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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Frauds In ROuSe.Furnishfng.

We are just putting behind our backs
the time when furnaces were all the
rage, and the doctors In consequence
we're rafting round in their gigs with
no end Of business, and it acquired
steady stream of rich mer s last will-and-
testaments to keep up the supply of
hospitals that were made necessary by
this, the devils last, best gift to man,
as much as by anything. It really be-
gan to seem as if the hearth-stone were
dead institution and yet it was pa
thetic to see how men and women still
held on to the idea, and instead of log
ically leaving chimneys out of their
houses, or building the piers up
solid, kept on putting in ex-
pensive make believe fre-places, and
erecting mantel-pieces over them, as if
they couldn't bear to give up the mem
DRY Of what had once been so pleasant.
In. those days, the kitchen came near
being the only cheerful room in the
house, for there, at least, there was a
real fire place with real fire in it, Civ
ing out heat that was actually warm.
Poorish people had to give up burning
wood, of course. because it was too
dear; but rich people who might have
kept up the delightful luxury, didn't,
of course, dare to, when all the world
took to burning hard coal. However,
some few of them did, and there were
others who wanted to, and SO made
compromise by employing that fun
NEST of all the fashionable humbugs of
our time, funnier than wedding pre-
sents, than funeral flowers, or dinner
parties with borrowed silver, the
fire place with it's make-believe
andirons supporting make believe
logs with pieces of asbestos stuck be-
tween them, and made red-hot by
lighting the gas discharged by pipes
hidden behind the fraudulent heap.
Still, even this, vulgar or babyish as it
was, was concession to the god of
hospitality, who really does not know
how to make people socially happy
unless he can bring them round fire,
and, as a concession, it had an air of
responsibility about it, But the ''fur-
mace register" that pulled out it's dusty
heat at you from behind the o-called
summer blower" was not concession
at all; it was pretense, and deserved
no fair words. It was and is honester
to frankly make hole in the floor and
warm yourself at that, than to pretend
you still have something left of the be-
loved old-time fire place with it's hos
pitable warmth and eye-and -heart-de-
lighting glow.-Scrab'aey for January.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Stoned to Death

The details of the recent terrible
murder OF Jew in Hamodan (Ekbat-
ana Of the ancients,) in Persia, have
been received. A wealthy Persian
owed large sum of money to the Rab-
bi Chajim, who asked the Persian to
repay him one day when they CHANGED
to meet in a bazaar. A quarrel ensued.
and the crowd which had collected ask
ed the Parsian what the cause of the
trouble was. He determined to get rid
Of his creditor, and turning to the large
crowd, said: eff this man had merely
ms ulted me should have kept silent,
but he has abused our religion and
blasphemed the prophet. cannot, there
fore, be silent" The crowd fell upon
the Rabbi and threatened to kill him.
He took refuge in the neighboring house
of a rich Persian, to whom he appealed
for protection. The latter concealed
the Jew in an inner room and barred
the doors of the house. The crowd de-
manded his surrender. The noble Per-
sian refused, and the doors were broken
down. The lawless rabble poured in,
found the fugitive, dragged him into
the street, and stoned him to death.
The dead body was dragged about the
town with jeers and finally brought to
the market place, where the mouth was
filed with powder and the head blown
in pieces. A fire was then kindled and
the corpse was burned up. Four Jews
were ill-treated and severely wounded.
The dwellings of the Israelites were
plundered, and a general massacre of all
the Jews-and Christians likewise
would have followed had ot the author
tiles interviewed. The Jews of the city
have sent deputation to Teheran to
appeal for protection to the foreign
ministers there, as they have no opes
of any aid from the Shah.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Practical SUGGESTIONS.

EVERY little while we hear of one who
has stuck rusty nail In his foot or
some other part of his person, and lock-
jaw has resulted therefrom. All such
wounds can be healed without any
fatal consequence following them. The
remedy is simple, it is only to smoke
such wound or bruise that is infamed.
with burning wool or WOODEN cloth.
Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool
will take pain out of the worse case of
inflammation arising from wound we
ever saw.
IF boots are kept we'll oiled once a
month with castor oil and small
quantity of lamp-black they will be both
drier and warmer, The latter stops up
the pores in the leather and excludes
wind as well as rain.
In caring for your fowls provide
them with vessel of limewater for an
occasional drink. It is prepared by
pouring hot water over quicklime, and
after the lime is settled and the water
covering it becomes clear, pour it off.
It will keep fit for use considerable
time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Hints to Farmers, Wives.


KEROSENE and powdered lime, whit
ing, or wood ashes, will scour tins with
the least labor.
A TEAsPooNFUL of powdered borax
dissolved in quart of tepid water is
good for cleansing old black dresses of
silk, cashmere or alpaca.
MUsH BISCUIT. Take one tin of milk,
one tin of mush, one cup of lard, one
cup yeast; mix over night, roll out in
the morning, and bake for breakfast
They are better than soda biscuit, and
much more healthful.
Do you women keep account books /?
If not, begin at once. You don't know
show the money goes J" unless you put
it down in black and white. Teach
your children to keep their own &C.
counts, it will be a great step towar d
making little business men and women
out of them.
A CRACKED WHEAT PUDDNa.-Iake
a quart of unskimmed milk, add to it a
gill OF cracked wheat, uncooked, and a
gill of sugar, and small piece of stick
cinnamon. Place in an oven of medium
heat. When about half done, stir in
the crust already formed, and leave it to
form another, which will be sufficiently
brown, Try when it is done by tasting
a grain of the wheat, which must be
very soft. This, when cold, makes
delicious, creamy pudding. A handful
of raisins is an addition.
PICKLE FOR BEEF.-To every hun
dred pounds of beef take three and
one half pounds of salt, one-half ounce
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Mules for Farm Work.

An Arkansas correspor dent to the
American Farm Journal thus strongly
states the superiority of mules over
horses for farm work in the South. The
subject is worthy the attention of
Northern farmers
"Mules on an average are more valu-
able than horses, are more easily raised,
are not so subject to disease, are not
likely to run away in wagoning and
blowing, ere long lived, Will do more
work, and require less feed and atten-
ton; they are stronger, will draw
heavier loads, and stand great deal
more hardship, and are in every way
preferable to the horse for general farm
use. Mules come in earlier, being
ready for light work when three years
old. They will then do enough work
on the farm to pay for their food, and
and after having reached the age of
four years they are ready for any
kind of service. But the horse (colt)
must be kept until he is
4 years old before he is worked at all,
and when he is he must be a frst-rate
colt TO bring as much as the mule will
at 2 years old. But assume the animals
are both required for farm work, see
what difference there is in favor of
the mule. The working life of the mule
can be safely estimated at thirty years,
and that of horse at ten years. SO
while mule is working it's life out
three horses will be required to do
equal service. But these are not tthe
only items. The saving Of feed is at
least one-fourth, or not less than SAT
bushels of corn and 427 tons of hay.
These amounts, added to the original
saving in purchase of animals, show an
advantage in favor of the use of the
mule over the horse of over 81, 900 dur
ing the ordinary life of the animal. The
mule is less dainty about food, IN
ground grain and dry feed being just
the thing for him."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
From the Evening Post.


"Uncle Sans a Hundred"
An Anticipatory Centennial Ode.
Oh ye Powers! what roar,
Such was never heard before
laundering, from shore to shore.
"Uncle Sans hundred y
Cannon boom and trumpets bray,
Riddles squeak. and fountains play
It's his great Centennial day
"Uncle Sans hundred !"
Stalwart men and puny boys,
Maids and matrons swell the noise.
Ev'ry baby lifts it's voice:
Uncle Sans q hundred !"
Nervous folks, who dote on quiet,
Though they're half distracted by it,
Can't help mixing in the riot:
"Uncle Sans a hundred!"
Brutes that walk. and birds that fly
On the earth or in the sky,
Join the universal cry,
Uncle Sans hundred !"
Well, suppose he is-what then?
Don't let's act like crazy men.
Must we take to fooling when
"Uncle Sans hundred ?"
There he stands-our modern Saul
Head and shoulders above all
Yet, Pride goes before a faU,"
Fen though ones a hundred.
What's hundred in our day ?''
Foreign Uncle Sans will say,
Let us sit and watch the play
He is but hundred:
Granted he's shapely youth
Fair and ruddy-yet, forsooth
He's too young-and that's the truth!
Only just hundred.
"When he's twice as old, pardie
Twill be easier to foresee
What will be his destiny.
N0ao he's but hundred.
when he's played his boyish pranks,
Should he seek to join our ranks
Wen reflect. But now-no. thanks!
Why, he's but . hundred -
Yes, our uncle's years are few;
He is young-the charge is true;
Let us keep that fact in view,
Though he counts 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 us 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
Till he's reached hundred,
Let us, as we vaunt his worth,
Mingle soberness with mirth,
While we shout to all the earth,
"Uncle Sans hundred"
December 31st, 1866. r.. s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Steamed Food for Cows

steamed Food for Cows.
The most extensive steaming works
we have seen are those of Mr.. Angus
tus Whitman, of Fitchburg, Mass.
Everything about the farm buildings
here is finished in the most substantial,
liberal and, we might perhaps say,
elegant style. The barns are ample,
new, well painted and covered by slate
roofing. The inside finish is designed
to be perfect in every particular, and
each department is kept as neat and
tidy as first class workshop and much
more wholesome than thousands of
dwelling houses that may be found,
either in city or country.
The stock is nearly all of the short
horn breed, and in the herd are animals
little, if any, inferier to the best in the
country or in the world, if we may
judge by the prices set upon them.
Here the feed in winter is all steamed.
The fodder, made up of chopped corn
stalks and hay and several varieties of
grain, is all mixed together and cooked
in two huge iron cylinders until the
whole mass is nearly as soft and hon.
ogeneous as pudding. At the time of
our visit the daily ration was made up
in the following proportions: Cut-corn
fodder, 625 pounds; cut hay, ITS
pounds; corn meal, ground in the barn
by the same steam that drives the hay
cutter and cooks the food, Sc pounds;
cotton seed meal, los pounds; and wheat
bran, ia pounds. This quantity gave an
allowance of two bushels per day to
each animal, costing, with the addition
OF one daily feed OF five pounds of dry
hay, 81. as cents per head, which at that
time, and for such large animals, was
considered very low.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Tweed's Memory of Faces.

The Boss never forgets a face. He
had learned that mon esteemed it 8
compliment to be remembered person.
ally, and he practiced upon this infor
nation. Some years ago, at Albany, tn
writer had occasion to call upon Mr.
Tweed, having met him frequently, an6
having always found him ready to give
any information that lay in his power
An acquaintance said he would 90 too
having only met the Tammany Sachem
once and being DESTROYS of renewing the
acquaintance. Tweed met the writer cor.
daily and then turning to his compan-
ion called him by name and inquired
after his little daughter. A flush OF
gratified delight spread over the gen.
tleman's face, and he afterwards ex-
pressed establishment at the recollec-
ton. 1t seems that at the time they
had first met the gentleman had his
daughter with him and she attracted
Tweed's notice and he spoke to her.
The incident bore it's fruit. Tweed
gained firm friend by the power of
his memory. The courtesy cost moth
ing, and it's rank fruits proved to be
very valuable. -" K,ssckerbocker," IN
Toledo Blade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19

would have borne everything but the
loss of her love-her neglect. An hour
passed. Then figure he knew came
up the street, leaning on tall gentle
mans arm. They paused at the door.
''Adieu !" said a foreis- oice.
.sGood- night p said Matte.
Son Monday, I shall meet you again,
at the same hour, madam" said the first
speaker.
Eyes, I shall be there" said Matte.
s'And again adieu |" said the for
eigner; and he lifted his hat, and was
gone.
Matte tripped up. stairs.
s'The light out 2" she cried. "My
dear, are you asleep ?"
Then she struck match and set the
lamp burning, and almost screamed,
" Up, and at the window! Charlie,
you'll kill YOURSELF
eff only do that, thank heaven for
it," said Charlie. why should
want to live, Matte %
sob, my darlingl" she cried, and
came toward him.
He put her back with wave of his
hand.
"Don't feign Affection" he said.
But, for all that, listen to me. I am
i'll and helpless, I know, cannot COM
mand love, but can command you not
to disgrace me. Who is that man ?"
''It's only Monsieur!" cried Matte.
"Oh my dear, it is SO kind of him not
to let me come alone. Let me tell
YOU"
"Kind p cried Charlie. "Woman,
am I fool - Evening after evening
you leave me in solitude. Evening
after evening you are escorted home by
that fellow. [ have suffered, I don't
deny it. [ loved you; would have
been true to you, Matte. through all
change; but you are woman. and wo-
men are false. But now cast you of.
Go to some of your rich relations. Tell
them you have done with me; and that
I have done with you, care nothing for
you. And why should you, for mis-
cradle fellow like me, who will, prob
ably, go imping through life? Why
should you, for you never really cared
for me? You"
I But there he paused, and broke into
tears, an she would not be kept away
any longer. She knelt at his side, and
hid her wet eyes upon his arm.
dearest Charlie,,' she said, s'isten
to me. I did it because we were so
poor. I-oh, Charlie, it is only at
Madam Leroux-the dancing school, I
mean. She advertised for lady to
play the piano for her evening classes.
1 went; and I did not tell yon lest you
should be angry, at first. Besides, how
could l know that [ would SUITE But I
do; and tonight she paid me; and we
need not suffer, darling, until you are
we'll. She wants me to keep on. And
it is only the gentleman who plays the
violin-a grandfather. dearest-who
sees nae home as he passes the door. /
am timid, you know. l meant no harm,
and thought of you all the while; and
see how much have earned. To-nigh
I meant to tell you and thought you
would be glad"
Poor Charlie! He gathered his little
wife to his bosom, and they wept to-
gether.
''And may go on ?" asked the poor
girl. ''Just while you are i'll darling?''
Charlie could not answer; word
would have choked him.
CT did go on" said little Mrs. Che
viot, as she told the story. "For a
long while my playing at the dancing
school kept the wolf from the door
But Charlie grew better, at last, and
was not in the least lame. And there is
no need of my playing now, except to
p lease the babies"
And then Charlie kissed her.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1876.
TO-DAY.
BY JOHN BOYLE o'REnLY.

BY JOHN BOYLE O'REuLY.
Only from Gay to day
The life Of q wise man runs
What matter If seasons far away
Have gloom or have double suns ?
To climb the unreal path,
We lose the roadway here,
We swim the rivers of wrath
And tunnel the hills Of fear.
Our feet on the torrent brink,
Our eyes on the cloud star.
We fear the things We think,
Instead OF the things that are.
Like q tide our work should rise.
Each later wave the best,
Tomorrow forever flies,
To-day is the special test.
Like q sawyer's work is life
The present makes the flaw,
And the only field for strife
Is the inch before the saw.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19

chickens of each years rearing are
theughtlessly sacrificed to not always
paying market. This practice, we are
glad to believe, is not SO common as
formerly. Better fowls are being kept,
and those better cared for, as the true
value and Importance of this branch of
rural economy becomes better under
stood AMI appreciated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19

Mr.. MAX MULLER has been offered q
professorship in Florence at higher
salary than any ever offered before to
professor in Italy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Eggs in Winter


them in abundance, either for family
use or for sale in market is one of the
chief objects for which fowls are kept.
In the fall of the year towns people
often buy dozen or more chickens
from the grocery store, with the inten
ton of devoting he cockerels to table
use, and the pullets to the task of egg
producing during the winter.
Such plan is satisfactory so far as
the first. part Of the programme is con-
cerned, but when if comes to part
secoud in the play, the result in most
cases ends in disappointment. The egg
business proves a failure, and some
body is Disguised wit poultry keeping.
There are various reasons why mis-
takes in feeding, housing and general
management, the buying of late hatch
ed pullets is of itself one of the most
certain causes of failure. Feed and
care for such pullets as we may, it is
next TO impossible to put them in lay
ing condition during the cold season of
winter.
The true course is to secure early
Matched birds, if they are expected to
lay we'll during the winter. Get them
fairly started in the egg business before
winter really begins, and they will, with
proper care afterwards, keep up rea-
sonable supply.
But the towns people are not the
only ones who act with so little judg-
ment in selecting stock for winter profit
On many farms the best and earliest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Value of Improved Stock.

A writer in the New York Times put
the question plainly in saying that if a
farmer is raising cattle for beef, and he
can add 200 pounds to the carcass of
each by the time it is ready for the
ahambles, by the use OF short-horn
bull, it will certainly be profitable for
him to pay good price for such bull
And yet this is the average result of
using thoroughbred bulls on the native
COWS of the country, as estimated by all
the best stock breeders. And this 200
pounds is clear gain, for it is produced
with no greater consumption of food.
If the use of thoroughbred ram on a
flock of common ewes will increase the
weight of fleece one pound OF the av-
erage, certainly more than GIVE in a
hundred could make it pay" whether
moro than che in five could or not, is
another question. And SO with hogs.
The difference between the common
woods breed of the past and the i'm
proved breeds of to- day is beyond COM
parison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19
Hedges.

The Usage orange, after trial of a
number of years, is about to be given
up here-it fails to make a perfect
fence. Some have grown it upright.
others have tried laying the two and
three year old trees, and succeeded
only against cattle-it will not stop
hogs. Can you help us9 w. E. E.,
Christian county. Ky. We fear hedges
will prove failure, until farmers can
be e'ucated to the care they require.
The three great deficiencies are want
of perfect, and uniform planting, with
out gaps; constant and clean cultivation
while young; and proper cutting back to
thicken the base. We lately rode
twenty miles through thriving farm
ng country, where many hedges had
been planted, but not one out of che
whole was properly attended to, and
doing well. We have no doubt this is
the trouble generally. But it is doubt
full if even the best hedges will shut
out hogs, which are allowed to roam at
large and pick their living. They
learn to squeeze through openings but
little larger than key holes. These
animals should never be allowed the
run of the farm or highways. Hedges
should not be ''laid" until several years
d.-COu,atry Gentleman.
The New York herald., 1876-07-30
BOATING NOTES.

The entries for the Saratoga National, International
and Centennial rcgattas close the LIST OF August
Captain Cooks Yale four-oared crew trainng
at New Haven doing their practice from tho Yale boat
house
Henry Coulter is ANXIOUS to any man in the
country single scu races the distance 10 be three
anu five miles
Tmpson and rruax it is said, are rowing with the
Tritons OF Newark, and take daily practice pulls on
the Passaic
The Athletic four 90 every afternoon on tho Har-
lem, and rowing IN their good form.
The Dauniess Club intend to have regatta little
later the season. The club has been very energetic
The TWO Wilson's will pull from the wolvcnhook
Boa, Club this season. and rumor has that the club
Higgips who has made the fastest time ever accom-
pshed the Thames championship course chnl-
lenges Lumsden or any other man for the champion
ship.
The Northwestern Rowing Club challenges any ANA
t.ur or college slA TO three mile the Pha-
delpha course What says CornelS
Spencer Thomas Green ana Higgins compose
English professional which, is stated, will bs
here to row ia the Centennial regatta
The Sho waz-cacmcttes crew OF Monroe. Mich, who
made such time the regatta OF the Northwestern
Association leave Toledo for Saratoga Lake IN few
DAYS The Will row al Philadelphia
Tho Grand Haven regatta will take place August
and , hnc programme is prepared and some fine
displays OF rowing is expected.
Tho course which tho amateurs will on the
schuyikii, will be from Falls Bridge down to ck-
lspd one and a hall miles straighiaway.
Tho Friendship 9TH annual regatta successful
affair. Tho well contested Mccartney
won the cham pionship belt OF tho club
scharf is getting IN condition To try his fortune
again the scus II he gets into good condition II Is
likely that he and Morris may meet again
The Faulkner Reagan ouroared crew, OF Boston, has
been disbanded. Faulkner aud Reagan. however, viii
30 IA for the double scuI professional Phadcl-
pha
The Cornell will in all probability row in the
iour-oarcd Jniversity the Schuylkill Ostrom
Will direct " he does not with the
\p hat
active has year The regatta which held recently
quite successful
Yale, cornell. Columbia, the English and IRISH fours
ought 10 make the regatta at Philadelphia quite lively
There is TO be regatta ON Pleasure Bay similar 10
that given last by the Long Branch Rowing club