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Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10

The ordinance for the paving of Walnut
street, introduced and read twice at the
last meeting of Council will probably be
called up for final passage, this evening.
The majority report of the Street Commit
tee recommending the work having been
adopted by strict party vote, we have lit
tie ground to hope for the defeat of the or
dlnance. The property owners along the
street are, however, still trying to stave off
the work, and another numerously signed
remonstfance is to be submitted, we under
stand, this evening. Whether this will
have effect to cause any of tho Democrats
to change their votes remains to be seen.
1t is probable that it will not, for having
determined on the performance of the
work in the face Of remonstrance signed
by 102 property owners on the street, re-.
presenting a frontage of 5, 761 feot inches,
when the work was asked for by but t,centy
persons. they are not likely to be moved by
any additional names which may be added
to the remonstrance. The whole subject
is fraught with too much political advantage
to permit Democrats TO ret1ace their steps.
We submit in all candor il it wisdom to
pave Walnut street in view OF the present
condition of the city finances? Is it honest =?
What member OF Ccuncil is there who, in
his own private bnsiaess, would increase
his obligations beyond bis ability to meet
them. and with that inability staring him
in the face? ? What would be the public es-
timato of such man Wonld he not be
universally regarded as dishonest? And
wherein is the difference between such an
act and the course pursued by Council in this
Walnut street iniquity ? There are mem
bers of Council who are voting with the
majority in this matter who have reputa-
tions at stake. They have character to lose.
They can adopt no better course to sacrifice
that character than by recording their vote
in favor of the ordinance for the paving of
Walnut street
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10
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Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10

There are 1890 public schools in
Pennsylvania, and there is regular daily
reading of the Bible in II 500 of them.
G eneral Joe Lane is living in a small
frame house ON spur Of Rogne Ri ger
Mountain, in Oregon. He is eighy-three
years old.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10

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Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15

A clipped horse performs his work
easier, comes in from the road in bet
ter condition, and is easier taken care
Of. Instead of steaming nearly all
night under his blanket, till, towards
morning, and chilled through with
the dampness, as is the case with
horse having his long coat on, the clip
ped one is quickly rubbed off, his
blankets put on, and he is ready for his
supper or dinner, as the case may be.
Clipping will help put horse in condi-
ton; it has been known to cure a
chronic cough. Mind, 1 don't want
work horses clipped, or any that have
to stand in the streets. am speaking
of horses used for pleasure which have
proper care. A clipped horse has extra
blankets to keep him warm when he is
not being exercised. / clip all my
horses. Talk about lazy stable boys,
that if they would they could make a
trotter dry and comfortable after
sharp breeze up the road in sleighing
trim 1t is almost an impossible job.
First, it is hardly safe to keep the blank
cts off long enough to rub sufficiently,
and secondly, if they get, him dry, ten
to one he "breaks out" again in less
than half an hour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Clipping Horses

Early this Winter some philanthro-
pists in this city and Albany, believing
that the clipping of horses was cruel
and dangerous practice SO far as the
health and comfort of the animal is
concerned, attempted to stop it in some
way. The effort never assumed any
definite form in this city, but in Albany
an attempt was made to enact city
ordinance prescribing penalty for
the clipping of any horse in that city.
Persons who claimed to know some
thing about the horse said that it was
better for the animal to be clipped than
to be allowed to wear its long coat of
hair all Winter. The Clipper last week
contained the following on the subject.
written by the well known turfman,
Dan Mace:
am often asked my opinion about
the practice of clipping horses. There
has always been quite discussion on
this subject, but it has got to be almost
a universal practice among those own
ing fast horses for road purposes to
clip them. One argument greatly in
it's favor is the fact that it is done so
extensively, and it is mostly fast and
valuable horses which are clipped; if it
was injurious to them it would not be
practiced, as no human being is more
tenderly cared for than fine horse. A
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
A Premium FOX Expert P1oughmen.

Among other things A. W. Putnam
writes to the Scientific Former, Amherst,
Mass:-'I wish to say to Mr.. Ware,
Pesident of the Essex County Agricul-
tural Society, that as I think single
straight burrows run by ploughman
who both holds and drives is the start
ing point for improveme nt in landscape
farming, [ wish to offer through the
society a premium of SO to the one
who, with team and plough furnished
by the committee-the team to be one
the ploughman has never driven before
will plough the best single furrow in
sod land, the ploughman having the
privilege of furnishing his own lines
and whip if he wants one. All compel
itors must use the same team and
plough. Iwish them to get as spirited a
team as they can find that will work
kind, SO that the ploughman must both
hold and drive [ ask this because a
few years ago spirited team was taken
from the ground because the plough
man did not know how to both hold and
drive"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Bright Days iu Winter.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.


Bland as the mornings breath of June,
The southwest breezes play,
And through its haze the Winter noon
Seems warm as Summers day.
The snow plumed Angel of the North
Has dropped his icy spear;
Again the messy earth looks forth,
Again the streams look clear.
The fox his hillside den forsakes,
The muskrat leaves his nook:
The blue-bird in the meadow brakes,
Is singing with the brook.
Bear up, o Mother Nature!" cry
Bird, beast, and streamlet free,
"Our Winter voices prophesy
OF Summer days to thee"
So in these winters Of the soul,
BY wintry blasts and drear,
O'erswept from Memory's frozen pole.
Will Summer days appear.
Reviving hope and faith, they show
The soul its living powers,
And how beneath the Winters snow,
Lie germs of Summer flowers.
The Night is mother of the Day,
The Winter of the Spring;
And ever upon old decay
The greenest MOSES cling.
In deepest wood some daylight turks,
Through showers the sunbeams fall,
For God, who loveth all His works,
Hath left His hope with all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
A Prehistoric Fort.

cat the latest meeting of the Mary
land Academy of Sciences" says the
Baltimore american, CDR. Dalrymple
read a paper prepared by a correspond
ing member of the Academy, Mr..
Thomas J. Brown, of Waynesville, O.,
upon the mounds of the Miami Valley,
and describing particularly Fort An
cient, Warren county, of this state.
This mound by it's location is singularly
adapted for defence on the top by a
high wall, almost detached by deep ra-
vines from the plateau Of which it
forms part. The walls are very irreg-
ular in thir direction. A country road
runs through the enclosure formed by
the opposite WALL, entering the eastern
gateway and leaving by the western.
Under the bed of this road is hard gray
elled road made by the builders OF the
mound, or fort, as it should more prop
erly be called. The ramparts at one
point measured four rods across the
base, and from sixteen to twenty feet
high. The walls were built of earth
taken from deep ditch upon the out
side, which is yet visible. The pre-
vailing rock of that region is blue
limestone. There are about fifty open
ings in the walls that were probably
filled with palisades. There are sew
eral large excavations inside the walls,
averaging $50 yards in circuit, which
contain water at all seasons of the year;
they were thought to be reservoirs for
supplying the garrison. By digging in
to the walls stones may be found some
times made into sort Of rude wall,
and under these stones human remains
have been discovered. Pieces of pot
terry are also found upon the surface,
and at a point outside the walls are evil
dences of mandatory of flint arrow
heads. The growth of trees at this
place indicate its great age In looking
at it one concludes that it was built for
military defence. The entire length of
the walls is nearly five miles. A great
number Of smaller mounds scattered
around the country suggest the proba-
bility that they were used as signal sta
tons by the mound builders. Remains
Of road are seen from the main fort to
the small mounds outside"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cost of Carrying Water by Hand.


Water is heavy. To carry much Of
it requires strong arms. But it can be
drawn easily through large pipes By
means of pump. A rural writer
states that a certain man visited his
father who was farmer in New Hamp-
shire. For thirty years he had brought
water from a spring In buckets for
household use. The son proposed to
put in an aqueduct, but the father
thought it hardly worth while. He
asked the old gentleman how many
times day, on an average, he had
brought the buckets from the spring to
the house and measured the distance,
and found that he had travelled one
mile day, computed the whole amount
of travel, and showed him he had
already performed the labor of carry
ing his two buckets 10,950 miles, and
that an aqueduct would cost about $50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
A Calf Story.

The Waco (Texas) Eaominer says:
The other day, near town, small year
ling calf was grazing by the roadside,
when it was approached by mule and
most viciously attacked. The calf Of
fered no resistance at first, and endeav-
ored for some moments to escape, CIV
ing utterance to the most piteous cries
during the time. The mule followed
the poor thing up, kicking and biting it
at every turn, until finally, in sheer
desperation, the calf turned and but
ted the enemy squarely in the fore
head: The mule staggered a moment
and fell to the ground, and when the
gentlemen who witnessed the singular
occurrence rode up and found it to be
quite dead, while the calf, standing a
lew yards away, was apparently IN
hurt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15

To clean a Drowned porcelain kettle,
boil peeled potatoes in it. The porce-
lain will be rendered nearly as white as
when new.
COMPOSITION CAKE.--This recipe will
do also for jelly or cup cakes. Take
two cups of sugar, into which rub half
cup of butter; add the yolks of four
eggs, then one cup of thick, sour cream,
one half teaspoon cream tartar mixed
with two ana a half cups flour. Beat
the whites Of the eggs to froth and
add them last. Bake about thirty min.
utes.
Mock CHICKEN FR1cAssEE.
tine, tat veal shank and with pint Of
water, allow it to simmer until perfect
ly tender; remove the large bone, sea-
son to taste, and add two tablespoon
fuls of flour, smoothly blended with
teacupful of milk. When thickened,
pour the whole very hot over we'll
beaten egg and a half teacup of pars-
ley. Stir we'll and serve. On no &C
count allow the egg to boil
HEATING THE OvEN.-Fruit pies re-
quire a hotter fire than bread, but
steady from first to last; if too hot at
first the crust will cook before the fruit
does, if too slow towards the last, the
crust will dry up before the fruit is
done; if too hot towards the last the
fruit will stew out before the crust is
done. Pumpkin pies require fire as
hot as can be without burning the
crust.
How TO CLEAN BLANKETS two
large tablespoonfuls of borax and
pint bowl of soft soap into tub of cold
water. When dissolS ed put in pair of
blankets and let them remain there
over light. Next morning rub them
out and rinse thoroughly in two waters,
and hang them to dry. Do not wiring
them. This recipe will also apply to
the washing of all kinds of fannels and
woollen goods. 1t is equally useful in
washing lace curtains and musquito
bars. Remember not to wiring the arti-
Gle washed, and invariably use cold
water.
To Boil FIsH.-Put the fish in the
saucepan, and little more than half
cover it with boiling water. Cover the
lid closely, and boil gently until done.
To determine when fish is sufficiently
boiled, draw it up upon the fish-plate,
and if the thickest part of the fish can
be easily divided from the bone with
knife, it should be at once taken from
the water. A little saltpetre may be
added to the water, to render the boiled
fish firm. Some cooks prefer to steep
the fish in salt and water from five to
ten minutes before putting it in the
kettle to cook, instead of putting salt
in the water in which it is to boil. BY
this means less scum rises.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Cure for Scab on Sheep.

F. W. S., Merchandising, Ohio, writes
to the New York Times:
To cure scab in sheep, make a de-
coction of four pounds of tobacco stems
or coarse plug tobacco in five gallons
of boiling water. The tobacco should
not be boiled, but stepped only in the
boiling water until it is cool, that it's
volatile properties, which are most eff
fective, may not be dissipated The
strained liquid is then brought to nearly
boiling heat, and one pound of flowers
of sulphur is mixed with it. If the
whole is affected, a sufficient quantity
of the mixture should be made to enable
the sheep to be dipped in it bodily. If
not, the liquid, brought to heat of 100
deg, should be poured upon the scabs
and the surrounding skin from a spout
ed can, and rubbed in with the hands
or cloth until the scabs are broken
up and removed. The raw surface is
then soaked thoroughly with the solu-
ton, and then dressed with an ONT
ment of raw linseed oil, pine-tar and
sulphur, rubbed up together smoothly.
The whole of the sheep should be gone
over carefully in this way every week,
and every new red spot that appears
upon the skin treated with the tobacco
solution, followed by the Oil mixture.
The buildings and yard fences where
the sheep have been kept, and the
places against which they have rubbed
themselves, should be washed with hot
lime wash. The scab is a parasite dis
ease similar to the itch in mankind, and
caused by an insect which burrows in
the skin. The insect must be killed
before cure can be effected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.

Much gossip is afoat respecting the
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. On
the LIST Of April next the Duke will sail
for the Mediterranean, where he in
ends to have a two years cruise. About
the same time the Duchess will 60 to
Russia, where she intends to make at
least a three months stay, but in re-
atty the date of return to England is
very uncertain. Now, the Mediter-
ranean is not like India, where the
Princess of Wales could not very well
accompany her husband, nor is the
Dukes cruise connected with affairs of
State. The consequence is, people are
asking why the Duchess does not go
with her husband, and spend at least
some portion of her long absence at
one of the numerous health resorts on
the shores of the Mediterranean
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Booths.

Recollections by our veteran play
goers do not call to memory anything
like the actual grandeur of "Julius
Cesar" still holding it's sway at this
theatre, crowding off and away all nov
elites. Shakespeare illustrated by every
art and skill is simply the reason for it,
and when we have such actors as Law
renee Barrett as Cassius, E. L. Daven-
port as Brutus, F. c. Bangs as Marc
Antony, and the spectacle concluding
with grand cremation scene, depict
ing the burning of the body
of Brutus on the battlefield at
Phillippi, the play may certainly be
classed as one of the strongest and best
even in these days of dramatic advance
ment and completeness.-N. Y Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Household Ma tiers.

The best plan to remove grease from
wall paper is to lay several folds Of
blotting paper on the spot, and hold a
hot iron neax it until the grease is alb
sorbed.
MUFFINs. pint flour, one half
lint milk, one egg, one tablespoonful
sugar, one teaspoonful yeast powder,
and q little salt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15

STEAMED APPLEs.-Pare and halve
good, sour apples, remove the cores,
and place them in q steamer over a
kettle of boiling water; when tender,
serve with sugar and cream, and imag-
inc they are peaches.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Good versus Bad Cows.

1t has often been a cause of aston
ishment to me why so many farmers
that are pretty smart in things gener-
ally relating to their profession, seem
to use no care Or judgment in selecting
and caring for their mich COWS. I re-
member hearing story to the effect
that Washington kept no COWS, and did
not make enough butter for use. /
suspect Aunt Chloe and Uncle Joe
could have told why. know of some
people who ought to have butter to use
and to sell, judging from the number
of COWS they milk; yet they do not
and :why is it? The answer may be
briefly summed up as follows: Poor
stock, poor fed, no care in keeping
their COWS from the storms and cold Of
winter. The difference between a good
and poor cow is not generally appreci-
ated, and the market price generally
determines the amount of milk cow
ought to give, which is poor way of
estimating her value. My father once
bought four COWS, for which he paid SIS,
50, $12 and $15-in all $40. He put
them in charge of German, who re-
tanned one-half the net profits, SO that
cleared themselves the first year, and
did better every year for four years,
when they were sold for $16O-all on
account of good care, feeding and
warm winter quarters. My own ex-
perience is, that two COWS, wellfed and
cared for, serve us as we'll as four for
merly did, cared for as COWS usually
are. Besides, I now save the care and
capital invested in two COWS, and at
least the feed of one. It will take two
COWS half cared for to produce as much
butter as one well cared for, at double
the expense, and certainly ruinous to
the farmer. It is evidently fact that,
sooner or later, the American farmer
will learn to produce more at less ex-
pense. The interest now being taken
by the best and most prudent, and
thinking farmers throughout the coun-
try, is one of the most cheering signs
that an improved and better grade of
mich COWS is to take the place of the
common scrub stock that has so long
held prominent place in the Ameri-
can family dairy. The Jersey and AL
derney are fast displacing the common
stock of mixers, and our prominent
stock raisers are deserving of the graf.
itude of every intelligent farmer, fol
the great benefit they have conferred
on the people of America, be they pro
ducers or consumers.-Froaak Lee, IN
Rur0I World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-15
Farm Notes.

LIZ any family WILL IOT a season, keep
an account of the value of the prod
ucts used from their garden, at the
price at which they are furnished at
the nearest grocery, they will certainly
be astonished at the amount they have
saved, aside from their increased fresh
ness and quality.
IT is very fortunate for the con-
sumers Of meat, that, in order to man
age land, farmers are obliged to keep
cattle, sheep, pigs, etc.; and with an in
creased quantity of stock, [ believe
there would be an increase in tue other
productions of the farm, by which the
consumers would be benefited.
GRAPES cannot be grown from single
leaves, but the young growth, when
taken from vines grown under glass,
can be made to root very readily. The
proper method is from single eyes on
bottom heat, or in the open ground.
Layering is also employed when the
number of young plants desired is linn
tied.
LANDER WETHERELL, editor of the
Boston OuHivotor, said To those about
to begin breeding cross breeds or grades,
would say, whatever be the race or
breed, which the race selected may be-
long, observations and experience in
cline me to recommend snorthorn bulls
as preferable to any other breed or race,
unless it be the Holstein.
Nor less than three bushels of blue
grass should be sown on an acre. It is
not best to mix anything with the seed,
but SOW it broadcast carefully, in cast
ings not more than four feet wide. A
very still day must be chosen to do the
work, as light wind would cause the
seed to drift. Blue grass seed is worth
in the New York market $3.50 bushe]
Of fourteen pounds.
LEFTHANDED.-Am mother writes that
her son is left-handed, and asks elf ii
will be an injury to him when grown il
he continues to write with his left
hand" Left-handed persons suffer
from certain inconvenience in being
in this respect unlike most other peo-
pie, but it does not amount to an inju-
~. Our foremost educators say that
both hands should be alike educated
and might be, if parents and teachers
would be at the pains of requiring chill
dren to be ambidexters. One of oul
prominent generals in the late war lost
his right arm, and writes a very legible
backhand with his left hand.