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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-27
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He cured Chief Justice Chase and Gov. Sprague
when others failed to do so. Come early, he
wants to see You cured before leaving. matter
how long standing the disease may have been.
He wishes to refer those intending TO try his treat
ment to Mr. l.. Griffith OF this place, who has been
cured in three days after doctorng fourteen years
by doctors III Boston, Portland, AID other places.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-27
Mansion House, Augusta,

AT the earnest solicitation OF friends and patients
the Doctor has consented TO remain at the Mansion
House one week more, and thus proiong his stay
Until Saturday Noon, Jan. Goth,
Where all suffering from Catarrh, Dyspepsia,
Rheumatis m, Kidney Disease Loss of Appetite,
Loss of Vitality, Night Emissions, Female Com
plants, Paralysis, Cancer md all Chronic Dis.
eases, can come and find immediate relief, as
some 5000 have within six years. He has cured
many Ply sicans and sold rights to them. lie is
considered the greatest Natural Physician OF the
Nineteenth Century. Cues right up in two CT
three days generally, where others have treated
for wears Medicines all vegetable, no poisonous
drugs. He tells you just how you are and cause,
without asking question. These things are even
SO. Lost manhood restored.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07

W AdU tSAlo 1AlJ hSASA
"For mercys sake keep quiet"
said his wife, the glad tears gushing
over her face. "You have been very
i'll. There! there, nowr' And she
spoke very soothingiy, "Don't say a
word, but lie very still"
"But my head What's the matter
with my head? It feels as if scalded.
Heavens and earth, Sarah, I don't I'M
derstand this What's my arm tied up
this way for?"
"Be quiet, my dear husband: and
I'll explain it all. "Oh, be very quiet.
Your life depends upon it"
M. Harris sank back upon the pillow
from which he had risen, and closed
his eyes to think. He pat his hand to
his head. and felt it tenderly from
temple to temple, and from nape to
forehead.
sis it blister?" he at length
asked.
eyes, dear You have been very Ill.
We feared for your life" said Mrs.
Harris, atfectionately. "There have
been two physicians III attendance.
Harris closed his eyes again. His
lips moved. Those nearest were not
much edited by the whispered words
that issued therefrom. They would
have sounded very strangely to ears
polite and refined. After this he lay
for some time quiet.
"Threatened with apoplexy I sup
pose?" he then said interrogatively,
Eyes, DEAR" replied his wife. so
found you lying insensible on the floor,
on happening to come into your room.
It was most providential that I discov-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
Points in Butter-Fyaking,


At the recent meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association there was
an interesting discussion concerning
several points in butter making, report
ed by the Utica Herald as follows:
Mr.. Arnold was asked how he wou1d
build milk room for farm dairy. He
replied that where the milk was usually
all right and conditions favorable he
would need only cheap, tight room,
with double walls, to enable him to con-
troll the temperature. As for setting,
he preferred large pans, large enough
to hold whole milking. It is time to
skim when the finger can be drawn
through the top without having the
cream close behind it. When cream
will do this it is about ripe enough to
churn. When cream foams in the
churn it may be cured by warming.
Cream shou not be churned as soon
as taken from the milk. It should be
stirred together and allowed to ripen
all alike. This will occur in twelve
hours Or SO. But cream should not
stand until whey is formed in the cream
jar. ..
Freezing does not materially hurt
sweet cream. In old cream the result is
al oiliness to the butter. In thawine
out frozen cream heat very gradually.
It does not hunt cream to freeze for
weeks, but it must not freeze and thaw
and freeze again, for this is harmful
Sometimes, however, a mere freezing
will accomplish decomposition of the
cream. Preserving the grain of the but
ter consists in keeping whole the struc-
ture which is formed by the coming to-
gether Of the minute particles in which
the butter comes. When butter is ex-
amined with glass it appears crumbly
if the grain is perfect. It has almost a
granular appearance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
A Simple Thermometer.

A very simple thermometer has been
suggested by A. Jaksch of Bohemia, after
the following plan; An ounce bottle is
to be two-thirds filled with glycerine of
any desired color, and placed in a freez-
ing mixture of sal ammoniac, saltpeter
and water So as to cool the liquid to
thirty-two degrees Farenheit. The
cork is inserted into the bottle and
rendered air tight with sealing wax or
a cement of varnish and chalk, and the
thermo.aetng is then ready to be gradu-
ated. y aerting the cork the liquid
in the ne rises few inches. The
bottle is placed in melting ice, and the
level of the liquid marked thirty two
degrees, if the scale is to be Farenheit's.
1t is next placed in warm water, say at
1872 degrees, and this point marked.
The space between these points is di-
vided into three hundred equal parts,
and this division carried down to the
Fahrenheit zero, and upward to the
tube.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07

eled you as I did, OF you would Ger
tainly have died"
Harris shut his eyes and muttered
something, with an air of impatience, but
it's meaning was not understood
Finding him out of danger, friends
and relatives retired, and, and the sick
man was left alone with his family.
"Sarah," he said, "why in heavens
name did you permit the doctors to
butcher me in this way? [ am laid up
for week or two, and all for nothing"
cit was to save your life, dear"
Save"
"Hu-u -sh ! There, do for heave MS
sake be quiet; everything depends upon
it,
With gesture of impatierce, Mr..
Harris shut his eyes, teeth, and hands,
and lay perfectly still for some minutes.
Then he turned his face to the wall,
muttering in a low, petulant voice,
"Too bad too bad too bad T.
had not erred in my first and my
last impression of Harris disease, nei.
ther.had DR.. Solly, although he used a
very extraordinary mode of treatment
The facts of the case are these:
Harris had a weakness. He couldn't
taste wine Or strong drink without
being tempted into excess. Both him.
self and friends were mortified and
grieved at this; and they, by admoni-
ton, andhy by good resolutions, tried to
bring about reform. At last his
friends urged him to shut himself at
home for certain time, and see If
total abstinence would not give him
strength. He got on pretty well for a
few days, particularly SO as his coach
man kept q well-filled bottle for him in
the carriage-house. to which he not in
frequently resorted, but too ardent
devotion to this identical bottle brought
on this supposed apoplexy.
When the truth leaked out, as suQo
things always will, the friends of Harris
had many a hearty laugh, but they
concealed from the object of their mer-
riment the fact that they knew any
thing more than appeared of the sup
posed illness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
Rules for the Care of Sheen,

A circular issued by F. C. D. Mckay,
the General Agent Of the American En-
lgrant Company, gives the following:
The company have already 10000
sheep scattered among the farmers, who
purchased land of them, in focks rang
ing in size from fifty to two hundred
head
l. Keep sheep dry under foot with
litter. This is even more necessary
than roofing them. Never let them
stand or lie in mud or snow.
2, Take up lamb rams early in the
summer, and keep them up until Dec
following, when they may be turned
out.
3. Drop or take out the lowest bars,
thus saving broken limbs
4. Count every day.
5. Begin granting with the greatest
care, and use the smallest quantity at
first.
6. If eve loses her lamb, milk her
daily, for few days, and mix a little
alum with her salt.
Z Let no hogs eat with the sheep, by
any means, IN the spring
5. Give the lambs little mill-feed in
time OF weaving.
g. Never brighten sheep, if possible
to avoid it.
10 Sow rye for weak ones in cold
weather, if you can.
II. Separate all weak, or thin, or
sick, from those strong, in the fall, and
give them special care.
II. If any sheep is hurt, catch it at
once and wash the wounds, and if it is
fly: time, apply spirits of turpentine
daily, and always wash with something
healing. If limb is broken, bind It
up with splinters tightly, loosening as
the limb swells.
l3. Keep number of good bells on
the sheep.
IA. Do not let the sheep spoil wool
with chaff or burs.
Is. Cut tag locks in early spring.
Is. For scours, give pulver:zed alum
in wheat bran; prevent by taking care
in changing dry for green feed.
II. II one is lame, examine the foot,
clean out between the1 hoofs, pare the
hoofs if unsound, and apply tobacco
with blue vitriol, boiled in little water.
IL. Shear at once any sheep COM
mencing to shed its wool, unless the
weather is too severe, and save carefully
the pelt of any sheep that dies.
~. Have at least one good work by
you for reference This will be money
in your pocket.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
A Famous Old Shin.

The ship Horatio, belonging to New
Bedford, was burnt in the harbor of
Shanghai, December Is. She was
remarkable vessel, and had attained the
unusual age Gor ship of forty-two
years. Her architecture was a marvel
to contemplate. She was built of live
structed SO solidly and of such ponder
GUS frame, that although registering
but $50 tons, her frame was as large as
that of a 1000 ton ship Of the pre-. ent
day. Her career has been one Of great
success and profit for her owners. She
never was obliged to put into port for
repairs, was never dismasted, and never
made a claim On the underwriters for
damage to cargo. She had been built
for and was always engaged in the East
India and China trade, and when
launched, in 1888, was the largest
American vessel in this trade. Not
wlthstanding her extreme Old age, she
rated Al, until burnt; and it is
estimated that her owners and the
owners of cargoes shipped in her have
paid insurance companies $500000 for
premiums during her career. In her
y
established, she was a favorite passen-
ger vessel. On one occasion an infan
was born on board of her, and the child,
who has since grown to womanhood and
become mother, visited the Horatio
when she was last in the port of New
York. The strength and massiveness of
the timbers with which this old ship
was built were ultimately one of the
causes of her destruction. When the
fire broke out, she was towed from her
berth to be scuttled, and the launch of
the American man of-war Hartford, then
at Shanghai, fired anumbero of 12-pound
shot at her near the water line, to make
q passage for the water. A number of
men were then sent to enlarge the open
ings which the shot might make-but so
little impression could be produced
upon the heavy frame that, after an
hours hard work, the attempt was
abandoned. She could not be sunk
and burned to the waters edge. =
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
A Boy Painter.

The Brussels correspondent of the
Pail Mall Gazette writes: "A marvel.
Gus exhibition is taking place at the
Cercle Artistique ct Litteraire at
Brussels. Some months ago Frederick
van de Herkhove, the son of corn
merchant at Bruges, died at the age OF
10a years. He had always been sickly,
and was therefore not sent to school,
but allowed to roam about. His chief
amusement was to paint with such
rough painting materials as he could
procure. The paintings left by him, of
which about 100 are now exhibited at
the Cercle, were discovered since his
death to be productions which the best
landscape painters of the age would not
disown. In Brussels good judges OF
art are astonished that an untutored
child should have equaled and even sur
passed some of the most celebrated
masters In all those of the pictures
where there is river, a little boy IS in
troduced in the act of angling, repre-
senting, of course, thedeceased Large
sums have already been offered for the
collection, but refused.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
Household Hints


IT is good old rule that little chill
dTen. until their 7th year; should always
be allowed to sleep out, and not ba IL.
turbed until they awake of themselves
naturally. 1t is wrong and injurious
practice. though exceedingly common.
for relatives to disturb the sleep of little
babies with lll-Judged caresses and nm.
timely kisses. 1t should be impressed
upon the minds of mothers and nurses
and evermore insisted, that the sleen
of children should be q natural one,
not onl y never to be intemperately dis
turbed, but likewise never to be arti
ficially fastened or prolonged. The
foolish and wicked custom of admins
terlng oplates to little infants cannot be
too severely condemned; even the usual
arts for inducing slumber by frequent
pract1ce among nurses, which are born
OF their Impotence, the practice of
rocking, stroking the head, ETC., should
all be strongly discountenanced.
IHE following recipe for a cough
medicine will thoroughly cure severe
cough IN a majority of cases: Balsam
Iolu, ounces; tincture of sanguinaria,
o.; t1ncture of lobelia and digitalis,
each z or. !; tlnctures opium and oil ami
Sc, each l OF, (tincture oil anise is made
by dlssolvlng oil anise, teaspoonful in,
alcohol, oz.) Mix well, and shake
before using. Dose half teaspoonful
three times per day, in an equal amount
OF honey. Half the above recipe will
make as much as is usually needed.
even for very severe and deeply seated
cough.
A LITTLE alum was dissolved in hot
water, and thrown into a tub of thick
soapsuds. In moment the soap cur
died, and, accompanied by the muddy
particles, sank to the bottom, leaving
the water perfectly clear, pure, and de-
void of smell. This water was found
very useful for washing clothing again,
when poured off the sediment A SINH
lar result was attained in quick man
ner by filling boiler with soap suds,
placing it Ga fire, and throwing bit
of alum into it. When the suds boiled.
the scum went over and left the water
clear, and as useful for washing clothes
as it had -iginally been.
IT is said that charcoal will fatten
fowls, and at the same time give the
meat improved tenderness and flavor.
Pulverize and mix with the food. 4 tur-
key requires about gill day.
10 make silk which has been wrink..
led appear Like new, sponge on the sur
face with weak solution of gum ara
bic or white glue, and iron on the wrong
side
A MIXTURE of oil and ink is a good
thing to clean kid boots with; the first
softens and the latter blackens them.
HE Scientific American cautions peo-
pie against the too frequent use of cam.
phor as medicine. 1t says the nature
OF camphor is that of nervous stimu-
liant similar to opium or alcohol, and
when taken in large doses, causes irri-
tatlon of the nervous system, and pro-
duces commissions, often fatal in their
effects.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
Curing and Preserving Meats.

The following is extracted from an
address before a farmers club on this
subject One recipe was: For three
dozen hams, three pounds saltpeter,
one-half bushel fine salt, one and a half
gallons molasses mix them well together,
and rub the hams we'll; let them lie
twelve or fourteen days; then make a
pickle that will bear an egg, and cover
the hams with it. After lying three OR
feur weeks in pickle, rub them with
bran and hang them up to smoke.
The recipe / have adopted for my
own use is as follows: For twelve hams,
one pound saltpeter, twelve pounds
fine salt, one half gallon molasses.
These ingredients, when well mixed,
will have about the consistency and ap-
pearance Of damp brown sugar. Rub
them thoroughly with the mixture, lay
them singly on dry platform. At the
end Of one week rub them again and
hang them up to smoke; let them dry
thoroughly, but do not smoke them
more than ten days.
Many persons like a light flavor of
smoke, others do not Meats cured for
the English market are never smoked,
and [ have known persons to kiln-dry
their meat as they would their tobacco.
It is necessary, however, to have it
thoroughly dried. I would not be I'M
derstood entirely discarding brine. In
some cases it is not only valuable, but
indispensable. The sides, or what is
known as mess pork, being nearly all
fat, produces neither fibrine nor albu-
men, and consequently cannot be in
jured either by salt or water, and can
be kept sound and sweet an infinite
length Of time by simply keeping it
covered with pure brine, or, as the gen
tleman from Wheatland suggested at
our last meeting, by keeping it covered
with salt, and taking it to the pump
now and then, and filing the cask with
cold water. I would here, however,
drop caution. All brine requires to
be assiduously watched and kept pure
Il extracts the juices of the meat; they,
being lighter than the water saturated
with salt, rise to the top, become ex-
posed to the air and soon decompose,
thereby containing the whole contents
OF the cask.
Recipe for making brine: Six pounds
Of salt, one pint of molasses, six ounces
saltpetcr; dissolve them by boiling in
four gallons OF water. In the pickle,
when perfectly cool, keep any sort of
fresh meat sunk and closely stopped.
This pickle may be kept pure, and its
strength undiminished for almost any
length Of time, by occasionally reboil-
ing it and skimming off the impurities;
but as old brine is an excellent fertilizer,
and salt is not expensive, throw on the
compost heap and renew.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
A DOCTORS STORY.

I was once sent for in great haste, to
attend man of responsibility, whose
wife, lady of intelligence and refine
ment, had discovered him in his room,
lying senseless upon the floor.
On arriving at the house, I found
Mrs. Harris in great distress of mind.
"What is the matter with Mr.. Har-
ris e. I asked on meeting his lady, who
was in tears, and looking the picture of
distress.
I'm afraid it's apoplexy," she re-
piled. 81 found him lying upon the
floor, where he had, to all appearances,
fallen suddenly from his chair. His
face is purple, and though he breathes,
it is with great difficulty"
I went to see my patient. He had
been lifted from the floor, and was iy-
ing upon the bed. Sure enough his
face was purple and breathing labored;
but somehow the symptoms did not in.
dictate apoplexy. Every vein in his
head and face was filled, and he lay per-
fectly stupid; but still I saw no clear in
dication Of an actual or approaching
congestion of the brain.
/" Hadn't he better be bled, doctor p
asked the anxious wife.
+" I don't think that it is necessary"
replied. 6 think if we let him alone, il
will pass off In the course of few
hours
"A few hours He may die in hall
an hour /" she exclaimed.
81 don't think the case SO dangerous
as that, madam
"Apoplexy not dangerous 2"
81 hardly think it is apoplexy,"
replied.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
Practical Suggestions,

Salt should be furnished to all ami
mails regularly. A COW, or an OK, or a
horse, needs two to four ounces daily.
Salt increases the butter in milk, helps
the digestive and nutritive processes,
and gives q good appetite. The people
of interior Europe have a saying that q
pound of salt makes ten pounds of flesh.
OF course, salt only assists in assimilat-
ing the food, it does not make flesh nor
muscle.
A PIECE of paraffine candle about til
size of nut, dissolved in lard at 1900
Fahrenheit, the mixture applied once a
month, will keep boots waterproof.
The length of a double whifietree
and the neck yoke for a sleigh should
be just os long as the sleigh is wide
from the center of one runner to the
other.
To CLEAN cider barrels, pour in lime
water, and then insert trace chain
through the bung hole, remem bering to
fasten a strong cord on the chain so as
to pull 1t out again. Shake the barrel
until all the mould in the inside is
rubbed off. Rinse with water, and
finally pour in little whisky.
FoR closing cracks in cast.iron stoves
Good wood ashes are to be sifted
through fine sieve, to which is to be
added the same quantity of clay finely
pulverized, together with little salt.
The mixture is to be moistened with
water enough to make paste, and the
crack in the stove filled with it. The
cement does not peal off or break away,
and assumes an extreme degree of hard
ness after being heated. The stove
must be cool when the application is
made. The same substance may be
used in setting the plates of stove, or
in fitting stove pipes, serving to render
all joints perfectly tight.
In boiling potatoes for pigs, says the
Gardeners Chronicle, they should be
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07
MANAGEMENT of Geese.

In mating geese, three or four should
be put with each gander, and not more
than this, if the object is to breed from
the eggs. Set them early in the season,
for larger proportion of vigorous
young will be obtained from the earliest
hoods. When the goslings are hatched
shut them up at once with their mother.
lest they get at the water and become
wet, as IN that case many of them are
sure to die. Feed them, while in the
coop, with fresh tender grass, cut fine,
chopped cabbage, and small quantity
of dough made from corr meal. Supply
them with water in shallow pan.