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extonetvo tnnncrv nu:i taw.m,ll. at Tort Losslcu,
Iovls County. waa hoasroyeti by fire tl,ia nloIn-
inR. Lu+A. s20otl1o l'y tho destruction, Of tim
ploytnon:.
fidnT-ltouaE nUrHEn.
DuSviLLE, April 30.---The lighthouse at Port
Mnfllnni wha hur1lod down 1aat night.
~ GtIICAuD.
Tin rsstcnca Of Claus rosors, story and a
ha!f hs,,lao, Bltaloi IN Doxtor atrsct ilDar 1.a-
hny, III lin oxtrcne nnuthN hNostern section Of tho
rity, wtc.n t!loro nrc no policemen, burned Rt
D o'ntock yesterday morning. Tho loss nmounsrd
to ass5, and tho Insurance II 900, in tho Globe.
Of t1ils city. A dofcctlvo chimney caused tho
fire.
Tile alarm from 1,ox at5, At 1880 o'c,ook yes-
torslay afternoon, WAS cansaf by fire At No. 639
West Madison strcnt, Il fra,ne bntldlnE, ovned
b. L. 1rltzucr, anu occupied by Mrs. ArnHtrong.
Lnsa, 13j1 cnvosod by insurance. Tho HdtnEn-
inS IE S ~ was ,n,.aS !" the e.: H.
OCCUPANT
, 1875-05-01
CAPT. Mtx,s EXPEDITION.

CAPT. Mtx's EXPEDITION.
S!rt'a! t"frf.i"n't%s n 7"s cateaa' Tribune.
OMAHA, April 29.---ffio trooIM Tint returned to
Fort Laramie On iho 18th i.lat,. With tho liar.
rcy,H rc,f, mncru vcro cnuor., tsontv.sovo,
,,,vo II, ill., nx;n.i;,,on ~ afr,,, tay. 49,.
""sE =" wv e@rn9'''o"' Hos o'b''t ""'a lucy
encountered binding snow-stofm', aud "cro t'n-
s Toy as M Sis e Gn oSnov ~ from or 1s,ao s toS t.
tho uipo1n' cau,p Ly cl.cr,.touH route, over a
o.oson "''u "nssl''o'c' .ounsts' pichh'B 'ue,t
way ae ooas 'aey confd. !ho's OUTWARD 'ra'l
miles. These dlttancas can bo shortened 10 or
~ rni,cr ,v,,or tfo rn,,,,,r. sh.,, Ia vo tocn,n
r,,.,hor ax,..", ~ ,,.,u, ..,,.. 49,. r,as.
1"ltnc, o"Flo'eu' o'e n.'uteu ia'ios nou eofs
4 s11K-wu1TE arnEAal,
whose Yntcrs wcre gritty and imprornnted will,
hor,tc NJ xo,,e. A litt,c f,r,her nv tl,ov avcnr-
ss.s 49,. Sta',a,s s,.'',,''.' o1' 'Ao' 1ossf-
e1ou 1ouf cAto"h.so hulPA"t-paus.
lilo Typographical maps OF this section giro
littln anu inaccurate Information Of tho colsIx-
urstfou f tin nro,n,1 anil lin locality of ANAL
t,,tca ort .,,.,ms ranun ~ h,o,, i'm. co,ro,
.s;., ~. e s,Hs,. 10 ~ ha
WIN rlo'tlH'pes. l'hea 'no ho1t''o!h pahE Of Ila
big Cheyenne liver. Plne-tliubor was found
In ine1La,,sttb]o quantities about 1Iarnoy's Peak
Tha country al,onn,}s In wood. uhtor. and
nno c,,ynv Tho ro-rot. ~ t1,o r,tno,s oon'
sste of r na inclo' so 50 fett saaare % aud 10 loot loot
ra,., fr y s w u, ,~,, pu 'osn aM anu a.
t",5 u,,u. "an "1av s,t man t, a!onH saa
Withn liz ,nenam1c rnEo u II, W. on," ootuts
eri ..,ttnrt Il s,".s ti'n rs,,ia. @ ~ ,u'i..
nt,,rs Mi, .ir tu"unoits lM"so
t,mbnrs rcav for nrc,t,op ,n " ht., he
t'na, 80 ,"aas 'oi eiee''et' 3no eet''ehlent "ad
W." ""A'e0 ,,,,.r, ,,rw
+. ,v,s r,,ooJ IL, ~" txaoa ~, 81. c.1
no spT %ag "a as, ,nl,ug aha & n,l1Lag, III nd
W. iSst.ensnS W n.ion ~ siitehn tton t4o 1i"s
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MILWAUKEE, April U0.--.rho S'n:i'ers Oshkosh
Hpocnl Hays thai aa yct nothing Ia dcflnlto1y
anows, Of tho losses Of tho insurance companoa.
Foremost au,ong tho ioao!s stand Tho 11one Of
New York, its loss probably reaching S10O. 900 :;
the Etna, of Hartford, $50, 600; North Amosica.
Of Philadelphia, s70.091; London. Liverpool l.
Globe, 100000 anu tho range h fsom there to
$4,000. lilo Mechanics, Of slil"ankco. aro
prnbably III for $l3,0Ja, and Tho 13scUors'
:'sOa0 TO at0,dGo. The loss IL now estimated
at 92.5n0,0f}o. with about sa5o,0u1 insurance.
The citY is f1l Of insurance adjnstors, and 1t IN
snperled that ono company has all claims adjust
cl and checks written for tho nr'oant Of lons.
4 MAn1snS toNrASY.
Srccinl D1.patch 10 The thtI:o TfhHnt.
MANSON, Win. April 50. .-lhc Madison Mu-
tuaf Insurance Company loses - ouo W tto
Ohhkoail tile, aud is taking 'aas'if0a 70 prompt.
" adjust aud pay liza losses, tta General Agent
Aud Secretary botl, having bcen there.
TIE CHICAGO hGEHclEB, ...
Tho following additional !nsll anee losses have
hcen gathered III tile civ olice6
Tno Niagara, Of NOW Yoss, LOST $25. 900. Thia
is tLo amount Of policies; probably 70 por cent
THO Liyornoo1 and London and Globe lost
aboat $4,000, know but lisslo certainly but
about thia loss.
rho Penn Tlra lost saoo09. On this salvage
of IRON 20 to rs per cent. Telegram received
TIL. morning.
Tho Mercantile, of Chicago, lost only st5o."
-TateHram this morning. ....
The ittIlvillo, N. j., 1t il esttuatcd lost 90 00o
This s - 900 less than telegraphed yoaterday.
Thc German American Loaf $1,000.
Ihs Commercial, Of St. Louis, lost 81, TOO.
The Homo, Of Now York, lost about $40, 600.
Regssters all burned up. Dncat i Lyon:
". II. Cunningham. "lseglssers all burned.
Lossca In Fire Association and American Fro
Insurance Company (Phiiadolphla) oompAra-
iiy0lv snlutl, ,"-1eie1rai1.
plion;E. Brooklyn-Noarost estimate. 925, 900.
reonlo's, Of Memphis-aomo loss not yet es-
ti:natcd.
Miluaukoo MeohAnias'-Loss, bus can't Gay
exactly not largo.
s. II. Mooro's agency loses $4,000.
| The EtnA, OF Hartford, 1oaos about $50, 900.
paoias N[usuaf. Of st. Paul. loses 87.600.
| s.. Paul Fro aud Marino losea $4,000.
The Hartford Companys agent In this city
states that that Company will find much difficult
ty In aettlng their losses, as their boots, papers,
| policies, and records Wcro buraod.
Rollo, Naughten Il Co. report loss in the
Western. Of Toronto. Of $1,000. aud two othor
companies, having aggregate policies Of $500,
upon which there will BE- d salvage.
Inc Globo, OF thia city. loacs not moro than
e3,ouo.
, 1875-05-01
AID AND COMFORT.
SfAF,fH0N

Hpec&at Dtspateh Ia 1nA Ch,eaoa TRIBUNE.
MADISON, Wis.,, April 30.-,laYor piunoy, Of
uad1son, yesterday sent dispatch to the Mayor
Of Oshkosh expressing syu,pathv in the calamity
that had botal'op that city, inquiEtng Is to its
necd md plodging holp. To-day ho received y
dispatch from Mayor sss!ngham saying the
gross loas is 1880, 900. With ovor ono hundrod
fa1,!los destitute, and lid would be thankfully
rceelyod. Mayor ptnney hns called public
meeting for tomorrow evening, TINT orr clttzena
may respond in dd Of tho destitute aud suffer-
ing.
LII unossr.
8pteiat Dapa&dh to 1hs chttaao 7rtbnns.
La CnoseE, Wis.,, April 80.-A telegram re-
ceivod here to-day from J. II. AcVicAer. of Cht.
osgo, Btates that tho hlrVickor Dramatic Con.
pany WIil play here on s1oudAy avonlug no1t, for
tho benefit OF tho Qa!IkoAl auf{erA1s. Other
movements are on foot hero looa.ng to tho same
object.
FOND Du LAC.
Hretfal DlsEateh to Fhe Chteaqp Tribune.
FoSD M Lac, WIS.,, Apti1 3J.-Th!s city llas a.
ready raised aud forwarded e1,5J0 In aid Of
Oshkosh, and committees arc hard ct work col.
Iactipg more. At special meeting Of tho
TempIe OF Honor, tampct ance order, Mo.srs.
Watrous, Roberts, md Wilkins wnlo appointed
to draft resolutions, which wero unanimously
adopted. A subscription papor was atartod with
vas to raislug anothas huudsel dollars among
tho Tamplals.
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Rr. LOUIS April ao.-The Giobe's Topeka,
kas., specn! enys Capt. Campholls COM
pany Of cavalry struck tho Indian
trait yesterday hctweon Forts Dodge and
Hayes, leading northwest, Couric1a
weic sent to detachmeuta OF troops On WAlnu:
and Pawuee Cseoka to prth out IN various dirac-
tinns and intcrcspt tho indians They arc sup.
posed 10 DO choSannea, and number perhaps 200
or 500;
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Sioux Cry, H.. April 3o.-The Sioux City
DIact Hills taety which the military removed
from tho ntockado at Harney'a Peak arrlycd
here today. Tho cItizsna turned ous en- .nasso
to weioon' tonl. A salute wns flied and pro-
oessiou IT,. nod, With band of music. Tho party
vero talGon in oarriagss to tho Hubbard House,
whoro magnificent diluor was served. Speeohen
wo1o made. Thoy bring iuo specimens of gold
aud Riiyer.
, 1875-05-01

THE DETROIT FIRE.

The following ID a.atomaut Of ths insurance
On thu property Of the Wobar Furniture Com.
, 1875-05-01

Tke building cost over a16o.0o0 aud tho ma
Culinary and manufactured material and material
In process OF manufacture arc estimated to hare
bsen worth $l00, 900 more.
, 1875-05-01

Thsy Afo building tin bas3oeA h Franco.
Dnn't b surnsisat. for th4 oSiRanaaors of tha
eahsoss are Alls psol2A
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11ost Of thii journey would lsy through we'll;
watorod cultivated region. With plenty OF wood
and gras., and most dalghtfa. camps. 1t will
no doubt ba
THE FAyoAfrE ROUTE.
and tho Omallas Aro rejoicing accordingly. ThsT
had 4 sealp-tlxurp tho other AlgGt, and many
speorhos. Merchants ot1er tho following tahlo
Of cost Of oustttIug and supplies;
Team Of two horsea. ...,...... +."... VEG to 310
Tam OF tro 1nnlts ...,.,.....,.r.... go 10 NO
aludlo AoTtea.u. sss....s&ss''.'''' ee - !uu
TWO horsa WaGous,s,..+ ssttss''*'.s e'N ~
Four-horhs wagons. 1a
Light Aali-spEing cofctea wa9onss t~o- 49,
Flour. pcr i'd to $50
V1eou icr tt,,.,,,,,.....,.. .....u... 13to ElH
Tho coffee, per b Eh.....s......'s.'...'.,' 3!to y
"a" sugar. pes b..'...'''''' .'.''.ss.. ato In
Tea, per 1.... s:ss+.+s.sss1sts.+s sutV Eu
baking powders, per ID. -. ........... koto 70
Ne4na, U4aadA While, peE tt.,.,.ss.....
6lsup, poF galoa... .+..s....+ss'sss san "
Corn. Inf ou+.,.sn%s*.sss*ss'"s*s.," auto ~
Oats, FeF bu. u......:...s...ss '.sssus I9!o e0
CoEI nlcaa, ref 100 pohs........s..... a.1t 70 1e9
H.. ~11 1ut,n a nj NJ
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J. g. Hatch. Jcwc}tr.
=. y. Hay X Hro.. 1,ardwath.
!. u. II. Etath, aalutH.
tt;i>ing~r X lsro.. hakerr.
1l l'lcrt Hell ri, nfws 1uaul.
y. !lsn1. Flaming .tall,.
J. Herman, Ealeou.
II. II. ftfne, realanr11t.
3(li,att ffofn,a's l!vcFJss&an1a
III. lfoAc, aetL nsr.
T.. Il. lIngltc~, '1ry enods.
ian,c. i s,tii'c, :" min aud lumber.
il. s. JAMS. Etlf0l taah.
u, 4, Inlinsnn, ltoth mid ahnrF.
JLt,tn bros, .tr3 Gotsta ailA groceries.
toncs l. Trcntz. alrtract ohtt.
t4abc t.oa,k. Law HEllrt.
James Il me- laeksniith.
Ira iin4ette<, dentist.
", K4tk, furniture.
Enhin,a,, i Ilre, printers and tsonkb!ndess.
II. II ", kIirlnletac,lt, dry Euorls.
Il. II, Jnlplrl!. tnnnlc.
John u. Last, hata ami rar'.
Ki iElra E.1wier. hooe alnl ahpea.
I. II. I.yn.le, fhytiet.n.
u. II. Atcrlo, 1aysfciaD.
". 4. ts.rlatt, physician.
J. Il. It'r.r. soap anu cafthle4.
Mic''nHrt 4 t:lrlarail, c1uthiuS.
NsHay Folds. stry Eop.ls.
Ma,nt i E"rs1. f:tn'ats.
c,r. sl4ll'tt. lvary.
M..te Il Bssslsr, ult,ors.
L. M:grt. Erurtr.
A. Meis Aunr, II'IunTs.
Alsti x SrholsEo. leather.
1.J. MH !, htrter.
Miss Khtie Grls, f.ncy goods.
g. ". Newman, aasoon.
Newman Ueus., cEars.
NEHtnn 4 Keen, EfotcFs.
Z. nyt1tou, s.sl''on.
l"r'ier II son, dc1isiats.
+. lerey, Klltf.
Pitcher &Wuulwersl, meat market.
Charles Qit!ilitN, rsD eF.
u. Eclstgs+ hats antl tass.
". II. II. Eot,fnson. 1'hatngtaphtr.
n. 4. Robinson, clEars.
ii. q. 1tttsk. htt'ts alA sho:a.
4. fiogcrf, millinery.
J. NJ. iloa!n. 4 Co., aoo.s and shoss.
Il. Sanford, h.af kstn!th.
Hirau 4 Wetduer. huHShtndosa.
II! Sshn,lt, restaurant.
s. Srllndt, ralpon.
J. II. Ahourdh, tsMc'cs.
j. i. Shroular. ltprtiess shop.
". II. an,iih. uaWsstrafvr.
t. 4 +, Nioet., DccAw,th i1ouss.
Alien y Hicks, Dalta Sotshwfsitrn.
Il. Ht.Hlenruts, calouu.
Trr;non. 1lnnEe.
t:nl,, Il Furl1cs, livery.
N.f. aiskuey \ Co... boots and shoes.
J. d. Stulle, tnnts sad thncs.
Thompson 4 srraguc, livery.
kan,e Il Lirermorc. rrtntets.
Union National Link, D. L. Libby, President,
i. ". Vial, grocer.
Iuitus wugner, Northwestern iIolel.
". Wascnlan Il Son, meat iuafkek.
J. II. Ward, lllo%F.
William Watars, nrChitoct.
Wcl,b 4 Albert, shingles.
4. II. Weber, in!tluef.
@. II. Williamson 4 Co.. sash and blinds.
sIa:s 4 L,bt,cy, Fish aud Dlliids.
". l.. Williams, 'lril..i.
ii. ]. WitIiams, tivuys.
j. WtiEask, ranhr.
IA. Wilson, hardware.
II. u. Tootlworth. lloar and feod.
IAck.en + IalscJ, lAwrc1a.
D. J. nrkinson, lawyer.
u. ". UurnolI, Lawyer.
I'slAer Cleveland, lawJGA
Finrh 4 1larhnr.
1Iool CT l. bailey, iawJers-
J.H MnEdork, lawyer.
Kennedy 4 Austln, l4wJcrs.
]. g. Noyce, physician.
l.. .. Tutse, INSURANCE agent.
Mt!w1ukts L st. rauL Depot.
u. u. n.le, physician.
Koch l. Melodies. gr1cer.
". q. Wheeler. sktu sfls.
] l;rct rrecnt4n, lawyer.
Sc.uud Ward schools.
ti,rlla,nii En5ino.lionfe.
IL H. fIully. nhntnUrauher.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
A French Lunatic.

ROUSSEAU once wrote: If it we're
only necessary for you to hold out your
thumb in order to cause the death of an
lmmefsely-wealthy mandarin in China,
whose heir you would be, are you sure
that you would not extend your thumb?"
This passage one day attracted the at
tention of Henri de Lacrois, a young
Frenchman of excellent family, but
whose brain was a little affected by the
loss of his fortune. He thought, If l
could stretch out my thumb and that
would be enough to kill my uncle and
cousin, [ should become very rich" In
a sort of hallucination he extended his
arm toward the photographs of his rel
atives and said, "Let them die, so that |
may inherit" Fifteen days later his
uncle and cousin were carried off by
typhoid fever. Within the last six
months remorse preyed upon Lacrois'
enfeebled intellect and he imagined that
his spell caused the death of his relatives.
He heard voices from all sides of his
room calling, "Thou hast killed usl
Thou hast killed us!" He delivered
himself up to the police and asked to be
executed. He died few days ago in an
insane asylum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

more than anything else; that killed
them in fifteen hours. He concluded he
would kill them by putting them in nj
trio acid, but it had no more effect on
them than water; the third day they
were as lively as when put in. A bunch
of tansy was growing by my office. He
took a handful of that, bruised it, added
a little water, squeezed out the juice and
put some in. They were dead in one
minute Since then | have had it given
to every horse have seen affected with
bots and have never known it to fail Of
giving entire relief. My friend had an
other horse affected with bots several
years later. He gave him the tansy in
the morning and dose of salts in the
evening; the next morning ne took up
from the excretions three half-pints of
hntC
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
Red Glover as Renovation of the Soil.

HON FREDERICK WATTS, Commission
er of Agriculture, writes in the Month
ly Report for February and March" :
MANY examples are given of the reno
walton of worn and apparently worth
less soils and the increase Of fertility in
fresh but unpromising lands. Fields
that have been cultivated eXhaustIvely
for twenty and even forty years have
been restored to original productiveness,
not by guanos and superphosphates at
sixty dollars to eighty dollars per ton,
but by inexpensive local resources, the
cheapest and most reliable of which is
found in clovering. In one case in But
Ter County. Pa, section of thin gravel,
ly land, on which it was thought no one
could secure decent living, came into
the possession of German immigrants at
nominal rates. They cleared off the
brush, plowed, cultivated, turned under
green crops; saved every fertilizing ma
terial available; never duplicated crop
in five or six years rotation, and that
tract is now garden, and from worth
1cSSuSSS HAS duNduCSu ~ GuG NdLuC VI
800 per acre, and is yearly becoming
more productive. These owners, in some
cases, have raised and educated families
lived comfortably, ride in their carriages
and have money at interest. In Other
instances in which the use of clover has
been invoked, swine-feeding in the
clover fields has been made a valuable
means of soil improvement. In the
South, region which many Northern
writer's on agriculture assume most er.
roneously to be unsuited to grass cult.
ure, and which Southern farmers have
strangely neglected as 8 meat producing
section for obvious reasons, new era is
dawning, and clover and orchard grass
are in many places found TO be sources
of immediate and heavy profit and OF
greatly-increased fertility"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
Sure Remedy for Bots.

THE Department of Agriculture pub
fishes the following experiments which
a gentleman from Georgia tried and
found effective in dispelling that serious
trouble in horses. About thirty years
ago friend lost by bots very fine
horse. He took from the stomach OF the
dead horse about gill of bots and
brought them to my Office to experiment
upon. de made preparations of every
remedy he had heard of and put some Of
them into each. Most had no effect, a
few affected them slightly, but sage tea
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

tbr. i. Walkers California VIM
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
Of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
UNPARALLELED success of VINEGAR BIT
TERS?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick Of every disease man IS heir to. They
are gentle Purgatiye as we'll as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
The Liver and FiSceral Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DR., WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperent. Dlaphoretic,
Carminative Nutritious. Laxative. Dlurehc,
Sedative, Counter uitant, Sudonhc, Altera-
tive. aud Anti Billions.
r. II. MCDONALD Is co.
Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco Cal f3r;ia
and cor OF Washington and Charlton SITS. Y. Y
sold by Eli Drugg &5rs ana Dealers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A LITTLE alum. dissolved in stove
polish adds very much to it's efficacy.
For CosTIvENEss IN CHILDREN.-Ihe
blossoms of the common elder made into
tea and sweetened little. A lew
tablespoonful in the course OF twenty
four hours will soon prove a cure.-EG-
change.
FARMERS PUDDING. cup OF pork
chopped fine. one half cup of molasses,
one-half cup of sugar, one cup OF ralslns,
one cup sour milk, one teaspoonful OF
soda, and spice to taste. Steam three
hours.
To REMOVE starch or rust from Hat
irons. have piece of yellow beeswax
tied in coarse cloth. When the iron is
almost hot enough to use, but not quite,
rub it quickly with the beeswax and then
with clean, coarse cloth.
LIGHT CAKE.-One egg, one cup of
sugar, one-half cup of sweet milk, one
and one half cups Of flour, one table
spoonful of butter, one teaspoonful OF
cream of tartar and one-half teaspoontul
of soda Very nice for tea.
SPICED CURRANTs.-Five pounds of
ripe currants, four pounds Of brown
sugar, one pint of vinegar, one table
spoonful each of allspice and cloves, and
little nutmeg; boil one hour or until
quite thick. To be eaten with meat.
To PREVENT TIs RUsTING. fresh
lard over every part of the dish, and then
put it into hot oven and heat it thor
oughly. Thus treated, any tlnware
may be used in water constantly and re-
main bright and free from rust indefinite
iy.-Rmal Neso Yorker.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLEs.-One peck OF
fresh green tomatoes sliced; sprinkle
salt over them, let them stand one night,
drain well, put in a kettle with cider or
vinegar and water and scald twenty
minutes; skim out and drain, throw out
the vinegar and water, add one ounce
each of pepper, allspice and cloves, one
fourth pound of mustard seed, one pound
Of sugar: simmer all day on the back Of
the stove.
AS SOME have inquired about canning
strawberries, | will give my recipe: |
fill the cans with berries and then dis
solve the sugar in little water and pour
it in, not filling them quite full, then put
them in o kettle of cold water and let
them boil fifteen or twenty minutes After
/ take them from the kettle l fill them
up with boiling sweetened water and
then screw the tops or and let them
stand until cold and then screw them up
again. / have no trouble with mine and
they are very good when / open them
Cor. Household.
TEA CAKE.-Take one pound OF flour
one pound of sugar, three-fourths OF 9
pound of butter and ten eggs; cream the
flour and butter together, beat the eggs
light, the yolks and whites separately
leaving out the whites of two eggs; mix
and beat well. Take one-third of the
mixture and put it In square pan and
bake it plain; take another third and mix
with it slips of citron and bake IN a
square pan; with the remaining third put
French currants we'll washed, dried and
rolled In -four, and bake as above; take q
cup of sugar to the whites you reserved
and make an icing for your cakes, winch
spread on while warm, and mark INTO
squares or diamonds with a knife tC
make it cut better. This will make two
cake baskets full for tea-drinking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06
PATENT MEDICINES there art

PATENT MEDICINES there are
some good patent medicines no intelligent
man dare for a moment deny; and pre-
eminent is the great California hero medi-
cine, VINEGAR BITTERs, discovered by
DR.. J. WALKER, prominent physician of
San Francisco. This medicine, although
called Bitters, is not to be classed among
the vile g fancy drinks recommended and
sold over the bar by rum-venders, but is a
combination of pure herbalistic extracts
known to possess sterling medicinal quail
tiles, and is compounded without the use
in any shape of spirits. It's action upon
the internal system is not stimulating to
the extent that alcoholic poison is, but it
at once attacks blood-i1npurities, and by
removing the original cause destroys the
germs Of disease and invites returning
health. It's action upon the stomach and
liver renders it an almost certain specific
in the most stubborn cases of dyspepsia,
and in truth imparts new life and vigor to
the whole system. 1t is one of the best
medicines ever invented. 80
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

AS BROAD AS CIvILIzATIoN.-The agent of
the Wilson Sewing Machine Company viii, in
a few DAYS, sail from San Francisco for
Chilli, in South America, where he will open
a branch house and exhibit the world-re-
nowned Wilson shuttle sewing machine al
the grand exposition to be held at Santiago
under the auspices of that Government. By
this step the Wilson Sewing Machine Com
pany will complete the circuit of the globe.
They have already immense agencies in
China, Japan, British Indies, England,
France, and throughout South America su-
preme in its superiority over all other sew
ing machines, the Wilson goes on widening
its field year after year, carrying. the bless
ings of a cheap, capable and perfect sewing
machine to the remotest haunts of civillza-
ton Machines will be delivered at any rail
road station in this county, free of trans
portation charges, if ordered through the
company's branch house at 1877 State street,
Chicago. They send an elegant catalogue
and chrome circular free on application.
This company want few more good agents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-06

ELECTRICITY is LIFE.-An nervous disor
ders, chronic diseases of the chest, head, liver
stomach, kidneys and blood, aches and pains
nervous and general debility, ETC., quickly
tro Belts and Bands. Valuable book free, By
Volta Belt Co, Cincinnati, Ohio.