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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
What Policeman Learned by Expert
1ncn.
From the Syracuse Journal.


A police officer relates the following
as his experience: Whenever IN Off
Ger hears woman on the street Gre
ating a disturbance and in drunken
condition, he knows at once that she
has been drinking whisky. A drunken
woman who has nothing to say has
been drinking ale Or beer. If she has
imbibed too freely Of sour wine and
eaten too much sweet cake, she will De
sick-very sick. If she is sparkling
and not vicious or disorderly, but would
rather sing and be merry than tear the
hair out Of the head of the othe,
girl, why she has taken too much
sherry and egg; and if she commences
to cry while under the influence. if
may be safely inferred that she has
been taken too much of throat bath
Of brandy and water. From the pal.
ace to the hovel, and from the luxuri.
Gus bea-chamber to the hard bottom Of
the street gutter, women are to be
found under the influence of drugs q,
rum every day IN large city. It is
only the more unfortunate, or those
who are on the lowe-most rounds of h1,-
manity's ladder, that ever come to the
public notice, or that are brought be
fore tribunal of justice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12

curd, elevating the vat little at one end.
VIII en- the curd is thoroughly drained,
| grind it with one Of Jones. & Faux
ner's curd mills, and salt immediately.
| use three pounds of Syracuse dairy
salt to one thousand pounds of milk,
stirring in the salt thoroughly. I then
put to press Immediately in a luke-warnl
condition, believing it closes more per-
fectly. | press twenty-five hours with
Frazer's gang press.
Q. How do you secure a perfect rind !?
A. BY perfect manufacture. I rub
the face of the cheese with strong
alkili, colored slightly with annatto.
This is done when the cheese is taken
from the press, and they are allowed to
stand until dry before dressing. l use
whey butter for greasing. 1t is made
by thoroughly drying out the whey
cream until completely separated. It
is applied quite warm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
THE BLOOD SHOWER OF 1871.
A Curious Phenomenon that Occurred in
Tennessee Thirty-Five Years Ago

A Curious Phenomenon that Occurred i'm
Tennessee Thirty-Five Years Ago
From the Nashville American.
Reference to the old file in the
Ame11com's library, shows that the Chi
cago Times Tennessee correspondent,
signing himself GA Member of the
Class Of 1885," of Nashville University,
was in error as to the date of the
Meat" shower phenomenon of Will
son county, of which he undertakes to
enlighten the readers of that paper.
It was in the August Of 1S41 that it
occurred, and not in 1883 Or 1884 as
this correspondent remembers it. The
first account of it appeared as a COM
munlcatlon to the Lebanon Chronicle,
and was copied into the Nashville pa
pers. 1t states the discovery in field
five miles distant from Lebanon of
numbers Of tobacco leaves spotted, ap-
parently with spots Of coagulated
blood, which, according to some ne
groes who claimed to have witnessed
it, fell from a passing red cloud, at noon
Parties visiting the,s spot picked up here
and there particles of gelatinous sub
stance, of offensive odor, resembling
flesh, and from one to two inches in
length. The shower covered an area
of 800 yards long by 60 wide, the drops
irregularly disposed at intervals of fIf-
teen PAGES. Some of the particles
seemed to be finely pulverized muscle
and blood mixed, and others of muscu-
lar fibre and adipose matter inter-
spersed, and from others an oily exuda-
ton issuing from them, caused by the
heat of the sun. This is substantially
the report of the Lebanon papers cor
respondent thirty-five years ago.
The phenomenon produced quite a
sensation at the time and had an ex-
tensive newspaper circulation A Mr..
Benjamin N. Hallowell, from Alexan-
dria, Va, addressed letter to the No
tionm hateligencer on the subject, quot
ing from a work on the Natural His
tory Of Insects" to show that the spots
and red matter were produced by
species of bpidopitera butterflies which,
when they emerge from the pupa or
chrysalis state, discharge a reddish
fluid, in some instances producing the
appearance Of a "shower of blood"
Sleiden relates that IN 1852, vast null
titude of butterflies swarmed through a
great part of Germany, and sprinkled
plants, leaves, buildings, clothes and
men with bloody drops. A like occur
renee is reported by Reaumur, in July,
1908, in the suburbs of AK, producing
CONSERVATION among the superstitious.
M. Peiresc, a scientist, who had paid
attention to insects, happened to have
chrysalis in his cabinet. Hearing a
huttering which informed him his in
sect was arrived at its perfect state, he
opened the box and the insect emerged,
leaving behind it a red spot. He COM
pared this with the spots Of the bloody
shower, and found they were alike.
Mr.. Hallowell, in the hateAigencer, inter-
pretted the Wilson County phenome-
non, of flesh" appearing with the
+" blood,.' as the result of the insect hay
ing persisted in the process of trans
formation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
How to Make Prize Cheese.

One of the most successful winners of
premiums on cheese in this country is
Mr.. Seth Bonfoy, of West Winfield, n.
Y. He is cheese-makero of long expe-
rience, and his method, therefore, is of
no little interest to dairymen. He has
recently been interviewed, and the fol-
lowing facts elected:
Question. At what temperature do
you set your milk, and why?
Answer. Iset it at 80 degrees, because
| believe the whey separates more free
ly, the curd handles with more life, and
In the end makes more cheese than
when set at a higher temperature.
@. Do you vary the heat of setting at
different seasons of the year, and why :?
A. I set slightly higher in the spring,
and a triae lower in the fall. The sep
aration is more tardy as the season adj
yances.
G. What rennets doyou use, and how
do you prepare them?
A. Patrons rennets. Iprepare them
for use by soaking twelve hours in
warm water at 50 degrees. Then take
them out and salt the liquor to keep.
The skins are resoaked in the same
manner.
@. How do you judge when to break
the curd?
A. I break the curd little before it
will cleave before the finger.
@. How do you break the curd and
make it fine?
A. I cut with Young's perpendicular
curd knife, lengthwise and crosswise
| carefully, and then handle with hands
carefully while warming, until the curd
is sufficiently fine. Careful cutting
and handling adds to the weight and
character of the cheese.
Q. How much time do you occupy in
breaking the curd?
A. am governed altogether by the
condition Of the milk in its keeping
qualities. If it is cold, ] warm careful
| ~ and constantly until it reaches e5 or
90 degrees, and notventure too far.
Q. Do you have any rule as to the
time when you begin to apply the
scald, and the time occupied in raising
the heat?
A. have none but judgment. The
curd should be properly matured at a
medium low temperature. The time
occupied depends upon the slowness OF
rapidity with which it natures. The
heating should always beslow and care
4 full, and the curd should be CAREFUL,
and constantly handled while raising
the heat.
}, @. How do you tell when the curd i
, scalded enough?
I A. By my Judgment of the appear
!, ance of the curd.
} @. What are the concluding steps o
/ the handling of the curd?
) A. draw off the whey with siphon
, forming channel in the center of tn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
Winter Wheat.


Winter wheat is often greatly bene-
fitted by narrowing and rolling it in the
spring. During the past winter the
weather has been favorable for winter
wheat, and SO far as we have learned
it looks WELL But in many places the
ground has become hardened by rain
and snow and winds, forming surplus
crust. When this condition exists, the
use of the harrow and the roller is
highly beneficial. It is not necessary
to break the soil deeper than an inch,
hence light harrow with short, thickly
set teeth, is best adapted to the opera
ton. A hard, umpy soil requires a
heavy roller When this sort of work
is performed, the weather should be
warm and favorable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12

Pertaining to Farm, Garden and
Household.
Preparation of the Ground.

The advantage of thorough pre-
paration of the soil to receive seed, can
hardly be too highly appreciated. The
earth should be thoroughly pulverized
The more finely comminuted it is, the
better for the seed and the crop. Close
contact between seed and soil exerts a
wonderful influence upon termination.
The germ starts into vigorous life, and
both radical and plu,oule are more
rapidly developed; the little rootlets
take hold firmly in the plant soil, ex-
tracing and appropriatipg far more
nourlshment from mother earth than
they can do if the soil is but imperfect
~ pulverized.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
The SnOW-PlOugh Men.
From the Virginia (Nev.) News.


The men who run the snow plough
trains in the Sierras deserve kind
thoughts from all travellers. It is a
touching sight to see them, at signal,
take their stations. Behind the plough
are ten or dozen heavy freight loco
motives. Should rail break under
the first engine, Of course the others
would be piled in an indistinguishable
heap in moment, and yet through
days and nights these men keep their
places. Last week, without a moments
rest Or relaxation, one Of these trains
fought for twenty-eight hours against a
bank of snow only two miles in length,
before it was broken. One white man
and two Cinnamon were crushed to
death, but, as in battle, the fallen were
carried to the rear, and the fight against
the storm never relaxed until the way
was cleared. To ride through the snow
at Emigrant Gap and Blue Canyon is
like floating at the bottom of a canal
the banks Of which are twenty feet
high This shows how patiently and
persistently the work has gone on.
Against the storm, the cold, the avail
anche, the fire and steam and iron
these men have toiled, thanking and
conquering winter in his very strong
hold, though backed by every one of
his prime ministers. Men of battle
fields fight for glory and for the kind
remembrances Of their countrym en-.
Men often make superhuman exer-
tons for great rewards. That no selfish
motive may be ascribed to the snow
plough man to tarnlsh the glory due
their heroic and sef-sacrificing acts, we
will state that we understand their re-
ward is So per day,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
An American Lady Abroad.

An English paper of recent date
contains the following: can American
belle, whose success in London society
is undeniable, being lately asked what
were her impressions of this metropo-
lis, replied that she liked it very well.
but thought it strange that her part
ners had not punched her and her
sisters. Some observations by CORE
spondent explain the untoward effect
on the lady's mind Of the omission she
described by the homely but expressive
term. At grand ball given in Philadel-
phia, toward the end of last month, our
authority noticed that the ladies pres
ent were divided into two classes-th
who had bouquets and those who had
none-also that ladies in the first of
these categories were very triumphant,
while the others were proportionately
depressed 1t turned out that the bou-
quets were all supposed to be the gifts
of admirers. They were much larger
than those supplied by London and
Paris florists, and one lady had ten of
these huge punches, some of which she
had trust to her partner, carrying the
remainder herself. An expression of
surprise at the equanimity with which
ladies appeared to endure so cumbrous
and embarrassing an addition to the
usual ballroom paraphernalia was met
by a reminder that every bouquet rep
resented a scalp It may be hoped
that in spite of the apparent lack of
chivalry implied in allowing American
young ladies to remain in a bunchless
condition, custom which transforms
the Queen of Hearts into Jack in the
Green will be suffered to remain in it's
native habitat"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
A Mouse Swallowed by a Boy.
From the COhOes Eagle

A curious and singular accident hap
pened to son Of James O'Helan, who
resides on Saratoga street. 1t seems
that Willie, the youngest child, a bright
boy of twelves or fifteen years of age,
laid down in a corner of the kitchen
last night, and, being tired out from
play, was soon fast asleep. The father
was reading at a table placed IN the
centersof the room, the rest of the
family were all In bed, and consequent
ly the house was perfectly STILL Sud
denly a startling cry came from the
child, which aroused the father, who
made rush for the boy and asked him
what vas the matter. The boy clasped
his father in his arms, and with start
ling eyes exclaimed, Father, / have
swallowed a mouse, and feel him bit
ing me inside p In an instant the
father had the house aroused, and a
messenger was sent for a doctor, who
soon arrived, and administered. an
emetic, which had the desired effect,
and the boy, after some terrible reich
ing, threw up the mouse; and, strange
to relate, the creature was alive and
active, and made his escape to a hole
in the floor. it appears that while the
child slept he had his mouth open, aad
the mouse, which was very small one,
got frightened by a muscular action of
the child, jumped into his mouth anu
down his throat; but how he remained
alive in the boys stomach is mystery.
The English papers are telling very
good story concerning the ownership
of land in Ireland by corporate COM
panies in London. An agent of one
of the companies visited the Emerald
Isle recently, and calling meeting of
the tenantry, intimated that in conse-
quence of the general rise in the price
of things, and increased value of prop
erty, the company were under the ne
cessity of raising their rents. The rep
reservations of the agent were listened
to for some time with patience, and
then one of the tenants replied that
they quite agreed with the arguments
about the general rise. For in
stance" said he to the agent, "a yea,
or two ago could have got a man tc
pop you off for a pound; now it would
cost three pound ten." 1t is said that
the agent did not wait to conclude ne
gotiations.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
Calves.

A calf should never be allowed to
suck if it is possible tc avoid it. As
soon as its coat is dry it should be taken
from the cow and put into q stall next
to her, where she can see it. Ihis IS
better than separating them altogether,
unless the calf can be removed entirely
to where the COW cannot hear it. A calf
may be taught to drink in one lesson if
patience is used, and it has not sucked
the cow. It should have the fresh warm
milk for week, then warmed half
skinned milk for time, and finally
warmed skinned milk. While the
weather is cool, the milk should be
warmed and given a little sweet; we'll
boiled linseed meal Cruel is an excellent
addition to the milk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
Management OF Horses.

Feed literally, work steadily, and
clean thoroughly, is my motto in the
management Of horses. My great
trouble is to have the horses rubbed
dry and clean before leaving them for
the night. Where horses are worked
six days in the week, thorough grooming
is absolutely essential to their health.
The more highly they are fed the more
important it is to clean them. Most
men use the currycomb too much, and
the whisk and brush too. little. do not
myself insist on it, but [ believe it
would pay always to take the whcle
harness from the horses when put in
the stable at noon, and rub them dry,
washing the shoulders with cold water
afterward thoroughly drying them with
a cloth. [ question if one farmer in a
hundred duly appreciates how much he
loses from having poor horses, and il
not keeping them in vigorous health,
and In condition to do a maximum
days work.-America'a Agricuhurist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
Perpetual Calendar.
From Fragments of Science


The following ingeniously arranged
calendar will be found useful as well
as curious to many of our readers. 1t
is of especial value to those who have
occasion to reckon dates backward Or
forward, and in these centennial days
there is often occasion for such:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12

rapid and regular, in proportion as the
house may be slowly or quickly forced.
A succession may be kept up in this
way where there exists several such
forcing houses, as it is only in the early
stage of the forcing of such houses
that asparagus will succeed best when
grown in them. In similar way good
succession of it may be kept up from
an exhausted tan-pit in which pines
have been grown the preceding season.
| Next to the above method, where
houses do not exist, or where it may
not be convenient to so occupy them,
old melon frames answer equally as
well, worked by fresh Innings of fer
mented dung, the old bed being we'll
perforated below, to permit the heat to
pass more regularly into it from the
Innings. Two or three light frames
| worked alternately in this way, observ-
ing to fill one as the other is fit for cut
ting, will afford regular supply for
any middling sized family about every
second or thnd day. It will also do
well on newly made up beds; but great
care must be taken to have the materi-
ais well fermented, and the bed prop
erly sweetened previous to planting,
else the roots may be seriously injured,
if not quite destroyed, as no plant is
more impatient of overhead than as
paragus; on this account | would pre-
fer forcing this vegetable in exhausted
beds or pits, as the case mi ht be. The
more closely the turface of any bed
can be packed with roots, the greater
the produce will consequently be, pro-
vided that sufficient space is left for
little package of fine mold amongst
them, which operation must be care
fully done, finishing the whole by a
covering over the crowns about two
inches thick, and settling the whole in
a day or so after with a good watering,
when the bed may be shut close up
until the heat begins to rise and the
heads make their appearance, when,
for the sake of strengthening and
giving them color, little air may be.
admitted, more Or less, according to
the state of the weather and the heat
of the bed; as a simple criterion, the
guard or watch-stick, should never feel
much beyond blood heat. Of late
years asparagus has been forced to
some extent in permanent beds, form
ed by side walls of brick work, the
sides and ends being pigeon holed; re-
tween which walls fermented dung is
put, and the beds on either side are
forced This method answers very
well where a large command Of ma
terials and labor can be had; but upon
the whole, | would greatly prefer the
simple method of forcing just particu-
larized, namely, an old lemon bed or
unexhausted pine-pits.-J. c.. Niuen, IN
Gardeners Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
Forcing Asparagus.

Whenever the forcing of asparagus
is an object, a supply may be cheaply
and readily obtained for the table, for
at least six months of the year With
the view of making fresh plantation
every third or fourth year, according
to the quantity required, a small stock
of seeding plants should be kept ready
for use when needed. In the seed bed
I prefer sowing rather thinly on light,
well prepared bed of fine earth, which
will yield plants fit for transplanting
the first year after sowing; but after
two years this would be better still. A
plantation, such as / have described,
being formed every fourth year, por-
ton of the preceding one may be lifted
for forcing every year, after the second
comes into bearing; and SO keep On
with a regular rotation Of sowing,
planting and forcing upon compare
lively small surface ground, which will
be much improved by the alternate
cropping and moving. Various meth
DDS Of forcing are in practice. Per-
haps no more simple or successful one
is followed than that of placing the
roots in the border of any early winery
or peach house Eat work." where, by
being placed closely together, the
spaces between the roots filled up with
fine mold and covered about two inches
over the crowns, the produce will BIZ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-12
Hollow Horn.

A. t. Patchin asks for the cause,
cure and prevention of hollow horn.
The surest prevention is to breed only
polled (muley cattle, as all others (bulls
usually excepted), have the bony sup
port of the horn hollow after three
years old. 1t seems impossible to per-
suade many cattle owners Of this, how
ever, and almost every disease is attrib-
uted to the horns. Every sick cow has
to be tested with a gimblet, and if it
happens to strike one of the bony pill
lars in the hollow cavity, the cause of
the disease is looked for elsewhere, but
if these pillars are missed, then the
malady is hollow horn, and all sorts of
irritating agents are rubbed into the
tender cavity, promptly determining If
ritation and discharge from the nose.
The real disease is commonly some
disorder of the digestive or respiratory
organs, or slight febrile attack, which
will pass off with a warming laxative
drink and comfortable clothing and
stabling.-Prof. Lao, an ". Y. Tribune.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-27
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

The New York Times Illinois special
says that it was not the programme of the
Blaine men in the late convention to instruct
the delegates, but as Gov. Beveridge in clos
ing his speech was describing the kind of
man who should be nominated at Cincinnati,
somebody cried out, "Blaine." 1t was the
trst time the name of any candidate had
been mentioned, and there was great cheer
ing. Beveridge improved his opportunity,
and said if he were member of the conven-
ton he would offer resolution instructing
The delegates to Cincinnati to use all honor
able means to secure the nomination of
Blaine; but, not being member, he called
upon those who would favor such a resolu.
ton, if offered, to rise and cheer for Blaine.
In an instant all the delegates, with perh APPS
thirty or forty exceptions, were standing on
the chairs, throwing up their hats and shout
ing for Blaine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-27

A CONGRESSMAN in a speec h the other
day said that the irregularities in a certain
navy yard were no more to be compared to
those in another than "a small boy with a
hatchet to Captain Kidd" Up to the pres.
ent time it has been generally understood
that the boy with hatchet was most ex-
emplary youth afterwards known as Gen.
Washington. On the other hand Captain
Kidd has the reputation of being a notorious
ly improper sort of a person whose favorite
pastime was sailing the high seas to rob hon.
est commerce of its gold and periodically 60
ing ashore TO bury the same in places which
no fellow has yet been able to discover. We
trust that in his recent Investigations the
aforesaid member has not unearthed any
thing disreputable about G.. w. which will
ruin the century-old reputation of the little
boy with hatchet, and above all, sir, do not
shock the good by producing evidence that
this venerated story of the good boy who
couldn't tell lie is itself fable.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-27

IT was John Ward Fenno who wrote o.
Congressman in 1909: 'sAll miserably ignorant
of what legislator ought TO know-that the
government of a vast empire is not to be ad-
ministered upon miserable, narrow, General
Court politics by saving few thousand dol
lars here, and few thousand dollars there,
regardless of the means; not, in short, by
looping off necessities to increase means in
stead of supplying increased means to in
creased necessities. Should I say to any of
these. Behold the plighted faith of the
country broken! and behold an opportunity,
which may soon be wanting to repair it p
N " N His answer would be, in plain Eng
lish, tho sophisticated under multiplicity OF
words: 1T is not expedient :"
These words apply well to the Congressmen
of 1876.