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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26
gw Dontng Readtrs.
TO NY LITTLE SCHOLARS.

GUARD your tongues 'gainst leaking;
To yon, young, Pm speaking!
Put bolt before the door,
Let no evil word get DER!
Let no evil word get DER,
Put bolt before the doorl
10 you, young, Pm speakingi
Guard your tongues 'gainst leakingi
Guard your eyes, moreover,
Free or under covert
On the good rejecting aye,
Turn their glance from evils way.
Turn their glance from evils way
On the good rejecting aye,
Free or under cover,
Guard your eyes, moreover.
Guard your ears securely,
They will fool you surely;
If you evil words let in
1t dishonors all within.
1t dishonors all within
If you evil words let in.
They will fool you surely;
Guard your ears securely.
Guard the three forever
'Gainst too free behavior.
Tongue, eyes, ears are all inclined
To badness, and to evil blind.
To badness, and to evil blind ..s
Tongue, eyes, ears are all inclined.
'Gainst too free behavior
Guard the three forever!
From the German
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26
GOING HOME.
-DS, WISCONSIN.

The way is long, my darling,
The road is rough and steep,
And fast across the evening sky
l see the shadows sweep.
But oh! my love, my darling,
No i'll to us can come,
No terror turn us from the path,
For we are going home.
Your feet are tired, my darling
So tired, the tender feet;
But think, when they are there at last,
How sweet the resti how SWEET
For lo the lamps are lighted,
And yonder cleaning dome,
Before us shining like star,
Shall guide our footsteps home.
We've lost the flowers we gathered
So early in the morn;
And on we go with empty hands,
And garments soiled and worn.
. But oh the great All-Father
Will out to meet US come,
And fairer flowers and whittier robes
There wait for us at home.
Art cold, my love, and famished?
+ Art faint and sore athirst?
Be patient yet little while,
And joyous as at first;
For oh! the sun sets never
Within that land of bloom,
And thou shalt eat the bread of life
And drink life's wine at home.
The wind was cold, my darling,
Adown the mountain steep,
And thick across the evening sky
The darkling shadows creep;
But OH my love, press onward,
Whatever trials come,
For in the way the Father set
We too are going home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26

! the street and then she left him and mar
ried Courtland Then poor Van broke
down and father sent him abroad; and it's
cheaper living there, you know. Father
allows
| There was a sudden knock, loud and
jolly. The mistress said: Come in"
and big fellow entered, breathless and
rosy with excitement-and something
else. The two women were for moment
silent with establishment Isolena found
her tongue first.
"Vanm
"Isolena! Patty! Dear girls, how are
you both?"
He offered a hand to each.
"How you surprised us! When did
you return?"
Zone hour since. 1 bought Herald
and read the dear girls ad., and here /
came"
ooh, Van!" said the two, and with a
different tone to the "Van'' and the oh"
I'm cured, Isolena. I have cut the
parental apron-string and defed Madison
Square. l haven't cent in the world,
but I'm going to work like alike man.
Know anybody who has spare job?"
Frederick Lorberry Van Stupen, I am
amazed! I cannot listen to such Ian
guage. Grandmother Van Stupen will
never forgive you"
Bother grandmother' replied Fred
erick. Say, sister, couldn't you just
run home and tell 'em I'm returned? You
can take the carriage at the door"
=" | will at once, for l am grieved and
surprised beyond expression, and [ must
consult with my parents"
"Do-do. 1t will be kind in you
ALLOW me to wish you a very good
morning, Mdlle. Isolena."
This Mrs. Patty Johnson SAID in toler-
able French, and the shopper replied with
equal grace and better French.
Once more they were alone. For mo-
ment neither spoke, and then with smile
she drew near, and said, quietly:
C Are you familiar with bookkeeping,
sir?n
Yes, marin, and I write very good
hand"
l am in want of a book-keeper, and
shall be pleased to employ YOU" ~...
{" am deeply grateful, mademoiselle,
for your kind offer. You will pardon me
if | ask concerning the prospect of an in
terest in the business-if [ tried to be
good" I.
She drew near, and ? diviner light filled
her eyes, and her lips parted in an ill-sup-
pressed smile
If you please me, sir, and you are very,
very good, we will go into partnership in
just six weeks from this day.
"Under the style Of
Isolena, Van Stupen s. Co."
No more honorable and successful firm
can be found in New York than the dry
goods and millinery purchasing house of
Isolena, Van Stupen & Co., in West Four
teenth street. More than this, it is grow
ing house. The company has increased
materially. There are two already-swins.
-Harper's NGgGsi7ae.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26

pearance Remember it is better to be
useful than beautiful, if you cannot be
both, and also remember that usefulness
will help to beautify."
Elsie said she would try and remember
what her mother had said and was soon
fast asleep Waterman and Reflector.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26

line faculty of Yale College have for
oidden the Sophomore secret societies on
the ground that they are productive of in
subordlnation and other evils.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26

-Parasols, except in the middle of the
day during the " heated term,'' are per-
nicious things, as are the wells with which
so many fashionable ladies shade their
oaceS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26

Schroeder, the Baltimore balloonist,
says he is going to England in fifty
hours This seems extravaganza Won't
he just knock off an hour and make it
forty-nine?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-26

"A Boston man has run for office nine
teen times, and as he has never boen
elected he talks of Withdrawing his name
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Training a Horse to Trot.

"A correspondent of the Turf,
Field and Farm tells how he train
ed an old cavalry horse to trot. He
was accustomed to slope" and could
not be made to understand what was
required of him until space of some
400 yards was measured off in field
and he was ridden across it. When
ever he broke he was scOlded, ut
once turned about, and again started
from the starting-point. If he trot-
ted across without breaking he was
petted, fed Jumps of sugar, apples, or
some other pleasant food. In this
way he soon learned what was want
ed, and made every effort to trot this
distance III the shortest time, becom-
ing a horse of unusual speed. A
somewhat similar plan was some
years since set forth in circular and
sold at one dollar.
We refer to this now, not so much
because of the desirability of know
ing how to teach harse to trot, Us
because the lesson taught can be APP
piled i'll very many ways. Teaching
any domestic animals what is expect
ed of them is of the greatest impor-
lance. If an animal knows that a
specific duty is required, to be fol
lowed by rest or reward, it will much
more readily do what is expected,
than if it has no definite conception
of what is before it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Mons sense About Farming.

The Germantown Telegraph re-
marks thus sharply about errors that
creep into agricultural literature:
We find more errors and nonsense
about farming, etc, in the public
prints, even in those devoted to agri-
culture and it's kindred branches, than
would take all the time Of one we'll
informed person to correct from week
to week. But we are glad to know
that the reading farmer has one sure
protection against the injury that
would be inflicted upon him in this
way, and that is his OWL good com
mon sense. In connection with this,
our eyes have just lit upon a state
ment given in a leading agricultural
Journal IN the southwest, as to the
proper allowance of hay for one
horse. This is set down at 3.0S
pounds per day for every hundred
pounds weight of the animal. Now,
if we estimate the average weight at
$50 pounds, and the quantity fed at
three pounds, it would make the an
imal's allowance 25a pounds per day,
IT'S pounds per week, or about 10000
pounds per year! This would be
over five tons per horse, just twice
the quantity fed in these parts!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
richard Grass,

Two bushels of seed to the acre
fourteen pounds to the busheD is
not too much; but twenty pounds of
nice clean seed will insure a good set.
To SOW less than twenty pounds is
"penny wise and pound foolish for
less than twenty pounds will not pro-
duce a perfect sod, and all the
ground not sodded over is, of course,
lost. believe August to be the
best time for sowing orchard grass.
About the 25th of next April l shall
NOW the rye, which will make fine
lot of feed, and by moving SO early,
it will not interfere with the grass,
and will protect it during the winter.
l believe this to be even better than
sowing the grass alone. Most farm
crs wish to SOW grass seed with wheat
or oats. If orchard grass is sown
with either of these, it should be
sown in March. l soil all my stock,
and consider orchard grass the best
Of all grasses for soiling, for the fol
lowing reasons: Its carlincss, late
ness, rapidity of growth, and the
preference stock have for it. All
these qualities combined, make it
the best of all grasses for soiling. 1t
does not make rs much feed rs corn
fodder, but it does not require the
work that cOrn-todder does, and you
are obliged to manure your corn-fod-
der land to keep it up, while orchard
grass improves land every year.
Stock never tire Of the grass rs they
do of the fodder. If sown about the
1st of March, it is not necessary to
harrow the seed in, although a light
narrowing will do no HARM Coun-
try Gentleman.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Chased by a River.

Maj. J, w. Powell in Seribner's for February.
Hanging up my barometer to give
it few minutes to settle, l occupied
myself in collecting resin from the
pinion pines, which were found in
great abundance. One of the princi-
pal objects of the climb was to get
this resin for the purpose of smearing
our boats, but l had with me no
means of carrying it down. The day
was very hot and my coat had been
left in camp, SO had no Innings to
tear out, but it occurred to me to cut
off the sleeve Of my shirt and tie it
up at one end, and in this little sack
| collected about a gallon Of PITCH
After taking observations for altitude,
[ wandered back on the rocks for an
hour OF two, when, suddenly, l no
ticed that a storm was coming from
the south. / sought shelter in the
rocks, but when the storm burst, it
came down as a flood from the
heavens-not with gentle drops at
first, slowly increasing in quantity,
but as if suddenly poured from an
immense basin. l was thoroughly
drenchcd and almost washed away.
It lasted not more than half an hour,
when the clouds swept by to the
north, and l was in the sunshine
again. In the meantime, | discover
ed a better way of getting down and
started for camp, making the greatest
haste possible. On reaching the bot
tom OF the side canon | found a
thousand streams rolling down the
cliffs on every side, carrying with
them red sand, and these all united
in the canon below in one great
stream Of red mud. Travelling as
fast as l could run, l soon reached
the foot of the stream, for the rain
did not reach the lower end of the
canon, and the water was running
down dry bed of sand; and though
it came in waves several feet high
and fifteen or twenty feet in width,
the sand soaked it up and it was lost.
Wave followed wave and was swal-
lowed up, and still the floods came
from above. | found | could travel
faster than the stream so l FASTENED
on to camp and told the men there
was a river coming down the canon.
We carried our camp equipage from
the bank to where we thought it
would be above the water, and then
stood by to see the river roll on to
Join the Colorado.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Facts.

a bit of glue, dissolved in skim
milk and water, will restore old
Grape.
Half a cranberry, bound on corn,
will soon kill it.
An ink stand was turned over upon
a white tablecloth-a servant threw
over it a mixture Of pepper and
salt plentifully, and all traces of i,
disappeared.
Picture frames and glasses are pre-
served from flies by painting them
with brush dipped into mixture
made by boiling three or four onions
in pint of water.
Soft-soap should be kept in dry
place in the cellar, and not use until
three months old.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
What Cows are Good For

From the Utica Observer we learn
that Ira S. Brrdick, of North Brook
field, Madison county, N. Y, realiz-
ed from two cows during the year
ending Jan. 20, 1920 from butter
sold $50 pounds at 40 ccnts), 1888.
from cheese, and 81 for milk sold,
making s3o9.32. The amount OF
cash realized the year previous was
1890 or $780,. One of the cows came
in Jan. 80, 1874, and the other Feb
Is.
Almost simultaneously with this
comes report through the Buffalo
Courier that Mr.. Oliver Brunson, OF
El!ery, Chautauqua county, made and
sold the past season, 4,S35 pounds OF
butter from sixteen cows, or an aver
age Of 302 pounds to the COW. This
was exclusive of the milk, cream and
butter consumed by the family. His
entire production Of butter will aver
age him 35 cents per pound, or a tri
fie more than $l05 each COW.
1t is almost unnecessary to add
that to attain these results it is only
necessary, in the first place to have
good COWS, and, in the second place
to feed them well. OF course it is
requisite to understand how to han
die the milk and cream properly and
advantageously.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Tho Cattle Interest of the United
States.


From the chronological journal.
Increase in aptitude to fatten and
in average weight has been continu-
Gus and marked during the last half
century. Since 1917 there has been
imported into North America nearly,
If MT quite, one thousand well bred
animals for stock improvement, MAIN
ly the Bodybuilding short-horn; but
also many Of the best specimens of
the Ayrshire for quantity of milk, the
Jersey and its congcners of the Chan
mel Islands, for richness of cream and
quality of butter; the black and white
Dutch Devons, Hcrefords, and other
breeds, not excepting the fat cow Of
Brittany. SO great has been the sue
cess of this attempted improvement,
that the cattle of the central portions
Of the West have become high-grade
short-horns of increased size and SUI
periority of flesh, with u far smaller
er proportion of oflal. Instead of de-
generating, the thoroughbreds have
been improved by the skill and care
of our wide-awake breeders, until one
famil " of short-horns, the Botes stock,
has been for years exported to Eng
land at prices commencing at $4,000
to $4,000 each, advancing in year
or two to $1,000, as appreciation
abroad was intensified, and culminat-
ed at the magnificent figure Of $40,
600 for an elderly COW, amid the eN-
element of competition between the
most skillful breeders of two con
i tinents.
The average weight OF importations
two and half centuries ago probab-
ly did not exceed 800 pounds; in
ITO the average in the London mar
ket had been reported at 376 pounds;
at the beginning Of the present cen
tury the London average had advan-
ced to about 500 pounds, and now
the official average is 600 pounds for
British, and 500 for imported becyes.
The stock Of this country, not inclu-
ding that Of Spanish blood, is now
nearly up to the British standard of
weight.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
How to Mako Hard Soap.

The following is a recipe for max
ing hard soap, which is excellent and
economical: Nearly every family ac-
cumulates through the winter drip
pings from beef and mutton. These
can be utilized for the grease by boil
ing in water, allowing it to cool,
then removing from the water and
boiling till all'the water is expelled.
OF course the whittier the grease, the
nicer the soap. Take six pounds of
sal soda, six pounds of grease, three
and a half pounds new stone lime,
four gallons soft water, half pound
boraX. Put soda, lime and water in
to IN iron boiler; boil till all is dis
solved. When well settled pour Oft
the clear lyc, wash ont the kettle and
put in the lye, grease and borax; boil
TIL 1t comes to soap, pour into a tub
to cool, and when sufficiently hard
cut into bars and put on boards to
dry. This is very nice for washing
white flannel and calico.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Fall and Sprin. Manuring.

a writer in the Guyden argues that
if land has clay enough to retain
manurial PARTICLES, manure does best
applied in autumn; but if sandy and
open, gardener or farmer had better
delay the application Of manure till
nearly plantingtime in the spring
For grain garden purposes all manure
had better be rotted before it is used,
and it is desirable to heat the mass
with lime when Stacking, or in some
other way, to kill the seeds of weeds,
and the eggs and young Of many in
sects. Never plant in manure or
elsewhere a germ you do not wish to
multiply.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
GRANGE DIRECTORY.

RESCENT GRANGE, No. 1572.-Regular meet
ings en- the last Friday before the full moon of
each month. Place:-Meets at the residence OF
II. S. Stone. three miles south of Jesup. and
nine miles southwest of independence
S. &. MASON. Secretary.
WINTHROP GRANGE, No. 611.-Meets at Win
throp on Friday on or before the full moon of
each month
$. G. PIERCE Master. S. w. RICH. Sec.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. 1216.-Meets
Tuesday on or before full moon.
j. ID. RUSSELL Master.
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE, No. 5sS,-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon.
b. DU BOIS, Master. L. j. WIGG, Sec.
SUPERIOR GRANGE, No. 352.-Meets Saturday
or before full moon, at No. School House
Hazleton twp. G. NJ. MILLER,
T. MESSENGER, Secretary. Master.
BYRON GRANGE No. 267. Meets at Justus Dur.
KEGS, on Tuesday evening, on before II new
moon. EDWARD GLEASON, Master.
A. KNOWLES Sec.
PERRY GANGE, No. 31S.-Meets at the Center
School House. in Perry Township, or Tuesday
evening. on or before full moon
L. LITTLE, Sec.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
SEEpLEss WArEr,JE1oSs-ThoS,

SEEDLEss The SUIT
ter, (Cal.) Banner says:
1--WE are informed by Mr.. VIM
Mawson, one Of the champion water
tcrmelon growers OF Suffer county.
OF a novel way of producing seedless
watermelons. When the vine begins
to bear he lets the first watermelon
Oh each branch grow undisturbed,
but covers the branch up with dirt,
from the first melon to the second
one, or within six inches or more
from the end of the vine will be a
seedless watermelon, the melon near
est the body Of the vine having kept
all the seed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Household.

SWEET Picked CRANBERRIEs.-
Prepare the large berries hy punch
ing a few holes in each with a large
needle; this will allow the pickle tc
enter the fruit. To a pound of Der
ries add half pound of sugar dis
solved in quarter of a pint of vine
gar. Cover the vessel, and cook
from eight to ten minutes, Gf boiled
too long they will not remain firm)
then remove them from the pickle,
and continue boiling it until it thick
ems; then pour it over the berries
adding spices to your taste.
COVERED CRANBERRY PIES. -
These, which, where known, are gen
orally considered superior to those
with the upper crust, may be made as
follows: Make an upper as well as
an under crust, completely encasing
the berries, which should be put in
raw, with a quantity of water equal
to about half their bulk, and sugar in
the proportion of three-quarters Of a
pound to one pound of fruit, care be-
ing taken to sprinkle it well around
the edge, also, if desired, sift a little
wheat flour over them to thicken the
pulp. Bake as an apple pie, and eat
hot.
Plants in pots often suffer from
drought, for, though they are careful
ly watered every day until the water
stands in the saucer, if they are turn
ed out of the pot and examined, it
will be seen that the earth about the
roots is quite dry, for the water runs
down the side of the pot, leaving the
tender rootlets as dry as ever. If
your plants are in pots, see that the
soil does not become baked; frequent
ly loosen with a stick OF trowel, so
that when watercd it may soak down
through the center, feeding the roots
and causing them to grow vigorous
ly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Aoritnltnral Column.

The reading columns on this page will be devot
ed mainly, to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
are requested to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26

The luxury of smoking brought
forty millions of revenue into the
Treasury last year.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26

As the question of pure blood,
good handling, and the points of
good animal, all finally eliminate in
the tat steer, from which large part
of the real wealth of Iowa IS derived,
why does not this animal take a more
prominent position at our fairs, in
our periodicals, and on our fancy
farms. Fat cows and noble bulls
have their places, and rightly, but
while there are hundreds of the latter
Oh exhibition, the fat steer is seldom
seen. There were two at our late
State Fair. They were noble spcci-
mems; but why so few, and why do
they occupy 50 diminutive position
Oh our list Of prizes? The cows and
bulls are only the means by which
the mimul IT utility is produced.
Why is the animal neglected which
lis our pockets, and whose juicy
steaks maketh richer than the wine
of Burgundy: If they cannot have
more prominent place at our county
fairs, there should be a fat cattle show
Of itself. 1t would tend greatly to
induce our people to put their corn
and grass in a shape which will com
msnd Il better price than in any other
form. Fat cattle are not the farmers
character for Il bank, but they are the
cash in the vaults. They are not
what the agrlculturist expects at some
future day, but they are the present
realization Of his hopes and labor
They are not what visionary men
dream about, but the practical mans
present joy. Let us, therefore, have
more specimens If the real fruits of
the improvement of the stock Of the
country at the places where we ex-
hibit our IDOLS Ues Moiues -Reg-
ister.
Farmers can plant corn another
spring without any fears of being
obliged to sell it at unrenumeratiye
prices, even though there should be
:. good crop throughout all the corn
raising States. 1t is estimated that
when it is plenty and cheap, we usu-
ally commence the winter with about
half crop of old corn on hand. But
by another fall the present supply
will be all fed, and both farmers and
feeders will be obliged to depend up
on the new crop, which will pay the
farmer well for his labor.-Eulton
Enterprise.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26
Geo. r. Roweu &Co's Ads

o-The choicest in the world.--Im-
y 6A0porters' prices-Large.t company
in America-staple artice-pleases everybody
Trade continually increasing - Agents wanted
everywhere-best inducemenfs-don,t waste time
send for circular to ROBERT WELLS, ~ Vesey st.
N, r., p. 0. Box 1887
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26

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