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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02

possibility Of q dangerous accident. nm.
less it result from backing trains down
to the Battery. At present, on the mr.
trips, the engine is placed at the head
OF the train. but as there is no turn
table at the upper end of the route
the trains are backed all the way
to the Battery. The engineer is conse-
quently prevented from seeing any OBJ
struction on the track and can only
learn OF it by signal from the brake
man. The Commissioners fear that
while the engines are so placed acct
dents may occur. ba
10 facilitate the movement of passen-
gers over the line the company have
increased the number of their cars to
twenty one and their engines to ten.
They have four additional cars and four
seven-ton engines nearly ready. Here
after thirty-six trains will be run each
way on Sunday. AS an evidence of the
increased travel on the line, Secret ary
CoWlng reports that they carried for
the first thirteen days of this month TO-
1876 passengers-4O,3A over the CORE
spending period of last year: and in
December last, IA, O05-an increase of
1887. One OF the difficulties that
prevents the company from going on
with the work on the east side lines is
the hesitation of the Park Commission
to give them the necessary au-
thority to make their connec-
tions around the battery. The Rapid
Transit Commissioners were in doubt
as to their power to authorize the
company to go over the Battery: hence
they located the line along the curb of
State and other streets. The Park
Commissioners referred the matter to
their landscape architect, Frederick
Law Olmstead, who has recommended
the location of the route inside the curb
over the Park grounds. It is believed
that by planting trees along the line
OF the road in the Park, the artistic eff
feet would be enhanced, whereas if the
route be located on the curb of the
streets, where it was placed by the
commissioners, it must ever present an
unpleasant aspect. Commissioners Mott
says the late commission has si9nifed
its approval of the recommendations of
Mr.. Olmstead. It is believed that the
Park Commission will approve it as
well, and that ere long work will be
commenced on the east side route.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
And He Did.

An old man with q soldiers overcoat
on, and carrying big hickory staff
in his hand, entered an Office on Girls
void street yesterday to make some in
quiries about person named Johnson.
he left the door wide open as he enter
ed, and was walking across the room,
when the shiveriug occupant yelled out:
"Shut that door !"
Did you speak to me9" inquired
the old man as he halted.
Yes, sir, spoke to you I"
What did you say ~"
CT said shut the door |"
Which door 2"
"The one behind you, sir. This is
not saw-mill, sir
did you say that this was a saw
mill |? :" inquired the man. ssDon't you
suppose know an Office from a saw
mill"
"Why dom you shut that door |"
screamed the man behind the desk.
"Do you want the door shut p
eyes"
''Then I will shut it. Theirs, the
door is shut. Now, let me ask if you
know man named Johnson?"
Yes: thousand of them +"
Will you tell me where I can find
any of them %
"No, I won't! IF knew million
Johnsons I wouldn't tell you where you
could find a blamed one of the lot
Every we'll, SIR" said the old man,
as he turned to go; s'That's what get
by obliging you. Not one man in ten
would have shut that door for YOU"
81 cont want it shut" growled the
Office man.
Then sir, shall leave it open sir, +"
said the old man, as he went out.
"And he did. A coal-scuttle went
down the stairs after him, but it is sell
dom that you can hit man after he
has got about ten feet the start.-De-
trOlt Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Sanctified Real Estate.
From the Kansas City (Mo.l Times

4IO1u tAe AausdS O1ty \HO.i 1luoS.
An old man, who said his name was
Cartwright, sat by the stove in the Jail
Sunday night. A friend Of the old man
came in, and. after putting both hands
on his knees and bending himself down,
took look at the prisoner. The friend
then remarked:
Give come to git I'm out"
''Have you any real estate p aueried
the officer.
Eyes" A9a
GLOW much is it wortha" =
dunno; it is in q kind Nv qret
place like, where real state don't pear
to go up much.
ANY improvements on it p
H e ely 49,, "spo est We mlsn'
cal B uo out ITS is been soa aug where is your
property"
"Out yonder," DO replied. pointing
towards the window.
"Well, out where r asked the OH
cial, sternly z.+--zs
The rongh-looking man seemed to
softea, and with q kind OF faltering
voice he said in low tone: 81 reckon
r didn't understand ye jis' now, mister.
That piece NV property out yonder thar
ye wouldn't be likely to take on him in
the other ,oom-the old man-but it's
mighty precious property to me, mis-
ter. It's all I've got, too. I buried our
little one thar, and I reckon ye won't
take the real state on the old man.
There was nothing more tnat ap-
peared humorous in the friend, and
those who had listened to him with q
ieer relapsed into silence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Summer in Winter.

The Boston Transcript quotes the
journal Of Rev. Thomas Smith, of
Portland, Me-, as recording six remark
abJy warm winters within period of
forty years. In 1735 January was
pleasant end moderate, and February
was summer month" In 1873
January CAME in like April; in 174O
there were but two snow storms; Feb
rnary was summer month again, and
March the same; in 1751, January 18th,
the frost was entirely out of the ground,
February was like spring, and the
winter ends wonder through the
whole" In 1855. in, January, the fish,
as they are reported to have done this
year, "struck in" from the sea, the
weather being so warm. February was
delightful, and March clustering, but
soft as May. In 1773 Mr.. Smith re-
cords summer day January 81, "won-
derful moderate" and February ssno
snow since December 29-wonderful
weather. We saw two robins In the
year ITS, Feb. 81, the New York Ga
zette and Post Boy reports that "last
Thursday the weather was so uncom-
mon warm that many young lads went
into the river to swim" In 1772 the
temperature was So high in England
that leaves came out on the trees in
January and birds Matched their brood
in February. In 1889 the winter was
equally mild; and the maidens Of
Cologne wore wreaths of Yiolets and
corn flowers at Christmas and on
Twelfth Day. In 1421 the trees lowered
in the month of March and the vines in
April. Cherries ripened in the later
month and grapes appeared in May.
In 1872 the trees were covered with
leaves in January and the birds Matched
their young in February, as in 1172;
1885 the same thing was repeated, and
it is added that the corn was in the
ear at Easter. There was in France
neither snow nor frost throughout the
winters Of 1888, 1907, 1909, 1917, and
1859. Finally, in 1862, even in the
north OF Germany, the stoves were not
lighted and the trees lowered in Feb
ruary. @
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Sudden Death of a Knife- Eater

Peninsula, Ohio, correspondence Akron Beacon
A few days since the celebrated knife
eater, who for the past few years has
astonished the community IN this region
by his feats of swallowing knives, nails,
ETC., came to an untimely end. He was
living at Isaac Ozmun's, on the state
road, doing chores for his board, when
in drawing water from the large tank
that supplies the cheese factory there
with water, he fell in and was drowned.
It is supposed that as he leaned over
the tank tbs blood rushed to his head.
and he lost his balance and fell in. His
body was examined by Drs. Pixley and
Cole, but, to their astonishment, moth
ing was found unusual, except tha at the
coats OF his stomach " ere very slightly
infamed. That he actually did swallow
the knives, etc., with which he is cred
tied, there is the most indubitable evi-
dence, and many are the anecdotes con-
nected Herewith, of which I give only
the following, as related by an eve.
witness:
One day he came along where several
OF the railroad Italians and others we're
at work, when boy told him that if he
would swallow large clasp knife, with
an iron hook in the end by which to
suspend from belt, and which belong
ed to one of the men, he would give
him fifty cents. He Immediately seized
the knife, closed it, and swallowed it.
The astonished owner of the knife gazed
on him with saucer eyes, but recovering
his wits, he seized shovel and held i
up to him, exclaiming, ssYou swallow
dis! you swallow DIST
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
A Statue of George iii.

Lord Houghton has gone back to
England with cock-and bull story that
the people OF the United States feel so
kindly towards that country that they
actually want full.length statue Of
King George III. to occupy conspicu.
GUS place at the great exhibition this
year. His Lordship intimated that
this had been suggested to him by the
authorities. The London Standard is
greatly pleased with the idea, and sug-
gests that "the pig-tailed marvel in
marble, which from the back Of q
whimsical steed in Oockspur street,
surveys the world of Pail Mall, would
not be seriously missed for few
moaths.u
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
A STRANGE STORY.
An Investigation and Narrative in which
Many Persons are IntArested

An investigation and Narrative in which
Many Persons are Interested.
An Ellenville dispatch of January
IL has the following: Some forty
years ago a man about 80 years of age,
OF tine address and shrewd in business
affairs, took up his residence in Brad va
Bend, in Western Pennsylvania. His
name he gave as John D. Schoonmaker.
OF Ulster county, N. Y. He engaged in
the lumber business, and made
money. In the same village there
lived an Irish Catholic family
by the name of Gillespie. They were
In good circumstances and highly re-
spectacle. Between one of the mem-
bers OF the family, daughter, aged
eighteen, and village beauty, and the
prosperous stranger, Schoonmaker,
there grew warm affection. and they
were soon engaged to be married. The
parents of the girl objected to the
match on account of the religion of her
af1ianced, but they were married never
theless. They lived together happily six
teen years. Six children were the result
ofthe union, and these the mother desired
to have educated in the faith of her
family, which she had always adhered
to. The father opposed this wish, and
the ultimate consequence was that q
separation took place between the hus-
band and wife. He provided for his
family, but did not remain long in the
village. No one knew wither
he went. -Four months after he
disappeared another child was
born-a son-which was named
Francis Xavier. A short time after
ward news was received of the violent
death, by accident, of the missing faith
er, near Manitou, Ohio. The child that
was born after the separation grew to
manhood, and became oonversant with
the family history. He, however, did
not believe that his father had been
killed in Ohio, but was confident that
he had returned to Ulster county. and
finally the son resolved to visit his
fathers native section and make
inquiries in relation to him. This
is the story told by the young
man in question, who has been pur-
suing his inquiries in various parts of
this country for some weeks. His in
vestigations and narrative have created
quite sensation among the numerous
bearers of his family name in this coun-
try, especially those in Mombaccus.
where he believes he has traced his
missing parent, declaring that that in
dividual and the late Judge John D.
Schoonmaker were Identical. The claim
OF the young Investigator is ridiculed
by the relatives of the late Judge.
Ii he should succeed in making out
his case, however, the result will
be complicated one, for the de-
ceased left a large family in this country,
having married Miss Markle some
fifty years ago. His children by her
are now in occupation of his estate, and
have numerous descendants. Young
Schoonmaker is evidently well educated,
and claims to be lawyer, practicing
in Pittsburg. He says, also, that he
was formerly connected with the press
OF that city, whittier he has returned,
with the intention >>of coming back to
prosecute his inquiries and investiga-
tions still further.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02

In the Swine and Poultry Journal
John Scott gives the following instance
of the economy of buying fine stock for
breeding; !" My neighbor bought a
trio of fine pigs: paying therefor the
reasonable sum of $12O. The male was
valued at $50 and the females at $50
each. This was wise apportionment
of value. as the male would impress his
value on all the produce. In the short
space of two years the purchaser of
these animals had sold, at prices much
less than he paid, pure bred pigs
to the amount of $500; had On hand a
stock of young ones worth $500; still
had the original stock, and had paid for
all his feed and labor by the use OF the
male on his and other stock. To say
nothing of his enjoyment in the posses
sion of the best, of the increased
respect of his neighbors, of his own cul.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
AT Sea ON the Ice.

Last week the ice in Saginaw Bay, on
which was located the city of fishermen,
became broken up. A portion of it
went out to sea. As the ice broke up,
the men became alarmed and tracks
were made for the main land, and all,
1t was thought, escaped. It appears,
however, that there were four men who
had no warning of their danger. They
were in their hut, asleep, and drifted
away. Their names were BENJAMIN
Lalande, Harry Miller, young man
named Benson, and another whose first
name is Henry. They were about one
mile from the lighthouse at the time of
the break, but next morning found
them several miles away. They 'drifted
here and there all day Friday. On
Saturday, when ten miles offBig Creek,
an effort was made to cross the ice, but
it was SO weak that Lalande broke
through, and every effort made to ex-
tricate him seemed in vain. At every
step toward him the ice broke un-
til they were nearly worn out with IA
tigue. At the end of half an hour, La
lande's strength failed. Realizing tina
his fate was inevitable, he shouted to
A1S COMPANIONS 10 Iak6 care OF his wife
and children. He mustered sufficient
strength to raise his hand to his head
and take off his hat, and waving it once
in the air, with a ''good bye" on his
lips, he sank forever beneath the waters
OF Saginaw bay. The horror-stricken
companions, not knowing how soon
their turn would come, started on
their perilous journey over the
very uncertain ice. They walked
toward the Charities, 80 miles distant,
but when they neared the island they
encountered open water. Night setting
in, they rested till the morning, when,
changing their direction to the right,
they started again. After passing over
10 miles of ice, which cracked and
broke beneath them as they walked,
they finally reached land, near Caseville,
from thence going to Bay City. The
weather being warm. they suffered but
little from the cold. The escape, how
ever, under the circumstances, is almost
miraculous
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Milk and Sous.

MILK and SOILS.
At the recent meeting of the New
York Dairymen's Association, at Nor
wich, L. B. Arnold, of Rochester, N.
Y, read an interesting paper on "Milk
as Affected by Soils. - Among other
things he stated that in drawing their
sustenance from plants, animals do not
assimilate all the elements they find in
the plant. Nor does the plant extract
all elements from the soil. Those COM
pounds which support animal life are
known as organic. But they do not
alone build up vegetable structures.
Inorganic elements help to form the
animal structure, and plants absorb
both organic and inorganic sub
stances. Plants, selected from this
supply, take up In variable quantities
elements beth needed and not needed.
Hence the composition of animals and
the secretion vary with the composition
of the food. Milk, therefore, varies in
composition and value according to the
food eaten. Potash in wheat varies
from So to 40 per cent, and soda varies
from 0 to 81 in other plants. In all
agricultural plants the elements vary
according to the soil in which they
grow; and their influence il great upon
the secretion of the animals, and espe-
cially upon the constituents of milk.
A change of ration will not suddenly
effect change in milk, butthe ultimate
influence is certain. In 1869 the speaker
noted the change in the quality of milk
brought to his factory, when the change
of feed was made from grass to clover.
The grass milk produced much more
cream than the clover milk. The per-
centage of caseine hardly varied, but
water took the place of cream. It seems
to be the law that variation of plants
causes variation of function and So
erection in the animal. The compost
ton, not of milk, but animal tissue,
changes with change in soils and food.
Milk may vary in composition and be
equally good. In moving from the
black slate hills of Herkimer county to
the clay of Tompkins county, the
speaker found that the same method of
cheese-making produced different re-
suits. The cheesey matter of milk may
be much modified by difference of soils.
The practical inference is that neither
the analysis of milk nor comparison of
methods may be relied on in localities
differing SO much as England and Hol-
land, or as the United States and Eng
land, or different localities of ei.he.
But few general principles may be de.
rived for all localities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Crauherries in New JERSEY

According to the most careful esti-
mates, there are now about 500 acres
of bearing cranberries, 5000 more
planted and not bearing, and something
like 10, 900 acres of "wild" cranberry
land in New Jersey; or, in other words,
there are 1000 acres of cultivated cram
berries, and 10000 acres in the wild
state. With some careful figuring and
some guessing, the crop of 1876, from
all sources, is put at 1000. bushels.
These will average the shippers about
$3.50 bushel, or $312,5OO for the
whole crop. In former years. during
the winter months, prices for sound
berries usually ranged from $3.50 to S.
per bushel. The low prices, and the
heavy losses in some of the Dogs the
past year by the disease known as
"scald," will reduce the profits very
materially. When this disease makes
its appearance, the berries become
semi-transparent, and are, from the
moment of attack, worthless for market
purposes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
The Science Of Authorization

Some months ago, in examining 2
specimen Of cream Of tartar, I found q
or 8 per cent. of gypsum along with 3
considerable amount of rice -four. ]
was ct a loss to understand how the
gypsum came to be there. It was NOT
IN sufficient quantity to pay for its
addition as an adulterant, and the
adultt ration was evidently rice flour.
On looking the matter up I found that
an adulterated article of rice f1onr. CON
tanning from 10 to 20 per cent. of gyp-
sum was on the market. This at once
accounted Tor the gypsum in the cream
OF tartar. The manipulation, wishing
to buy his rice flour as cheaply as nos.
slbie, had brought the adulterated ar
ticle.
| Powdered sugar has been long noto
r1ous for its authorizations, but granu-
lated sugar is generally supposed to be
all right. 1 was recently, however.
shown an article prepared from rice.
| which was not to be distinguished from
graduated sugar by color or general
appearance. It was said that this
article was used for adulterating q par
tlcul&r grade Of granulated sugar that
was sent west to be used by the confec-
tloDers for manufacturing powdered
sugar.
Rice flour seems to be an extremely
useful article in this branch of business.
Hassal gives a list of no less than ten
different substances in which it has
been detected, and yet his list is not
full one. It has the great advantage
over common -four that it does not cake
when packed and becomes clammy. It
thus more nearly resembles the various
spices and other articles with which it
is mixed. 3as @
The adulteration can only be recog-
nlzed by the microscope. The starch
grains OF rice are very small and an
gular; they polarize very slightly.
The adulteration of bread with alum
has attracted great deal of attention
In England, and it seems also to be
practiced to some extent in this coun-
try. Numerous methods have been
given for the detection of the alum, but
none of them seem to be as satisfactory
as the analysis of the ASH. Ali the
other methods are liable to error
Journal of CbeDajst~u.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02

ssHAvE you mailed that letter I gave
you yesterday morning, my dear Z" said
Mrs. Younghusband last evening, as
she handed her mate cup of tea.
"Well, no, said Mr.. Y.,"I can't say
that I have, mailed it yet, but I've made
all the preliminary arrangements. He
was made to surrender up the letter
forthwith, and five minutes later
Bridget completed the arrangements"
by Dropping it into the post box on the
corner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02

In collision off Shumonozeki be-
tween the steamers Nazaya Marn and
Osaka Maru, of the Mitsu Bishi Com
pany, the latter vessel was sunk and the
former much injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02

VNNIsoN is cheaper in some parts OF
New York than beef, and it is not very
deer meat, either.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Controlling Bulls.


Without a ring bull is unmanagea-
BILE, unless there is some continuance
which can hobble his action, and
know of none such. We're one obliged
to incur the trouble of forwarding q
full grown bull, unused to be handled,
what would be the best aid to provide 2
/ think to provide strong headstau or
halter, having rings, with a rope wound
round the base of the horns, and it's two
very long ends passing through the
headstall rings, and then allowed to
trail on the ground behind, one on eth
Ell SIDE would be advisable head gear;
and what besides? The herdsman' s
staff should not be the ordinary form,
i. e., opening with snap; but it should
have screw passed through both sides
of the loop at the top, so as to prevent
the possibility of the snap opening.
and allowing the ring to escape from
the grasp of the staff.-A. B. IN Lon
don Field.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02

ture growing out OF tle thought he gave
to the pursuit, he had clear return of
81 900 on an investment of $3.50, and all
in two years."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-02
Poisonous Potatoes.


The sprouts of the potato, when an
allied, are found to contain vegetable
alkaloid, called by chemists solansae,
which is very poisonous. Solanine is
obtained from various species of Soda
numagenus of plants, comprehending
the potato, tomato, nightshade, etc.
This alkaloid does not exist in the
tubers unless they are exposed to the
light and air. If potatoes remain for
any length of time, after having been
dug in too bright light. or If the earth
is accidentally removed from them in
cultivation, they are changed by the
chemical action of light aud become
green in color, which is owing to the
presence of solanine. Potatoes of a
blackish green tint are good for seed,
and it is claimed by some that the poi
son they contain is a sure preventive
of decay. but they should never be
cooked for the table. If they are boiled
in large quantity of water, and the
water carefully drained off, they may
be fed to stock.