop
erfy as the property OF the said Harriet A,
II uber, Admfnfstrarix, to-wit:
The southwest quarter r a of section num-
Der nine =. In township mum Der eighty lsGl,
range number three E3l west Of the 5th D. IN. :.
containing one hundred and sixty acres,
situated in Cedar county, iowa.
Ana strait offer the same for sale at the
Court House door, in the town OF Upton, in
SAID county, on Saturday the 2Gth day Of
June, q d. 1873, al one O'Clock p. m of said
day. TO satisfy said execution and costs III at
may accrue thereon.
Dated this 18th dav of May. a. d. Is75
JOHN ID. sHEARER
-w3 sheriff OF Cedar county, Iowa
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Original Notice,


florence G. Deming
Plaintiff
49, against District Court of
The unknown heirs Cedar county .Iowa
at law of Jos. Shanks Nov fern. ls5s
deceased, defendants
To the Defendants. Yun are hereby notified.
That there IL on fife in the o lee OF the CI,-ri,
OF the District Court, In and for the county
ofCedar. in the state Of Iowa a petition III
florence e. Deming Plaintiff, claiming of
you, that he Is the owner OF east half east
haif southwest quarter northwest Quarter
sec ~, township ~, range west, that los
Snanks sold said land To Caleb RUSSELL in
1884; said Russell. then entered into posses
sion thereof, and remained In possession
until his sale 10 plaintiff, and plaintiff has
Eeen In possession thereof That in the
Geed executed by Jos. 5hanks to said Caleb
RUSSELL. the lana was erf0neousIy descrth
ca ~ tie southwest part OF th., west ha In ~
the north west quarter OF said sec. townsbin
ana range, and by reason thereof. there ~ :.
cloud on plaintiffs title, which he ASKS in
his petition 10 have removed.
now unless you appear 10 said petftIon
ana defend thereto at or before noon on the
second day Of the next term of said con, ~
~, On the I'D day Of Nov. ,ls75 default W in
be entered against you, and Judgment rem.
dered thereon In accordance with the prav.
PfATT 4 CA AR, Att'ys for p,.,r
The foregoing notice Ia wing beer, a., mil.
ted TO me, together with the petition the
same IL hereby approved, and IL is ordered
that the same be Published for six sncces-
sive weeks In the Upton Advertiser.
JAS. q. NOTEBOOK, Judge Dist. Court.
Dated At Upton. May eth, 1915. aows
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pounds. Mr.. Burns has been offered
$40 for this steer. He was exhibit
ed in Winterset last summer, and in
three days his owner took $2G0 at
the door of the tent in which he was
shown. Where can he be beaten?
The above is an undoubted fact
which is well attested."
The Newton, Iowa, Headlight says:
"A man attempted TO steal wheat
from Lon Livingstone, near Newton,
one night recently, having horses and
wagon. He was discovered, followed
by Livingstone aud two others, on
horseback, over,aken after running
several miles-passing through New
ton in the race, and when about 10 be
discovered the thief abandoned
wagon, horses aud wheat, which the
pursuers captured. The thief lost
about $500 in that trip.
Large crowds went to California to
get rich. When there, high salaries
and fancy lucrative positions were
scarce. In their necessity appeal was
made to an old miner who is now
wealthy. He gave them honest and
wholesome advice. what will you
do? Why do as did when ! arr
rived here without dollar-puil off
your coats and go TO work; throw
gravel in the sluce boxes; hire on a
farm, or ditch, or herd sheep. Do
something, do anything. and some
thing better will come, You would
do better carrying picard for 4
corn doctor at six bits dae than
what you are doing pow'
A the Short Horn sale Of Gen.
Sol. Meredith & Son, of Cambridge
City, Indiana, Iowa men bought sew
eral prizes, G. S. Barclay, Of West
Liberty, and Us. Long, of Monroe,
principally.
At Sol. Meredith's sale, Geo. Fox,
Of England, was contestant with our
ipNd tHCH WI GtfldIH CHtict cdtllt.
Iowa got more than England, though
Fox bought two head-one for 81
500 and the other for 5000.
With some people kerosene is
king -cure-all. 1t is now recommen-
ded to sprinkle around and on garden
plants and vegetables to keep away
all devouring insects. 1t is said a
pint is enough for three hundred
plants.
1t is estimated that at least four
hundred Short Horns have been pur-
chased and brought TO Iowa since the
sales of Jacobs and Briggs, the aver
age price Of which is about 800, or
a total of 100000.
A writer in Lolman's Rural World
says that man near Warrensburg,
Mo-, took up piece Of dirt, about
one cubic inch, and counted in it six
hundred minute grasshoppers. This
is an indication Of their numbers in
that region.
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Every one is aware" says the Allan.
tic Monthly, chow retentive the memo.
~ is, of all which is thoroughly com.
mitted in early youth. The attempt,
then, prematurely to force upon the
mind OF child knowledge Of sciences,
which require maturity Of mental power
70 appreciate, is worse than folly. Far
better to store the memory with the
thoughts Of our old and best authors, in
both prose and poetry, thus securing q
rich mind for future use.n
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Here are some of the devious WAYS
and wanderings of a love letter: A
Boston lady, while in Paris, two
years ago, sent letter to her sweet
heart, ship captain, addressing it
st. Helena. 1t missed the wanderer
and followed him about the world,
hnally returning to Paris, where the
captains banker forwarded it to Bos-
ton. 1t reached him one evening as
ne was bouncing six-years-old baby
on his knee, he having married the
writer of the letter year ago. The
letter could not have followed him
more persistently if it had been a
dun.
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The magnificent Masonic Temple
in New York city was dedicated on
the I'd inst, with imposing ceremo-
mics. This new million dollar temple
is forty-four by ninety-two feet in
dimensions, constructed of granite
and costly marbles, in highly ornate
style, the splendid main entrance be-
ing fianked by two pillars Of pure
French bronze, made after the models
Of the pillars joachim and Baaz, which
Hiram, King Of Tyre, constructed for
Solomon's temple. The Bible which
was borne in the procession is a relic
Of great interest, having been printed
in 1861, and having belonged to the
st. Johns Lod &c over one hundred
years. 1t is the same on which
George Washington was sworn in as
the first President Of the United
States. In this connection it NAV be
stated that there are in the United
States 1861 blue lodges, JIG.474
master Masons, 43G encampments.
and 40,4l0 knights.
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Sileriffs Sale.

By virtue Of general execution tn me
directed. issued from the Office Of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court, in and for the county
of Cedar and State of Iowa, in favor al
Elizabeth Friend and against Harriet A
Huber, Administrators, have levied upon
the following property as the property oil
the said Harriet A. Huber, Administrative
to-wit:
The southwest quarter Il of section nu n
Der nine III. In township number eighty SOL
range mum Der three 81, west Of the 9Th p M,
containing one hundred and sixty acres
situated in Cedar county Iowa.
And shall offer the same for sale at the
Court House door, in the town Of Upton in
said county, on Saturday the 18th day OF
June a. d. is15, at one o'clock p. M of said
day, To satisfy said execution and costs that
may accrue thereon.
Dated this 2oth day of May, a. d. 1870
JOHN ID. SHEARER
g}w3 Sheriff OF Cedar county Iowa