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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10

SOMEBODY'S GRANDPA.-A little girl
in:town recently saw an old drunkard ly-
ing on a doorstep, the PRECIPITATION
pouring off his face, and a crowd of chill
dren preparing to make fun of him. She
took her little apron and wiped his face,
and then looked up SO pitifully to the
rest and made this remark go, say,
don't hurt him. He's somebody's grand
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10

AN table seamem' from Ardamurchan
was at the tiller of his sloop one night,
shortly after the introduction of colored
signal-lights on ships. A steamer was
approaching and Archy saw the green
and red light for the first time ut sea-
He astonished his shipmates by yelling
out, "Hard= port-hard-a We're
gaun RIGHT intae the 'pothecary's shop at
GourOck 20
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10
AN old Baptist minister enforced th

necessity of differences of opinion by
argument CHOW, if everybody had
been of my opinion, they would all
have wanted my old woman" One of
the deacons, who sat just behind him,
responded eyes /; and if everybody
was of my opinion, nobody would have
her."
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10

AN Irlshman in Iowa was bitten by q
rattlesnake, but the liberal use of a
neighbours whisky cured him. The
next day he was seen walking slowly on
the prarie, and looking earnestly for
something. He was asked what he was
looking for. "For boites of snakes, y
was the reply.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10

A WOMAN in western city recently
fell out of second story window and
struck on her head. She. said she didn't
know when anything had made her SO
mad before.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10

81 THOUGHT the pesky thing was a
water-cooler, remarked fat lady from
the country, the other day, when Cen
tennial policeman ordered her to "stop
fooling" with patent fire extinguisher.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10
TESTIMONIALS
Waters Pianos and Organs

Waters new Scale Pianos have peculiar merits
" L. Tribune.
The tone of the Waters Piano is rich, mellow and
Soncrous- Tlcg nos great volume OF sound and
the continuation Of sound singing power Is one OF
their most marked features -Neir FORK Times.
Waters Concerto Organ is 50 voiced as to have
tone like full rich alto voice 1t is especially hui
man in its tone, powerful yet swoet.-R',Ta Ne1o
TorLcy Jan6. '7G-1y.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10
Centauf
Linin1ents.

SO nearly perfect the recipes of these wonderful
pain soothing and healing Centaur Liniments, that
confidently say they will alternate any pain
arising from flesh, bono muscle derang ements
We do not pretend that tkey will mend broken leg
eregntiniafe boS, but in such they will
reduce the inflammation and stop the pain Nor can
guarantee the proper results where the body is
poisoned by acisIry. Temperance is as necessary
proper physical, as mental condition.
The WHITE CENTAUR LINIMENT is particularly
adapted to all cases of Rhuematism, Lum5ago Neu-
raga, Eryspelas, Itch, Soraias Ch;llblians, Cuts,
Bruises Stngs, Poisons scads, Sciatica, Weak Back
Pains in the side, Wounds, Weeping Sinews. Burns
Frosted Feet, Palsy, Ear ache Tootlache Head ache
Ulcers Old Sores, Broken Breasts Sore Nipples Sore
Threat Group Dpthcria,. etc. The most of these
complaints the Ccutaur Liniment will cure; all OF
Them it Will benefit 1t VIII ertact lie poison from
bites and sngs, ard win cure turns and scGas with
ont scar. The following is but sample of tLous-
and similar testimonials:
.'ANrIocH, I'LL, Dec. J. 1874
my wife has for long time, been teri lille suf-
ferer from Rheumatism. She has tried many PHI, 81.
and many remedies. The only thing which has
given her relief Is Crnisur Imminent am ~ joiced
". II RING, Pos tmaster''
1t is an nndsputabe fact that the Ccntaur Lini-
ments are performing cures Jetore eptct.l by
any preparation in exi-tence,-lke Chronic i;henmt-
tism OF tity years standing. STRENGTHENING fingers
and joints which had been sim f'r six years taking
the soreness from burns, NC
One dollar, even iiy cents, invested Ill Ce- taur
Imminent will be within reach qchen accident
curs and Will do more good than any amount OF
money paiu for medical attendance. hen physic-
ans called they frequently use this Lininent,
and of charge several prices for it,
The Yellow Centaur Liniment
is adapted to the tough skin, muscles and flesh of the
animal creation. Its effects upon cases of
SPAWN, Swceny, Wind-Gnll BigIIeaI aud Poll Evil,
are little less than marvellous.
Messrs. j. Mcclure Co., Druggists, corner Elm
and Front Streets, Cincinnati o., say:
"Tn neghhorhood number of transfers are
I,eror anything they have use,l. We sell as
high four 10 five dozen bottles per month to
of horses and mules"
of Sprains, Kicks, Calls, Poll-Ev Big Head, and
even Founders, which are little less than marvels
No owner of an animal afford to be without a
bottle of Centaur Liniment, which any day may
prove worth twenty times its cost.
Sold everywhere, but prepared only at the
Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,
AZ DIZZY SrREhr, New YORK.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10

A GERMAN surgeon has discovered that
the cheek bones of the japanese are
double in many cases.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10
BGTcheFil'S Extract Of Malt

rank. Of Tie best of remedies In pulmonary
complaints il Is constantly used, combinii.. ith its
general tonic properties the qualities Of AN expect
olaIit, the tract. is successfully given in
forms uf Bronchial Irritation. j. also npoycd
with marked advantage, remedy for Nervous
Exhaustion. In all kinds of disease. III Typhoid
Fever in which nutrition has been long and serious
ly iml aired, article is better adapted 10 The re-
Vnirements of the system, than BnRCHERDpS EX
TRACT OF MALT. For nursin. mothers it il of
especial value If increases tie flow and improves
the milk I7f,b,6
For sale by Z. q y. k{ssEfNSpN.
by q. x. BACON.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-10
G. s t0Tla

Cross sickly babies and children may enjoy health
and mothers haze rest, if they will use Castoria
Worms, feverishncss, tcething, aoind collie, sour
stomach and undigested food make children cross,
and produce sickness.
Castoria will assimilate the food, eTpel icOrms and
correct all these things. For twenty years Doctor
Pitcher experimental in his private practice to pro-
duce effective CatLartic and stomach regulator
which would be effective Castor OIL without its
unpleasant taste recoi
The reputation of his experiment extended. Ply
sicians and nurses rapidly adopted his remedy, to
which he gave tho name of CustoJia.
Castoria is pleasant TO take honey, regulates
the stomach and bowels, and does not grippe. 1t is
adapted to all ages, contains alcohol and is abso-
lutely harmless to the most tender infant.
Try CastoIia once, and you will never be w III
out It.
Prepared at the Laboratory of J. B. Rose Co., 4G
Dey Street. New York. may-l8-l3t
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
Food for the Mind.

Epicures and cooks have taxed their brain
heavily in studying up an endless variety OF
edibles wherewith 10 surfeit their mortal bod
ies Most Of the newspapers and some other
publications devote a large space in their
columns to receipts for cooking; and many
Of them if followed, would produce food
which no one ought TO eat unless they have
the stomach of a shark. But people will
cat rich food, and we see the results every
day. Why we Americans are nation OF
dyspeptics We need more plain, whole
some, nourishing food, and less rich pastry.
Good bread is the staff Of life, and If we
lean on that we grow strong and healthy.
If we bring up our children on plain, whole-
some Diet they grow tall, erect, strong aud
healthy. But If we feed them on rich cake
and fancy pastry, and fill their stomachs
with all sorts Of trash spiced up to tempt the
appetite beyond what nature requires, their
appettes become depraved aud they loathe
the food best calculated to make them grow
healthy and strongi and, in consequence,
they grow pale, poor, puuy and weak. Just
so with the mind. Our minds ought to be-
come clear aud strong, enlightened and elo.
waited. There is food that is healthy and
nutritious for the mind. But the literary
cooks have served the public with so much
highly seasoned food, that the tastes Of their
readers, especially that of the young, have
become vtiated and they turn with disgust
from good, solid, instructive reading, which
would improve their mental powers, and
make them intellectually strong, and help
q - L. af oao;oNtr
But they eagerly devour literary pastry, if
highty spiced. They crave sensational read
ing romance and fiction; pathetic, comic
and tragic. And this exciting reading, so
stimulating to the brain, is tempting, and
they read too much. The consequence is,
their minds become dwarfed and sickly.
They gain no real knowledge, but the brain
is weakened, the memory ruined, and intel.
lectual vigor destroyed and these mental
dyspeptics are about as unfit to grapple with
the stern realities Of life, as worn.out, hag-
gard, physical dyspeptic is to endure the
hardships Of a soldiers life In campaign
against the Modocs. '.f
Our cook books are filled with too many
rich receipts and our literature is crowded
with too much love-sick sentimentality and
exciting fiction. Our stomachs are not sat
isfed with cake and pie (; there is a gnawiDg
faintness still. Neither are our minds salts
fed with light reading, The more we read
the more we may, and still be hungry for
something to feed the mind" Come, you
who are educated. and well qualified to be-
come teachers to us poor ignorant rustics up
among the hills; seize your pens and give
us more good, plain sensible, substantial and
nourishing STOOD for our minds. Cor.
Maine Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16

ing the freshening process, after which the
cucumbers are packed in casks or bottles for
sale. The best vinegar in use for picking
10 this country is that made from the west.
ern high.wines. In q vinegar made from
wood the pickles become soft, and even cider
vinegar, though the best and most whole
some for table purposes, will not preserve
pickles more than a month. All the artif :
cial vinegars made from acids fail in this
respect, those from vitriol especially. Cucum.
bcrs picked in high-wine vinegar will keep
for an almost indefinite time, and will come
out as good as at the first, after. an interval
OF seven years. Large quantities Of very
fine cucumbers aud cauliHowers are imported
from Holland, which country likewise sup
plies The London market The pickles
which are thus imported extensively into
this country have the advantage Of low
prices, due to the cheapness of labor abroad,
and, in addition to the best possible sample,
with the least amount Of trouble at the fact
ory. With the requisite amount Of care
and attention, we can, in this country, make
as good pickle as can be made in London.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
Picking Cucumbers for Market

Oucumbers may be planted any time this
month for growing pickles, if the soil is we'll
prepared and literally fortilized but one
should know something about the prospects
Of selling the crop before investing in the
business to a very great extent
For picking purposes the cucumber in all
stages Of its growth is used from the large
vegetable which is cut into slices and sold to
the cheap grocery stores, to the smallest size
or gherkin, which is preserved entire. In
buying and selling and estimating quantities,
cucumbers, whether large or small, are
counted, not measured. The farmers sort
the cucumbers into three sizes, small, medi-
um and large the factories have five sizes,
viz. very small, small, medium, large, and
very large. Of these different sizes 5000 Of
the very small would fill an ordinary whiskey
barrel 5000 Of the small 2000 Of the me-
dunn 400 of the large and 800 of the
very large. The cucumbers, on being picked
at their place Of growth, are taken by the
farmers to the salting-houses, whence they
are removed to the pickle factories. Most oi
the salting-houses are within few miles ol
where the plant is grown, as the fresh crop
will not bear long transportation.
Although some farmers do their own salting
iD most cases the latter is separate business
conducted on u largo scale. the manufactur
ers buying Of the saltors. The pickles, OF
being taken from the brine, are "freshened
up" that is, they are put into large wooden
watts containing fresh water, TO extract th'
salt, The water is changed three times dur
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
Killing Red Spiders in Hot Beds.

A correspondent Of the Journal of Horti-
culture gives the following directions for kill
ing the red spider either in greenhouse or
hot-beds
One of the best means of eradicating this
pest and one which have successfully prac-
tlced for many years, is by creating fumes Of
sulphur with the aid of heated furnace SHOW
els. If the operation is performed with due
care every spider will be killed. and not a
leaf of either vines or cucumbers will be in.
jured. If, however, the work is loosely or
carelessly done injury will inevitably be COM
mitted. But Of this there is no real danger,
for safety valve is always present, which if
regarded will lead to satisfactory results.
My mode is as follows
On the evening of a still day, and after
the house containing the spider had been
closed, l secure the aid OF two assistants.
One heats a shovel at the FIRE, and runs with
it to the door of the winery. Here is placed
a careful man with pot of sulphur, which
he sprinkles very slightly on the shovel, and
the sulphur at first burns with flame. This
is the danger signal. In a few moments,
uOWeNeEi tue SuON6l COOlb auu tn0 sulphur
shoulders, showing no incandescence what
ever-that is the salty valve. At that stage
he hands it to me inside the house, and
sprinkle it freely, and continue to do as long
as fumes are emitted. In tho meantime
other shOvels are being prepared outside. In
a quarter of an hour have light blue at
mOsphere, and as soon as my eyes commenc,
smarting l leave the house.
In the morning | have invariably found
every red spider dead, and every leaf aliv,
and uninjured. The slightest incandescencC
of the lphur inside the house will cause in.
jury to the foliage but have never found
the slightest harm to result if the precautions
named bave been duly carried out. 1t is q
matter on which none need err, for it is easl
to perceive when the sulphur does not show
a flame outside, and as easy to know wheI
ones eyes smart inside the house. l hav
practiced the plan for more than twentl
years, and always with the same result o
killing the spider and not iujuring the foliage
of vines, cucumbers, or melons.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
What is High Farming 7

An American farmer Of note, after visit
ing England and examining, with the critical
eye Of practical and experienced agricul-
list the system pursued there says
81 am thoroughly confirmed in my old
faith that the only good farmer Of our future
is to be the high farmer There is a widely
prevailing antipathy among the common
farmers Of our country against not only the
practice of high farming, but against the use
Of the phrase by agricultural writer's. This
is all wrong and should be at once corrected.
Through some misconception Of the meaning
of the phrase, and of its application, they
have come to believe it synonymous with
theoretical book farming, new.fangled no.
tions, boasted progress followed by disap-
pOintment and final failure. This is all an
error. High farming simply means thor.
rough cultivation, liberal manuriug, beauti-
ful crops good feed, and paying profits there.
from. 1t is not strange that misconceptions
have arisen in the minds Of doubling farmers
who have been eye-witnessessto some of the
the spread eagle experiments of enthusiastic
farmers, better supplied with money in o
business they knew how to manage, than with
practical experience on the farm BOuntilu
crops and paying profits, Of course, are whal
all farmers who are depending on the farm
for an income, are striving to obtain anc
every year as it passes is recon6rming the
opinion that profits are small and will grow
beautifully less where high farming is mo-
praotieed.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
Fodder Corn for the Dairy.

Fodder corn can be put in as late as the
Goth Of June and even up to July. Late
crops make excellent fall feed for dairy stock
when grass begins to fail and deteriorate on
account of frost. 1t is a great saving to
the hay crop, and many dairymen are en-.
abled to carry stock along until the middle
Of January without feeding hay, sole reli-
auce being placed on corn fodder which is
properly cured aud shocked in the field,
whence it is used from week to week, as
wanted.
In raising corn fodder, good, rich, mellow
soil is required. There is no crop that will
bear manuring better than corn but in late
sowings well.decomposcd manures, well-in.
corporated in the soil, are best, unless the
weather happens to be moist as fresh barn
yard manures are liable to become dry and
of little use.
We have grown good crops Of corn fod-
der on sod in old meadows, the crop Of
grass being taken off IN June, the land imme-
diately plowed and soWed with corn. And
in seasons when there has been light hay
crop we have known many dairymen to re-
sort to this method 10 obtain the requisite
amount of fodder for carrying their stock
through the winter. The best way TO grow
this crop is to drill in the seed, and if large
drills are not at hand, it will he found more
advantageous TO use small ones rather than
to SOW broadcast. We like the rows 10 be
at least twenty inches to two feet apart, as
it allows the air and light to be properly
distributed through the plants, while the
wide space will admit Of horse.hoeing, which
will add TO the growth and value Of the crop
From two 10 four bushels Of seed are used
the latter quantity when .soWn broadcast
but we prefer not to have the stalks grow
too thickly together, as by excluding the
sunlight the stalks are apt to be weak, liable
to be prostrated by winds, and are apt " b,
less nutritious than when the seed is not 3,
thickly sown.
, Much has been said, first and last, con
, cerning the value of corn fodder for the pro
, dVction of milk, aud some have urged tha
it is Of little or no account. This latte
opinion, if it does not originate from preju
!, dice, must have come from the manner j
which the crop is grown-by being sown to
thickly, thereby obtaining plants that cOul
b. not properly mature and in consequenc
lacking the nutritive elements Of we'll
grown crop.
We have used fodder corn for many year
. in our own dairy, and always with the bei
results. 1t promotes a flow Of milk au
a keeps up the supply at time when it woyl
u be difficult to obtain any other crop to tax
d its place for this purpose. And it produc'
'e a milk Of good quality, as we have repea
% edly demonstrated by resorting to the prop'
% analysis Of different samples. We urg
T. therefore, upon all dairymen to grow pate
!. Of fodder corn, and, even il il should not |
OIL wanted for sOiling, there will be no loss, siuC
80 the crop can be used for corn fodder, thu
not only increasing the supply of good mil
at this season, but taking the place Of hi
ID aud making an important saving in Il
be most expensive kinds Of cattle loOd.-Rln,
Nel0 Yorker.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
Improved Cattle at the South.

Among the few southern men who have
urged the raising Of stock in place Of cotton
growing, is Ex-Governor Aiken Of South
Carolina. He is earnest in the advice to
keep sheep and says the soil and climate are
we'll adapted to the Merino. The German
town Telegraph in discussing the subject,
says
1t is common belief that the improved
breeds of cattle will not thrive in warm eli
mates, and that this has been thought so in
disputable that it has stood very much in
the way Of improving stock.raising in the
South. The southern people are anxious to
buy, and northern breeders are anxious to
sell F.; but the business is at standstill be.
cause of this belief. A few years ago q
party Of agricultural editors aud correspou.
dents made visit to the Southern states, in
which party the Germantown Telegraph had
a representative, and, as we learned from
him, nothing seemed to give the party more
astonshment than that the southern people
seemed satisfied with such comparatively
poor stock and this was remarked by some
of the party in little speeches which now aud
then some semi.public occasion seemed to
to call for. But these suggestions were al
ways met with the objection that attempts had
frequently been made to introduce these i'm
proved breeds, but they were all failures,
the climate seeming to render them more
subject TO disease than native stock, and that
all or most all of them died very soon after
their introduction to the South.
This seems to have been founded on facts.
Valuable cattle have been taken South and
they have succumbed, while the ordinary
long horned animals Of that section do very
we'll
But recent experimenters, and notably
among them, Col. Withers Of Mississippi
fnd that il the cattle are taken there very
young, or if the parents can be kept there
long enough TO raise calves on the spot, the
young SO raised do remarkably we'll as we'll
indeed, as the old stock, native to the spot
All this seems reasonable. 1t is about
the same with human beings, The northern
man, full of restless activity, the product o
his conflict with the harsher northern ele
ments, finds the climate Of the Southern
states too much for him, aud in unfavorble
seasons suffers much more than the maj
bred and born there. The principle ism,
doubt the same with cattle-breeding. II
seems so plain indeed, that it is only won
der that it has not been recognized before
There is little doubt that, UNDERSTANDING,
pursued, the introduction Of improved cattl
can be made as successful South as North.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-16
Breaking Colts.
The Rural New Yorker snva


There must be good deal of ofmisunderstand-
ing and some ignorance about the handling
of colts. have seen hundreds Of Welsh
colts brought into England which we're
foaled on the mountains, and never touched
in the way Of breaking, and they are hal
tered in the fairs by drovers, hauled out Of
the drove and pulled about by main force,
and there is no danger apprehended from
falling.
In England, the nag colts, sired by thor.
oughbred horses, which farmers breed to sell
as carriage or lighter horses, and also those
intended for saddle exclusively, are gener-
ally broken by men who make living at
the work, and these men, who are termed
"colt breakers" will all say they can get on
much better and bring a colt TO a good
mouth and to his PAGES much better when
he has never been handled by inexperienced
people.
Colts with good blood, that is, Of the "nag"
species, as it is termed in the Middling coun-
ties, are always broken to the saddle first,
for riding on horseback is universal there,
and nice moath is Of much Importance in
every horse as "good hands" are in every
rider. There was no intention of saying
the correct method was to let all colts run
till three or four years old, the most meant
was to show there was no necessity to halter
them where it was not always convenient TO
do so before they we're required for work.