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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
KING BABY.
BY LoNGFELLOW.

Seated, l see the two again,
But, none alone; they entertain
A little angel unaware,
With face as round as is the moon;
A royal guest with flaxen hair,
Who, throned upon his lofty chair,
Drums on the table with his spoon;
Then drops it careless on the floor,
To grasp thing unseen before.
Are these celestial manners these
The ways that win, the arts that please?
All, yes; consider we'll the guest,
And whatsoever he does seems best;
He ruleth by the right divine
Of hopelessnes, so lately born
In purple chambers of the morn,
AS sovereign over thee and thine.
He speaketh not; and yet there lies
A conversation in his eyes;
The golden silence of the Greek,
The gravest wisdom of the wise,
Not spoken in language, but in looks
More legible than printed books,
AS if he could but would not speak.
And now, oh monarch absolute,
Thy power is put to proof, for, To-
Resistless, fathomless, and slow,
The nurse comes rustling like the sea,
And pushes back the chair and thee;
And so good night to King Canute.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
A BILL COLLECTORS STORY,
Cfrcumvented, But Not in a Way Deroga-
tory to His Character as a Collector.

Circumvented, But Not in Way Deroga-
tory 10 His Character as a Collector.
From the New York Sun.
In my younger days." said Mr..
Maguffin, II was at one time collect
ORA bill collector. At first I had a
good deal of trouble finding a place.
There's prejudice against young col
lectors, you know. The keen, expe-
rienced debtor handles them very
easily. A glass Of beer, a cigar, or,
cheaper and better yet, a little judic-
ious fattery, and the young man goes
back and reports, Cant get anything
out of him. Middle-aged or prime
old men do best as collectors.
But [ managed to get work, and I
was very successful. In fact, being a
young man, I could not afford to fail
and L made it point never to under
take the collection of bill that did
not present a reasonable hope; so that
L collected every bill / ever undertook
to with one exception, and in that case
the circumstances were such that I
never considered my failure deroga-
tory to my character as a collector.
He was a rich man, abundantly able
to pay, and I didn't doubt that some
day should get the money He had
taken ofense at something said or
done to him in the store, and swore he
never would pay the BILL But I had
heard men say worse things than that,
and pay after all. So 1 went to work at
him. First [ called about twenty-five
times, at regular intervals; that was
enough to show me that he was man
Of endurance, and that it would be a
long chase, on which I could not afford
to waste time, So I put him along
with two or three others on whom I
called whenever [ was in their neigh
borhood. If was down town near his
office, dropped in and ask him for the
money; if he was up town near his
house called there; if I happened to
meet him on the street, l didn't let
him pass without dun. One evening
l saw him get out of carriage at the
Academy, and 1 nailed him on the
spot; but always he said it was no use,
he never would pay.
And so it went along for two years,
but l was not discouraged for 1 had re-
covered debts after waiting longer than
that. In this time we got very we'll &C
quainted, and he used to smile and
talk good-humoredly when came, and
] must say that while he was very
pig-headed and obstinate man, still he
had a cheerful courtesy about him
that materially lightened the monotony
of my visits.
In the summer of '53 I went on nv
annual vacation, and came back to
town fresh and hearty and ready for
business. The first call made was on
my resolute, good-natured friend,
whose conquest I had come now to re-
gard as essential to the preservation of
my prestige as collector. It was at
night, quite dark night as I remem-
Der it, and had skipped up the door
steps and grabbed the bell-handle, pre-
paratory to an energetic yank when I
felt something on my hand, soft, and
at the same time kind O. crispy. I bent
over to see what it was, and by CAD, the
good-natured, resolute man had beaten
me at last. The stuff on the bell-knob
was crapep'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
Surplus Population i'm California.

From the San Francisco News Letter. Feb Is.
No state should desire to increase it's
population except in measure that
may be provided for. Immigrants
with means can provide for themselves,
but we now refer to the mechanical and
laboring classes, with whom employ
ment is a necessity. If the condition
of labor here is such that there is al
ready an excess of supply, we only in
crease the hardships of and defraud
immigrants by drawing them hither
under false pretenses. That all classes
Of trade and labor are now overstocked
can easily be proved by inquiry. A
large too large) minority of the indus
trial classes have not worked over half
time for some years past. One reason
is the cheap competition of Chinese;
the other an overstocked labor market
So long as California capital monopo-
Lies Coolie labor there is little improve
ment to be apprehended, but when the
system extends East and we are under
sold IN our own market, our capital
lists will then clamor for it's abrogation.
If we are ever to have healthy in
creasing home class of consumers it
will only be by discouraging Chinese
immigration and procuring a sound
European substitute. Perennial SUM-
shine, Italian skies and beautiful eli
mate all very fine, but immigrants
from over the mountains must have
sufficient employment, otherwise they
will not come. Ournewspapers are too
much given to lying in this respect.
Hereafter let them tell the truth-the
disadvantages as well as the merits of
what immigrants may expect. 1t is a
crime to bring them here under false
pretenses.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22

A NOTICEABLE feature in the English
spirit market just now is the introduce
ton of neutral spirit from Russia,
which is being sold extensively at Is.
Id. per gallon-about Is. per gallon
less than British grain spirit, and
cheaper than the German spirit distilled
from potatoes, which has hitherto been
SO largely sold. This new spirit, when
favored and sweetened, will doubtless
enter into consumption through the
public houses under the name either
gin, rum, whisky or brandy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
How he Got Rid of the Alligators.
Correspondence of Pittsburgh Telegrap


Laying-in taking on wood one trip
between Red River and Bayou Sara, I
addressed an old darkey standing on
the bank:
" Uncle, I suppose you have plenty of
alligators around here?"
"Marsa, we used to hab a mighty
smart heap oh dem out in de swamps
and bayou, but dere dun all cleaned
out, tells you"
"Why, how is that, Uncle ?''
"Well, you see, Marsa, was wild Mr..
Lincum's soger boys, an and I learned
a heap bout dem tings. Was wild de
boys whar dere was some mighty hard
scratchen, tell you. Larned all bout
dem tarpeedles, frowen shells, &c.
When come back home | had plenty
of powder and some dem tings what
you pull wild string to fire de cannon
wild. Dem alligators had been playin'
de debil whenI came back-dun totted
off nearly all oh my pigs. One day I
sees one oh dem pigs layen by the
bayou wild his leg broke an nearly all
his BRET gone. So [ kills him and
cleaned out; den [ gets one oh dem
cans what dey puts up fanatics in an
filled him up wild powder an matches;
den | fastens him up tight and puts a
little hole in de top and puts one dem
tings in what they touches de cannons
off wild; den I ties my string in my
hand to wait. Presently, by and by.
seed one dem ugly black heads swim
min toward de pig. Yah, yah, yah, I
couldn't help latin, just thinked what
dat Teller was gwine to cotch. Purity soon
he made a dive for dat pig, an swol-
Tered him right off an started. Den l
pulls de string, yah, yah, yah, hi, hi, hi,
he, he, Marsa, declar' to goodness if
dat alligator wusn't blown into free
million pieces, and piece Of dat same
pig struck me on de head an nearly
knocked me down. Oar hasn't been
one dem gators seen bout har SINCE
'Spect dey found out dat one oh de
Lincum sogers libbed round desc
parts"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22

I0oOlng, care ana cleanliness remove
the obstacles that operate to prevent
the production Of an article that will
more nearly approach or rival the
finest English cheese there is no doubt
The fine cheese Of England are made
from milk which has been produced
from healthy COWS, fed on good herb
age, the milk having been properly
cared for in every way with the most
scrupulous cleanliness. But here in
America, under the factory system,
care and cleanliness about milk is a
lost art, Or rather an art that has never
been acquired by many cheese factory
patrons. know some of you would
reply: The cheese maker ought to see
to all these things. answer the thing
is impossible. Can he inspect your
milking pals, milk cans and mixers
hands? Or can he see that you send
no green or gargetted milk to the fac
tory? Or see whether your COWS were
hurried home with dog, blown
and sweltering with heat. Or can he
see how many COWS were left unmilked
over night and their half putrid messes
sent to the factory in morning to ope-
rate like yeast in the we'll kept milk Of
careful patrons? Or can the cheese
maker prevent you from OBTAINING the
milk at home after milking is finished,
or lingering to gossip on the way, and
then racing to the factory with the hot
milk closed up in the can advancing
rapidly toward putrefaction These are
causes that the cheese maker can not
control, and it is these that battle the
skill and Illustrate the efforts of the
most competent cheese maker. These
are the greatest causes Of inferior
cheese.
But beside these the maker has a
continual war to wage against sloven-
illness. He may provide patrons with
strainers and @rators, but he cannot
make them use them. In our factory
strainer, are found leaves, hairs, seeds,
feathers, scabs, clots of blood, COW man
ure, fowl manure, bugs, beetles, spiders,
worms, snails and lizards, which speak
volumes about the care and cleanli-
ness of these factory patrons. It sur
passes belief to think of the ignorance
and carelessness manifested by patrons
about this, their most valuable product.
1t is evident that they only have one
concern about their milk, VIZ: that it
should weigh we'll. They think that
the cheesemaker should accomplish
whatever else is needful to make fine
cheese. They place their evenings
milk, in their cans, bestowing little or
no care on it, entirely oblivious Of the
fact that five Or ten per cent. of rain
water in their milk is a sly way of
flching few cents out of their honest
fellow patrons pockets.
To return to the point of mixing the
morning and evening mess before
bringing it TO the factory. / tell you
that it is a very pernicious practice and
that gives large amount of trouble to
cheesemakers. In the early fall even,
some patrons who have been al
lowed to draw once day are sure to
attempt this; and others seeing it soon
follow the bad example. Now nothing
so annoys good cheesmaker. He is de-
prived thereby, in some degree, Of his
power to discover fraud and the work
ing Of curd is rendered very uncertain in
a season when all should go on well and
with uniform success.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
Alcoholic Stimulants During Physical
Exposure.
DR.. T. Lander Brunton III the Practitioner for
February

DR.. I. Lander Brunton ID the Practitioner for
February
Where men are subject to great and
prolonged exposure to cold, experience
has taught them the danger Of taking
spirits while the exposure continues
My friend DR.. Fayer told me that when
crawling through the wet heather in
pursuit of deer on cold day he offer
ed the keeper who accompanied him a
pull from his flask. The old man de-
clined, saying, No, thank you, it is
too cold" The lumberers in Canada
who are engaged in telling tt Der in
the pine forests, living there all winter,
sleeping in holes dug in the snow and
lying on spruce branches covered with
buffalo robes, allow no spirits in their
camp, and destroy any that may be
found there. The experience of Arctic
travellers on this subject is nearly
unanimous; and I owe to my friend
DR.. Miner Fothergill an anecdote
which illustrates it in very striking
way. A party of Americans crossing
the Sierra Nevada encamped at spot
above the snow line, and in an exposed
situation. Some of them took a good
deal of spirits before going to sleep,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
Domestic Recipes.

To CLEAN CARPETS, take grease
out of carpets, if ingram, spread buck
wheat batter on it. Will scrape off
when dry, and grease is absorbed.
In order to soften hard water, either
boil it for some time or add quantity
Of clean lime water. Sal soda is some
times used, but it will color the clothes
yellow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-22
What a Cheesenaker Says.

A cheesemaker, in the Utica Herald
says: will occupy your attention with
little plain talk on the subject of the
best means of EXCHANGING the value of
the milk you send to the cheese fac
tory. 1t is very important to you
whether the milk you send is manufac-
tured into inferior, middling or super
ior cheese. That you can by proper
New-York tribune., 1876-02-15

leaf out of his Spanish colleaguo's book !;
with the result, further, OF bringing france
nearer than she yet is to the conui'ion Vi
Spain. The Ministry of King Alfonso are SO
eurap,ured with their that they take pains to
enhance 1t by declaring that they did not oppose
CASTELAR,. election They would not have 1t believed
that single Republican could be chosen IN all SPAIN
without the permission OF the Government. Anu
when tho Cortes shall have voted whatever iunna-
mental laws seem good 10 the Ministry. we shall be
told that the Cortes elected by universal sui
frace and speak the voice of the country. The only
good have heard of resulting from tho elections
is that they have widcned the breach between tho
King and the Ultramontaues. Tho ten Cleri'"'s
elected viii count among the opposition IL ~ OF
course the very slight degree of religious tolrrat'n
existing under the present Government which mas
reused this pcstilcnt faction against H. Ihe Nr'h-
bishop of Valencia Illuminated against the mn's''
rial candidates as enemies OF religion, AMI part o'
the clergy followed his lead Happily The influence"
of the priests il far less than formerly.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-15
NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The President sens
6 $40 p. la. adiournod.

the fo,lo wing nominations To tina senate To-Day
R1i,,s OF e Land OgeCharirs f. Roberts o California
al Iinnboldt cal: W. H. Willis of Oregon. at kosceufS
,lr,a,a ami FELIX q. Car.o of Iowa at Des Moa Iowa
49, Robert o. ;, spics al tot.mo"th a. wunsu
Bings Victoria leAas and Charles ahlef a. Morgan eS'
La =, ,,..,-... ~. ma. a, u.cohurx.
Wilson King OF Pennsylvania, ~ bfemeh ana DsnJA'h "
burrows ot Nooraska. AT Dubiin a.. -.
A. H. Kitty, Retired List =
prar Admiral on Retired List, Charles Hudson OF NN
Yors q 20 Agent indiana 81 tho Pima and MAfooos
AGENCY Ia Ar1zonA
New-York tribune., 1876-02-15

DEMCACY.-Edwn (as the Servant is pres
enD "AL-J'ctay tet-aii-Iisai onta5 uc ~. pas yuo
yworc 4 la Rink oe N stt.ng-YOos qu&w cskorf' An
X. lila. " All wee, mas MOntmJng-" farlor Maid:
|" Hem beg your PARDON. Mia; but understand tho
Ans,idgol 70 Punch.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-15
TBE rExAs SrarK ELECTION

STATE OFFICERS TO RE CHOSEN ANn ruE NFw CON
sTITr,TroN TO nR VOTED UroN ropAN-ruE
PARTY TICKETS.
The first state election this year will take
place IN Texas to-day. whcn IN addition 10 voting upon
the proposed new Constitution. the people will elect
members OF tho state Government and Legislature ana
county Officers. The Constitution. II adopted VIII
90 into effect on April IS great part of tho keIunh
can platform is devoted 10 statement OF the rai'!
objections To the proposed instrument one OF whc1lsiha'
it RENTS TO the future the same political ISSUES "ioh
involved the country IN the late civil war The RepuD
cans in lose President Grants administration avora cur
rency based coin and redecmable in CON- ana dcpr
cate party nominations FOR judicial Offices. The Demo
cratic platform confined to state politics and does not
express an opinion upon the financial question Nei'hcr
oes it have any thing say regard to tho new ton>
tuition (which was adopted by Convention c'mp"Sed
largely of Democrats because considerable hHho'r oI
Democrats do not favor it. In 1873 Richard C"ho
(Dernl was elected Gov. lmund j. Davis Iep) by
a. 6Sl majority; the lattcI5 majority IN sC9 over IN
Iton tndJ was 7s3. Horace Grce,ys majority In ls'2
was 1908. The yoe cast IN 1873 was nearly double
the vote OF 1861 and about onehrd AS large again as
the vote of 1872 The nominees oi both parties for State
New-York tribune., 1876-02-15

The bill Was then read third time and passsd-Yss
30 Nays, "a
Those voting IN tho negative as follows TDenuh
LEANS in Roman, Democrats in ftdiicsl
BayTd, Darts hdl% Squisbury
BOgy, Elglsh, NrDyRQtd, S'ersUsyn"
CocSrctl Eatoa McCrceTy, Sherman
Cooper, GOIdthUdifs Nsrr mon, Usmr
CrrTton Jones (F1a.) NoyUood, Wrtiae.
Denats, JOhJst0n. Ransom, UiMsrk'
Mes5rs Kernan Aaxey and Randolph (DeInsI voted
with the Republicans III the affirmative.
New-York tribune., 1876-02-15
TIE Caoss-EXAMINATIoN.

Tho prosecution here rested and Burr was
ined by John Graham, counsel for defendants The wit
ness said he the manager OF the office at No 272
Bowery had sole charge Of IL and attended TO all the
business. He made any contracts assuming lot
terry risks and made any contracts connecting that
place with the lottery business ii kept entirely dis
tinct from tho lottery business
recess was then :aken after which the crosscxain-
iuaiion was continued
The witness said ho know nothing OF the names Of any
Of the purchasers OF these lottery tickets He could not
remember anything about the papers brought To NO 272
Bowcry showing the results Of risks The papers
brought to No. 272 BOwery by niddlemcn. and other
pcrsons nnd the actious at No. 274 Bowery
confined to who brought the papers there. These
persons bring matters of risk there and make up
certain schedule for assuming thcGo risks. They would
bring there aud after getting iesults would rem
der statement and after time would get division OF
he money generally ut the end Of tho month. sometimes
when thoy discontinued business. la this business there
were nddlomel who would give only Just
what portion they disposed To give.
aud In many Instances not over 10 rcr cent
10 wa voluntary contribution, ana No 272 Bowery
accepted anYthpg there Was no cOmpulson us to any
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14
UNCLE SAINTS A HUNDRED"

DYE Powersl what roar,
Such was never heard before
laundering from shore to shore:
Uncle Sans a hundredl'
Cannon boom and trumpets bray,
Fiddles squeak and fountains play
'Tis hig great Centennial Day
Uncle Sans q hundred!'
stalwart men and puny boys,
MAIDS and matrons swell the noise,
Ey'ry baby lifts its voice:
Uncle Sans O hundredm
Nervous folks who dote on quiet,
Though they're half distracted by IL,
Cant help mixing in the riot:
Uncle Sans hundredln
Brutcs that walk and birds that fly,
On the earth or In the sky,
Join the universal cry:
"Uncle Sans hundredl'
Well, suppose he is-what then9
Don't let's act like crazy men.
Must we take to fooling when
"Uncle Sans a hundredr
There he stands-our modern Saul {
Head and shoulders above all;
Yet " Pride goes before a ItTlt,'
Zen though one'sa hundred.
Whats hundred in our day."
Foreign Uncle Sans will say;
" Let us sit and watch the play
He is but hundred.
" Granted he's a shapely youth
Fair and ruddy-yet, forsooth
He's too y0ang-and that's the TRUTH
Only just hundred.
when he's twice as old, pardiel
Twill he easier to fOrsee
What will be his destiny.
NOsO he's but hundred.
When he's played his boyish pranks,
Should he seek to Join our ranks
Well reflect. But now-uo, thanks!
Why, he's but a hundred"
Yes, our uncle's years are few;
lie Is young-the charge is true;
Let US keep that fact in view,
Though he counts a hundred.
Don't let's tempt him to ignore
Warnings that have gone before;
Perils both by sea and shore,
Now that he's hundred.
Let us strive with earnest heart
Each Of as to do his part,
So that he may 'scape the smart,
Seeing he's hundred.
And with solemn, grateful thought
OF the deeds that he has wrought,
Guided, cherished, favored. Taught,
Til he's reached a hundred,
Let us, as we vsunt HIS worth,
Mingle soberness with mirlh,
While we shout to all tho earth;
'Uncle Sans hundred"
W Y. EreBiRg Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14


that all the churches invited by Mrs.
Moulton to take part in the mutual coun-
Gil had accepted the invitation. The list
embraces some of the most celebrated
clergymen in the denomination. i-A
]. Y. SoAMMoN, former President of the
Mechanics National Bank, suspended
Chicago monetary Institution, and j. s.
Reed, hiscashier and son in-law, have been
indicted by Chicago Grand Jury on the
charge of appropriating large amount of
the funds of the bank for the private bene-
fit of Mr.. s. Ina card dated Washington,
Jan. s, Mr.. Scammon emphatically de-
nies the alleged embezzlement and any in
territorial wrong in his actions as Presi-
dent of the bank.
A BRussEIs telegram of the 10th re-
ports continued disturbances among the
miners at CharleroI. On the night of the
9th an outbreak had occurred in which
several had been killed and more
wounded. Troops had been sent to the
scene Of trouble. q IE .
THE Inauguration of Gov. Hayes, of
Ohio, took place at Columbus on the
10TH in presence of vast concourse of
people from all parts of the State.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14
THE MARKETS. CC
JANUARY II, 1876.

JANUARY II, 1876.
NEW YORK. 49,.
LIVE SFooK.- Beef Cattle q. .5O012. 70. Hogs
Live, s7.tO0s.OO. Sheep-Liye, So.OO@aOO.
BREADsruFFs, --Flour-Good To choice, $500
$50; white wheat extra, S5.0S17.7b. Wheat-No.
2 Chicago, s1,2l@12s; No. Milwaukee spring,
81 .2201 .2S. Rye-Western and State. s80g7c
Barley-$1O00l.1O. Corn-Mixed Western, II
973c. Oats-Mxed Western, 45lb46c.
Prov .-Pork-Mess,, $40. .s71s6l21 co. Lard
Prime Steam, lsA0l2Ac. sCheese-=60l2Ikc. Z
WooL.--Domestic Fleece, ss062c. N NJ
CHICAGO.
LIVE --BeeYes-Choice, $5.256D6 90;
good, Si.500j.OO; medium, Si.OO0425; butch.
ers' stock, S2,5OGbs.75; stock cattle, Ss75n
a7a Hogs-Live, ssso0T,sO sheep--Good to
choice, $4sO95 rs.
Provisions. s.-Butter--Choice, 25032c. Eggs
Fresh, 30 bs4c. Pork-Mass, s19.25@i927X.
Lard-S12. .sO112.39h.
BREADsTUFFs. .-Flour-White Winter Extra,
si75075Oi spring extra, t4.OO05.25. Wheat
Spring, No. ., @097hc. Corn.--No. 2, 43h0
43Ac oats-No. 9, sOh@3Oxc. Rye-No. 2, 68
@66hc. BRrley-No. 2, s0h QDslc.
LUMBER.-First and Second Clear, $4,000
042.C0; Common Boards, Si1OO0l2.00; Fencing,
Sis.oO0ia0o; "A" Shingles, S2.750aOo; Lath,
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE STOCK -Beeyes-Best, $6.OO06OO; me-
dium, s4.75@s.25. Hogs-Yorksrs, S74O0T7b:
Philadelphias, S7sO@s.0o, sheep-Best, S5.s7H0
$40; medium, Sa.7b@5.00,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14

THE Belgrave cotton mills at Oldham,
England, carrying $4,000 spindles, were
recently destroyed by fire, involving a
loss of $3.50 900.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14

DR. SAMUEL G.. HOWE, the founder of
the Institute for the Blind in Boston, died
recently in that city, aged seventy. four
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14
CURRENT / PARAGRAPHS.

THE next Illinois State Fair is to be
held at Ottawa, beginning Sept. A. -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-14

,LoRD LYTToN has been appointed Vice.
roy of India, in place of Lord North