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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Remarkable Escape.
From fha New York Times.

A remarkable escape from death &C.
Cured at Paterson, near the Passaic
Falls, recently. Mrs. E. X. POSE, of
Carroll street, visited the falls with her
son Frederick, ten years of age. While
the boy was looking down assure in
the rocks, eighty feet deep, near the
point known as Sam Patch's Leap, he
lost his footing and fell into the chasm.
Bounding from side to side against the
projecting lodges OF rock, he was saved
from terrible death. A young man
who was at the falls climbed down the
cavity and drew the boy to the surface.
Examination showed that he had sus-
taiued few slight bruises and scratches.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29

binary usage requires. it is very im-
portant fact for farmers, as it will
enable them to gather their hay crop
quite independent of the yicissitudes
of the weather, for even when hay is in
the cock the exterior surface is injured
by rain or dew"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Frozen Potatoes.

Experiments in Germany on frozen
potatoes prove that the freezing in no.
wise alters the chemical composition of
the tubers. The change is simply
physical. and even if frozen hard. they
are still fit fer distillation, or they may
be pressed to get rid of the water, and
then ground into very good neal
adapted for feeding cattle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
A Deg Story.
Gold Hill New News.

A gentlemen named Hill, living in
Lower Gold Hill, has a little black and
tan dog that accidentally fell into a
hole about twenty feet deep, near his
house, Jew days ago. He shortly be-
gan barking. and his master, being at
tracted to the spot, thought he would
by experiment see how much the dog
knew. He procured rope, tied knot
on the end, and lowered It to the dog.
who shortly seized it with his teeth and
hung on until drawn out of the hole.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Farm Paragraphs.

MILDEwED GRAPES or leaves should
be removed from the vine as soon as
found, that the disease may not spread
to adjoining parts.
IT is said by those who have tried it
that corn cut just as the most of the
ears are beginning to glaze makes much
better and sweeter grain than when cut
later.
A WESTERN farmer who has tried it
say that white hellebore is as good a
remedy for the potato bug as Paris
green. This jig good news if true, as
the hellebore is very much safer to
handle.
If there are hard dry particles in
cream when it is churned the butter
will.be fecked with them throughout
All cream should be stirred frequently
in the cream pot, and then strained
before it is churned.
AS to the poisonous qualities of he'll
lebore, white or black, they are less
than that of tobacco, and the hellebore
powder used to destroy currant worms
and other insects is not as poisonous as
snuff. e. Farmer.
C1oNs set last spring, which are still
sending forth soft, bright-colored shoots,
should be pinched off that growth may
stop and the wood ripen. Such shoots
are almost sure to winter kill If left un-
touched.
The surplus wheat crop of California
is estimated at 60O,0 tons, quantity
sufficient, if loaded in carts, ton in a
cart and started overland So that the
head of the procession would enter Bos-
ton before the rear had left San Fran
cisco.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29

experience of Long Island market
gardener who sowed his onions in au-
tumn. We gave the plan trial in onr
own garden last Fall, but the sewing
was not made until the very end Of Sep
TENDER, and the young plants Gid not
all make sufficient growth to stand the
very severe weather, even though they
were we'll covered. Still the success,
though only partial, was sufficient to
show that this method is worthy of con-
sideration, and from the amount that
came to maturity on our bed this sum-
mer, we have no doubt that it will an
swer wherever sets are used; but where
onions can be raised directly from the
seed, there will be no advantage from
fall sowing except for such as are to be
marketed green or very early. The
idea is to SOW the seed in the fall at
such time as will allow the plants to
form bulb large enough to stand the
winter, and yet not SO large as to run up
to flower next season; in fact, to raise
onion sets, which, instead Of being har-
vested, are to be left in the ground,
where they will be ready to grow as
soon as spring opens On Long Island
the middle of September is found to be
the best time to SOW; further south it
should be later, and north of that earli-
er. Success will largely depend upon
the time of sowing, and this for any
particular locality can only be ascertain
ed by experiment, The covering
should not be put On until cold weather
has stopped the growth OF the bulbs,
and may be of leaves, straw, marsh
hay, or other litter. Leaves applied
while it is showing will not blow about.
american AgriculturSst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Shall Barns be Tight-Boarded.

Many years ago we mOdestly opposed
the notion that barn. boarding must be
put on 80 that the air could circulate
freely through and through. Also, that
the practice of keeping the barn-doors
open day and night while hauling in
hay and grain was right and philosoph-
ical. The free circulation of air, it was
then shown, tended to produce fer
mentation, or slow combustion; and
that grass, if cut in the stage when it
contained the largest per centage of
sugar, was extremely liable to fermen-
tation when exposed to air in the NOW.
This fact is proven by every farmers
experience, which tells him that hay in
the stack must be ripper and drier to
keep we'll than hay which goes into
NOW, even under the shelter of open
barns. Most of our farmers are now
convinced that tight barns keep hay,
grain and everything else better than
open barns, and hence we frequently
see them covered with boards planed,
battened and painted.
It is the free circulation of air
through the hay that causes fermenta-
ton and mouldiness. And because the
air finds it's way readily among the
coarse stalks of clover, which, when
green, contain much sacharine matter,
it is next to impossible to prevent fer
mentation. IF clover could be pressed
down to solid mass in the NOW and
the air excluded, there would no heat
ing or mouldiness occur, and the hay
would be bright and sweet. The truth
here indicated is made plain where 8
NOW has been half-flled with wheat,
which acted as great weight in press
and excluded the air.
OF course, air cannot be excluded
altogether from hay cocks In the field OF
from nows, but in the latter, rapid
circulation may be prevented by making
the boarding tight and by keeping the
doors closed.
Green hay packs closer than tina
which is very dry, and it is found in
practice that clover cooked up quite
green excludes the air better, and con.
sequently makes better hay than if al
lowed to get dry beforehand. We
know that if the latent air could be ex-
PEELED from ton of green clover and
then the clover be placed in an air-tight
box or receptacle, it would remain fresh
and sweet for any length Of time. These
facts are full of useful suggestions
which are very easily turned to good
account In varions ways. We add the
following from the Rural Home:
cit has been the custom to side up
barns with green boards SO that in
shrinking they will leave wide cracks
for the access of air to hay mows. An
important principle has been here over
looked. Fermentation, like combus-
ton, requires oxyden to carry it on.
Many farmers have learned that manure
will not ferment when well trodden SO
as to exclude the air, and that it sell
dom frefangs when thrown where the
cattle cen tread upon it. The class
above all others interested in grass and
hay is dairymen. They have ascertain
ed by experiments directed by science
that hay will keep better in clapboard.
ed or battened barns than in the open
staoii, That the heating will be &c
moderate as to only dry out the hay
without moulding. If it is fact thai
hay may thus be safely put into 2 large
NOW in tight barn less CURED than or
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Thin Sowing.

A friend of mine, who farms nearly
1000 acres in Suffolk, writes to me as
follows: 6" 1t may crafty you to know
that the best piece of barley I know
hereabouts is on my-farm, from less
than two pecks of seed per acre. It is
so stout that I fear it will go down."
London agricultural Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Moving Fields.

A Massachusetts, farmer in report
read before the Agricultural Society
said: 81 do not mean to NOV later than
the first Of September; that gives time
for another crop to come up sufficient
to protect the life Of the grass through
freezing winter. It is well known by
observing men that the tops of plants
cannot make much growth unless the
roots grow also, and that the roots can
not increase Without corresponding
growth of the tops, Now, when q
heavy field of grass is cut in midsum-
mer, the plants receive shock, but
with favorable weather for a few days
they are enabled to recover and put ON
new growth; but when cattle are
turaed on to such field, they keep the
tops eaten SO closely that the roots can
not make strong healthy growth, such
as will carry them safely through a
severe winters"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Facts About Vines.

A few things are to be noted as to the
winding of vines. They are Witnessed
here, and like some astronomical called
lations for particular place, answer
for many others. Beans wind on sticks
or poles from left to right; hops from
right to left. Pumkin and squash vines
are much the same in their operations;
as they extend thenselve, ct convenient
distances, they throw out little tendrils,
enoeavoring to grasp some object, and.
having found one, entwine themselves
around 1t. There are two, sometimes
three, tendrils ia one place. Each
winds itself IL beautiful spiral. The
spiral is between the vine aad the OBJ
Jet around u sslch The end h wound.
The spiral Is stronger than straight
line would be. By this process the vine
is held to firm support. Winds and
storms cannot move it, and careless
boys cannot draw it from its place with
out considerable effort. So the fr1Iit
can grow without danger of being dis
turbed Nature is full of wonders.
The mind will be interested ia studying
them. j. q.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
Onions Sown i'm the Fall.

Last year we published an article by
Peter Henderson, in which he gave the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29

AN American girl won the gold medal
at the recent examination at the Col
lege Of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29
California Farm Life:

There are few cosy, comfortable,
middle-class homes. The house is
either magnificent country residence,
or mean, implanted, redwood shanty,
| though neither can be occupied by a
man immensely wealthy. Everything
seems put there adventurous; nothing
grew out of the soil. There are no an
Gent trees, no strawberries, no grass.
Instead Of homely farmer mess, you
eat urban fare of beefsteak and hot bis
cult, made with Boston yeast powder.
You hope for pumpkin pie, and get a
can Of Baltimore oysters. There are
Oregon apples. Cincinnati hams, and
stewed prunes from Germany. A man
may be worth 100000, and have no
milk to whiten his coffee. The COW
runs on the range and comes home
when she lists. A boy may be dis
patched for her on his tough little
shaggy COW horse, and man must be
sent to bring the boy home. The yard
fences ali look imported, as they are;
all things have contractor-like look, a
little tawdry. little cheap. Every
thing is so naked and so new that no
one can hang tradition on it. There
is no moss on the fences; the newly
sawed boards and posts and the houset
stand out painfully ugly and prominens
beneath the lovely sky.-Ohio Farmer.
The Polar Bears Cunning.
According to the Esquimaux, the
seal constructs its abode beneath the
surface of the les In such manner that
it can enter it from the waters below.
Here the young seal passes its infancy,
and when the returning heat of summer
has destroyed its igloo or dwelling, the
young seal is old enough to take care Of
itself; but this mode Of lo6g ng its
youth beneath the ice is well known to
the bear, who, with It's keen scent, soon
detects the whereabouts of the seals
nursery, and in order to gain entrance
makes spring and comes down heavily
on the top of the agloo, crushes il AZ,
and Immediately seizes the young seal
with it's paw. Here it might be sup
posed the hungry bear at once devours
it's prey; but it is far to wary to do SO;
it knows full we'll that where a baby is,
there must of necessity be a mother,
and that she will be in search of her
darling; therefore, the bear scrapes the
snow away from the seals hole, and
holding the young seal by the fippers,
allows it to founder about, and when
the mother approaches, the bear slyly
draws the young seal towards it until
the old one is within reach, when he
seizes. her with the other paw, and thus
captures both.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-09-29

RARE is true love; friendship is rarer.
La Fontaine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-01-02
. -. I ~ b 4 n z E ~
Miscel laneons Adv ment.s
i6th Section For tsase.

between the usual hours for Shef-
ID III - aaless on tina lat Saturday,
the 9Th day Of February next will
lease, for the y Tar I s55, 1t public ont
cry, tn the Highest bidder, 1T the
Court House. III Bellevue, Bossler
parish, La, the Sixteenth SECTION, pf
township fifteen, Of range eleven said
parish. II, 81
Terms of Lease Lessee - pay
out Of his bid the costs Attending
making the lease, ard for belaiice he
II to give his pfprniesoEy note due 1T
day Of December, 1875, with approved
ann Il thrss h i MI dciIsrs. WITH Ii
approved security, ID profexst the
laiId from all and every kind Of waste
and injury 4 J. q !
fafish Treaanrel.
Jan, 2, 1875. [pr's fse $15
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-01-02

- At : meeting Of Bellevue
Ledge No IS, F. and A. NJ, held on
LAST Saturday, the following named
olIicers were elected and Installed for
the year 1876: w. =. Mobley, w.
II: !. NJ. Doyle, sr. Warden; Geo.
W. Lilly, il. Warden: Ed. b. Moore,
Treasurer; VIM. II. Hin, Secretary;
Jpseph +. Biges, S.. Deacon; n. A.
DurdIn. u. Deacon; Leonidas G.
Resberfy, Tyler.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-01-02
Nultum Il Parvo.

Knltum II parvo. sisss
"A weeks conclusion. Saturday
night.
All things human change
Tenhys0n.
The munster Of the interior.
The mouth.
Ny friends there are no friends.
- Aristotle.
Every natural action is graceful.
Emerson.
The inglorious arts Of peace.
Andrew MARVEL.
Adversely is the first path to
truth. Byron.
The worse delnded a1e the self.
deluded. Bovec. ssssls
circumstances 1 / make cir
cumstances. Shak espeare.
Although . uoman's age i nm
deniably her own, she does MOI
own it. 81 s's
A schoolboy defnes ., Aeai
Flea, dew, fed when. you put
your hand On it,
It is astonishing how little one
feels poverty when one loves
BulWef Lyttou.
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49,. ~ n.e,s.;s r.. p. i
An Inlian had been picked no
drunk. ana. although Il was pro
Ipoaefl "a let him 90 over the river.
ii was desirable to have him tin-
derstand that no Indian has any
more. right than, q white man. sd
] ..ChildofI the Whispering forest,
son Of the grassy plains, ii grieves
ms spirit to see you here,n said.
His Honor. ss0Dly : few more
moons will come and 50 before
yon viii be gathered to the happy
hunting grounds Of your brothers
gone before. HYon are an aged
tree. Time has shown you Of Your
strength. You can no longer
chase the wild coDdurango and
follow the roebuck. The buffalo
grazes in front Of your lodge, and
your arm is not strong enough to
draw the bow. The rumbling
thunder and the sharp lightning
makes yoa afraid. Once you
could not count the camp-ffes
Of your tribe, so mapy did they
humber; now there is nothing left
Of the tribe but yourself, two old
army BLANKETS and g shotgun
with the lock ont Of repair. Son
OF TIE toress, why y this thing
thus, ana what 90 You mean BY
coming INTO ny trampipg.gropnds
and getting drunk J"
Ine wnlte chief mas spoken
many wise words, replied the
lno'an insmeasure0 tones, resting
one 1901 on the edge of e spitfIo o
"hy race mas fallen like the leaves
been washed away as water
waal,As ont the MARKS III cbalk
-. 5 -, I, - .
stanu sa'ouc. ny cAmp nEe mas
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-01-02

taEy tyrant and carpetrhag thief.
Indeed has the past year been .
memorable one TO the surviving sui.
fersrs. May peace and prosperity
soon dawn upon our unhappy State,
isour earnest prayer, and New Years
greeting {
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-01-02
Size of Countries.

.Palesfine ii one fonrfh the siza
az New York. s''s
Hintloostan is more than hmm
dred times az large as Palestine.
The great desert Of Africa has
nearly the present dimensions OF
the United States.
s The Red Sea would reach from
Washington to Colorado aud it is
three times as large us Lake On
tar,o.
The English Channel Is nearly
as large as Lake Superior, ssas
/. The Mediterranean. is placed
across North America, would
make sea navigation from San
Diego to Baltimore.
d The Caspin Sea would stretch
from New York to Rochester.
. Great Britain il two.thirds the
siixe of .JaDan. one twelfth the size
Of China. and one.twenty-fifth the
si1e az the United States. ls.s..s
Great Britiala and Ireland are
about as large az New Mexico but
not as large as Iowa and Nebras.
5f=T
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-01-02

s. Of Mathematics.
4. Of Philosophy.
5. " History aud Moral Science.
s. Departments.
/. Preparatory School.
2. Normal School.
8. Music School.
4. Art School.
s.. School OF Modern Languages.
g., Agricultural School. g.e.,#
Z. Commercial School.
i s. Law School.
g The next term will begin on the list
of February, 1876. New Students
are requested to enter early in Ianu-
BoARD, TUITION, WASHING,
FUEL, &C., one Term, $500. 900
Catalogues for gratuitolls distribn-
ton. Students can attend Baptist,
Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian,
or Catholic Churches. ~
!. Students received at any degree Of
advancement and ct any time.
Seven stsrn Facts.
s Il. It's the Cheapest College Of
like grade in the world.
2. In four Specialties, It challenges
oompeti0n.
8. No Institution less slavish or
more prpgrt1ssive. sEs4
4. II exemplifes that an InstitH-
ton may be very good and very
cheap, though con fary to the dogma
|Uf eOn1e. s8 Wi ~ IA
s. IT Educatas Males and Females.
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2. tNs ~ NJ "a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-13
PROGRAMME ron JANUARY MEETING.

PULPIT PoINn.-Rev. DR.. Kelley, at
the Fourth Street NJ. L. Church, had for
his theme yesterday morning and evening,
1.-THE Pleasure Dance"
On Saturday evening Rev. DR., Mayer
leCtured in the Jewish Synagogue upon
following subject; "WatChman, what Of
the night ? The Waterman said, the day
Cometh, and the night"
RevIS. B Barnitz discoursed in the Eng
fish Lutheran Church yesterday morning
upon "Zion the Perfection Of Beauty"
and in the evening took for his subject
"Nabal and Abigail"
The Fourth Street NJ. +. Church Mush
and Milk Festival on Friday evening
realized about 500,
In the absence Of Rev. Manchester,
pastor, Elder Stone yesterday morning
preached in the Thompson NJ. L. Church
on the Island.
The fair and festival Of the German
Lutheran Church, which commenced on
Tuesday last, closed on Saturday evening.
BY a vote Of tho teachers and pupils,
the Island NJ. L. Sabbath School yester.
day afternoon decided to have Christ.
mas tree on Christmas eve. Singing,
speech.making, etc, will also be on the
programme.
Probably the "belles" call a good
many young gentlemen to church.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-13

Oil PAINT1NGs.-Among the many at.
tractive works Of art exhibited IN the
windows Of the rooms occupied by Henry
Flood & Co., on Twelfth street, Is pic.
tute in oil Of the late Andrew Glass,
we'll known as one Of the leading mem.
bers Of the LaBelle Nail Company. The
painting Is we'll executed and very life.
like as to the original. There are two
other oil paintings which attract the
attention Of those acquainted with the
parties. They are The portraits Of Mr..
and Mrs. Wright, alsoOf LaBelle. These
paintings all attract the attention Of
pasSers as works Of very decided merit.
Wheeling Il gradually acquiring nOtori.
ETY. in the fine arts as we'll as in the me.
Chanic arts,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-13

MERCHANTS tspOt.buDines, good.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-13

JuDICOUs LEGIsLATIoN.-We are in.
formed that the Legislature OF western
State, imbued with the progressivespirit
Of the age, contemplates the enactment Of
a law prohibiting corporations from as.
sessing excessive communistic taxation
on saloons. 1t is claimed that, whereas
the traffic in straw bonnets, saw logs or
sweet potatoes, being equally as respect
able as the liquor business, II not as ex'
alting in their tendencies, they are in
equity taxable alike, and that all proper
ty shall share its legitimate burden. y,
Also, a law is pending to punish all
those antagonistic TO the liquor trade for
incorporating the dealers in the need
full invigorator, the punishment to be
compulsory abstinence for twenty.four
hours from all alcoholic beverages ex-
cept one diminutive cocktailcompOunded
Of ninety cent whisky.
I THE saloon keeper, however, will be
held responsible for ninety.nine years for
the moral conduct Of all those who drink
at the bar, and any damage aCcruing shall
be recoverable from his bond, consisting
Of promises to pay equal in value to
the munifcent snm Of sixty.five cents
per annum, or in real estate, valua-
bic for its spontaneous yield OF gas,
or mineral deposits as asserted by the
State scientific geOlogist. 1t is further
enacted to prohibit the sale Of all adulter-
ated, rectifed or new WHISTLES for imme-
diate consumption, but permitting the
sale only Of pure old Hygicnic WHISTLES,
such as are sold by the Opera
Saloon, Wheeling, West Virginia, rs
their purity has become so thoroughly
established as to DO proverbial in their
locality. So it seems that the Opera SA.
loon has not only taken the initiative in
reform and given comfort to communi.
ty, but has been instrumental in infuenc-
ing legislation abroad. Such Is the effect
OF all efforts, the object Of which is the
amelioration of the condition Of our fell
Inv men
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-13

BURGLARY ON THE ISLAND. AT an
early hour Saturday morning a burglar
effected an entrance into the residence Of
Mrs. Berger, on Zane street, Island, by
forcing open a window on the lower floor.
The thief carried trunk from room in
which there was no fire 10 an adjoining
apartment, where he deposited II before a
warm fire and proceeded TO examine the
contents. An 0vercOat belonging 10 Mr..
John Bergeny two hats, a ladies' gold
chain and an opera glass are the only
articles yet missed. Mr.. Jacob Berger's
overcoat was found hanging in The win.
dow left open by the burglar.