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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Household Hints.

GRAPE MARMALADE. Boil the grapes
till very soft, and strain them through
a sieve; to every pound of pulp obtain
ed use pound Of sugar; boil together
slowly for twenty minutes, stirring con-
stantiy. When cool dip out into small
glasses and cover with paper. Keep in
a dry, dark and cool place.
OUNCE JELLY.-Slice your ounces,
without either pairing Or coring; put In
to preserving kettle and just cover
with watec; put over the fire and boil
until soft. Remove from the stove and
strain cf the liquor. To every gallon
allow four pounds Of sugar, and boil 1t
very fast until it becomes stiff jelly.
TOMATO CATsUP.-Cut your tomatoes
in slices, lay them in q kettle, sprinkle
salt upon them boil three-quarters of
an hour and strain; to six quarts Of
Juice add two quarts of vinegar, one
ounce of cinnamon, one of cloves, one
of nutmeg, and half an ounce of cay
enne pepper, ground; boil fifteen min III
utes. "a s75t
TOOTH PowDER.-P Prepared chalk is
the basis of. most of the tooth powders
in use. This is mixed with pulyerized
myrrh and orris powder. SPulverlzed
charcoal as a dentrifce is condemned
by all who know what is good for the
teeth. Frequent brushing is the safest
method of cleansing the teeth. The
best tooth powders should be used only
occasionally.
PIE CRUsr-Mix a little lard with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Care of Sheep.

Those of our readers who are now
interesting themselves in sheep will
find good reading in the following
hints, summed up from an essay on
sheep management, by Mr.. A. e. Ken
new. the noted sheep raiser OF Yer
mont
1. Never starve q sheep if you de-
sire it to do well, especially in summer.
2. Do not feed much grain if you
have good hay, but at all events never
let the sheep grow poor
3. Many farmers lose by letting them
live as long in autumn without feeding
as possible; consequently, If they are
in very good condition in October, and
lose flesh and are made to gain again,
there will be no doubt tender place
in the wool.
4. Have your lambs come early in
the season.
5. Shear early.
6. Keep your sheep from all cold
storms at all times of the year, and be
Us careful with them as with your
horse. Many sheep perish by showers
after shearing, even in July; SO, as |
say, shear at time of year that they
can be housed in autumn; if sheep are
exposed, it takes a long time to dry the
wool, and the sheep are consequently
uncomfortable for long time; cold
and consumption are the result.
Z. Raise the standard of your flock;
weigh every fleece at the shearing;
number the sheep, and note the weight
of the fleece, and then sell or kill your
poorest sheep-as like produces like,
your average will soon go four to seven
pounds.
s. Take good care of the lambs, es-
pecially while young. In many cases
they are not liable to suck the ewes at
the start; in all such cases you must
feed them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
A Singular Funeral

The remains ofthe Countess of Essex
was inferred at Watford recently, when
his Lordship had the funeral conducted
in accordance with the reform he advo-
Gated in the Press some time ago. He
had hearse constructed somewhat in
the shape of a wagonette, surmounted
by a canopy supported from each angle
by a simple iron bar, and trimmed with
heavy purple and white worsted fringe.
The body of the vehicle was painted
purple, picked out in white, and bore a
ccronet on the panels, and was drawn
by pair OF his Lordships horses,
driven by his coachman. His Lord
ships carriage, the carriage of the Earl
of Clarendon, and hired carriage,
were the mourning coaches. The cof-
fin, over which was thrown purple
velvet pail, was of deal wood, the entire
line being perforated SO as to admit Of
the action of the earth. The railing
around the grave was painted blue and
white. 4f5a4
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
A LULLABY.

Hush hush The night draws on;
The sun he's long since set.
And the fast-closing flowers
With heavy dews are wet.
Shut close thine eyes:
Twilight is darkening the skies.
Hush Hush All sounds are still:
The birds are gone to rest;
The mother bird keeps warm
Her young within the nest.
Shut close thine eyes,
For the last songster homeward flies.
Hush Hush the moonbeams fall
Upon the summer leas,
The night winds murmer soft
Among the dasky trees.
Shut close thine eyes,
For the last streak of daylight dies.
Hush Hush the day is done.
Lie down my child and sleep;
The silver stars above
For thee watch will keep.
Shut close thine eyes;
Sweet peace upon thy pillow lies.
Hush Hushl Aud happy dreams
All through the silent night.
Fear nothing; slumber on
Until the morning bright.
Shut close thine eyes,
For angels sing thy lullabies.
Chambers Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

flour and water until stiff dough is
made; then roll out, spread on lit
tie lard, sprinkle on q little flour, fold
over double; repeat this rolling out two
or thr v times, handling as lightly as
possible, and keeping the layers of
shortening as nearly horizontal as may
be; in this way very fiaky and tender
pie crust may be made with but very
little shortening.
GRAPE PREsERvE.-Pick out the
knotty and wormy grapes, take the
rest, q few at a time, in a course sieve,
working them around with the hand
until the seeds are loosened, when they
will drop through, leaving the skin and
pulp IN the sieve. Drain the juice off
the seeds, and to every pound of skin,
pulp and juice allow half a pound of
sugar. Put all into preserving pan
and cook slowly for three-quarters Of
an hour. When done put hot into
jars, cover with papers and seal.
WASHING WITHOUT LABoR.-Dissolve
two pounds of soap in three gallons of
hot water, add one tablespoonful Of
turpentlne and three of LIQUID ammo
MIA; stir the mixtare well, put the
clothes to be washed into it, cover as
closely as possible, and let them soak
for three hours. Then wiring them
from the mixture, repeat it, add half q
teaspoonful of turpentine and table
spoonful of ammonia, put i'll more
clothes, and soak as before. Wash the
clothes as they are taken from the
mixture in warm suds, rinse and hang
to dry. Dirt will come out with very
little rubbing. This process does not
In the least injure the texture of the
goods washed. e4 -F1r
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Too Much 6 Centennial"

The word Centennial, says the Pater-
son Press, had for us at first, a peculiar
charm. We thought well Of it, and we
confess that the sound was pleasant.
We liked to write it and to roll it
around on our tongue. But, shades of
the early martyrs, how terrible have
we been punished How has that
name, once pleasant and expressive,
assailed our ear from every quarter,
by every tongue, and in every connec-
ton ! How has it stared at us from
every oyster celler, tripe stall, coffee
booth, grand hotel, haberdashery, candy
shop, and fish stand |! It is the very
first formation Of letters that greets our
eye Of morning, it follows us relent-
lessly through every hour of the day,
and is the last object fixed upon the
retina ere we close the lids over tired
Centennial-seared eyeballs at night.
Oh, It is " horrible, most horrible I"
this Centennial spectre from which
there is no escape. And there is none.
We are, perforce, compelled to dress
in Centennial fabrics and walk in Cen
tennial boots, drawn over Centennial
hose, and polished with Centennial
backing. Our neck is enclosed in a
Centennial collar, and we wear Cen
tennial scarf, in which we stick Cen
tennial pin. Our hat is of Centennial
pattern, our hair is cut in Centennial
style and colorsd with Centennial dye,
and our nose we Wi pc on Centennial
handkerchief if we wipe it at all. Do
we travel, we take = Centennial train,
composed of Centennial coaches, and
we put up at a grand Centennial hotel
and eat Centennial hash, smoke Cen
tennial cheroot, and are bitten by Cen
tennial bedbugs. Agents approach us
constantly with Centennial books and
our parsons preach from Centennial
bible (Holman's) a Centennial sermon,
and urges Centennial contribution
toward Centennial project. At home
our furniture, def, carpets, pictures,
shades, everything, are all Centennial;
We draw a Centennial counterpart over
us at night, use Centennial soap and
Centennial tooth powder and Centen-
NAL perfume in the morning, after
which we go forth to see our friends
"off for the Centennial" AS if all this
were not enough, there are some who
have, with iendish disregard for gene
rations yet unborn, and a refinement
of malice difficult to understand, taken
measures to perpetuate the inhiction
by naming their offspring Augustus
Centennial Fitzgibbons, Georgianna
Centennial Finnigan, &C., &C., which
appears to be the very ecstasy of Cen
tennial madness beyond which there is
no advance. Oh give us a rest for a
hundred wears and q dow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Oil-Meal for WEAVING Pigs.

The pig, when young, needs very nj
trogenous and phosphate food to ex-
pand his frame and muscular system.
This he gets, almost in perfection, in
skinned milk, but when that is lack
ing, the nearest approach to it is scald-
ed oil-meal. This, like milk, holds its
nutriment almost in soluble condi-
ton, and is extremely rich in phos-
phate of lime and in muscle-forming
food. Small pigs need very little fat
tening food. Corn-meal is very objec-
tionable, if fed alone, but, if mixed
with bran, will dc very well; yet moth
ing, except milk, will equal the effect
of a pint of oil-meal to pig. Oil-meal
and bran-two quarts of bran to pint
of oil-meal-will cause young pigs to
expand with great rapidity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
RURAL NOTES.
Seasonable Hints for the Farmer.
Winter Wheat.

Winter Wheat.
Seed-time for this king of cereals is
upon us, and the following hints from
the Agr1cuHwist are timely and ju.
dicious:
Seed Wheat.-To procure the largest
rpest grains for seed, some sheaves
may be thrown upon the barn floor in
a deep bed, and partly thrashed with
the fail, or by driving d pair of horses
over them, without untying them.
They may then be returned to the
NOW. This may seem like going back
on machinery, and returningto by-gone
fashions, but there are some things
which can, and perhaps always will, be
done best by hand, and this is one of
them. Machine thrashed grain is SO
much cracked or broken, that a large
proportion is unfit for seed, and
especially when we have to buy seed
at double prices, or even more, much
is saved by procuring hand thrashed
seed. In the way pointed out we get
the ripest and largest grain, which
makes the best seed.
.Souing the Seed How much seed
per acre should be sown, is a question
about which there are various opinions.
1t depends upon the kind of seed and
the richness of the soil. 1t is pretty
certain that a great deal Of seed is vast
ed by over thick sowing. We have
found one bushel per acre to produce
more than five or six pecks upon SIM
liar ground, when sown early this
month. But the soil was rich enough
to yield 80 bushels to the acre. Upon
poorer ground this sowing would be too
thin. If later soWn more seed is need
ed. There is no question about the
advantage of drill sowing over broad
cast. To cever the seed by a common
a1ltivator is good substitute for drill
sowing. Where the ground is at all
cloddy, rolling after sowing will be of
advantage, otherwise we leave the sur
face rough.
Smaa-As preventive against
smut, it will pay to pickle" the seed.
Sleeping it In strong brine, lime wa
ter, or stale urine, for three hours, are
found effective in many cases. Per-
haps the best method of picking seed,
is to dissolve four ounces of blue
stone (sulphate of copper in one gal
lon of water, for every two bushels Of
seed. Hep the seed upon the barn
floor, and sprinkle the solution over it;
then mix thoroughly with the shovel
until the moisture is spread evenly
through the heap. Let it remain twelve
hours, when the pickle viii be absorb
ed, and the seed may be sown at once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

have access to a plentiful supply Of
grass while being fed on corn, and the
exercise required to get it stimulates a
normal physical development, without
which continued healthful condition
cannot be maintained.
All stock should be changed into new
quarters as often rs may be, as this
tends to stimulate digestion; besides it
has the opportunity of gathering up the
stray bits of prsduce and grass which
would otherwise be wasted. To do this,
however, the farm must be divided into
small fields.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Intoxicating Grass.
From the american Journal of Science and Arts
D <c.:d IL, a., u Il

From the american Journal of Science and Arts
Beside the "dronk' grass, i.e,, drunk
grass, of the Dutch colonists in South
Africa, of which we mentioned DIR.
Shaw's account q year or two ago, it
now appears that there is in Mongolia
another grass with corresponding ma
tive name and similar properties. The
account of it is given by DR.. Hance, in
the July number of Trimen's Journal o.
Botany, from specimens and Informal
ton supplied by DR.. Bretschneider, of
the Russian legation at Picking. 1t
proves to be a new species of Snpa,
brought from the Alachan mountains
by a Roman Catholic missionary, whose
horses were disabled by its inebriating
properties. The wandering Mongolia OF
the region are familiar with this grass,
and use vinegar as an antidote. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Gideon Granger's Investigation.

1t is within the last half century that
Newark has taken leap forward and
multiplied her population at least four
teen times. The same period has work
ed the change in the facilities for COM
munication with New York. The nine
mile road was little more than
protracted pile of logs and stones, and
the only public conveyance q huge,
unwieldy vehicle with long body hung
upon iron jacks. The stage-coach car
ried the mail. During the postmaster
generalship of Gideon Granger, serious
Irregularities occurred in the distribu-
ton of letters, and as the business was
not yet systematized, with it's agents,
detectives, ETC., he determined to travel
In disguise over his mail routes, In order
to discover what contractor was remi 8
in performing his obligations. General
Cumming, the New Jersey mail con.
tractor, was privately informed of the
movements of his superior by 81 friend
III the general postoffice, and instructed
his negro driver how to proceed when
he should happen to have a passenger
answering to a certain description. Not
long after, Granger entered the stage
at Powles Hook now Jersey City,, and
Sambo, with a wise countenance,
mounted to his seat, and, gathering up
his reins, gave the horses q tremendous
crack of his long whip. Away they
bounded with fearful celebrity over the
corduroy road. Presently Granger put
his head through the window and re-
quested the driver to go slower. "Can
not do it, sir; I drive the United States
mail" was the reply, accompanied by
another crack of his whip over the
heads of the leaders. Again and again
did Granger beg and implore the obdu-
rate darkey to moderate his speed, and
every time came the response, Can
not do it, sir; | drive the United States
MAIL" with renewed application of the
whip. Granger did not recover from the
bruises Of his John Gilpin ride for
weeks, and was quite satisfied that one
contract was honestly filled.
The two cities are now connected by
four railroads, over which one hundred
and two regular passenger trains pass
each way daily. The people of Newark
can, at o'clock IN the morning, take
their choice of eight railroad trans that
will leave for New York in three-quar-
tiers of an hour.-Harper's Magazine for
October.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Early Feeding of Hogs.

The advantages of early feeding of
hogs, in the fall, are many, as is well
known by the most successful farmers.
Perhaps the greatest advantage con-
sists In the propitiousness of the wealth
G during the fall months, which is gen
orally dry, and neither too warm or too
cold. Another benefit of equal worth
is found in the soft condition of the
corn, before it has become fully ripe.
Tt is mistaken idea, that because a
farmer desires to hit q late winter mar
ket he should begin to feed late in the
fall. Our most successful experience
has been in commencing to feed early,
even If we did feed late. The large
majority of feeders fail to keep their
hogs growing beyond a certain period
of time. They say hog will do well
about so long q time, and then he stops
or recedes in weight, SO that there is
nothing but loss to keep them-this,
too, before he is half grown. All there
is about it, is to know how it is done,
and but little trouble will be found. A
little skill exercised in the kind of food
given, and management, will obviate
most of the trouble so universally found
among farmers in keeping up a contin'
ued and profitable growth in their stock
until it is fully matured. A greater
variety of food is the great desideratum
In keeping up healthful and growing
condition in hogs.
Because the nature Of the soil and
climate influences favor and grow a
certain crop to greater perfection than
any other, it is ret always the best
policy to be confined to that and moth
ing else. Better rotate sufficiently to
admit Of a sufficient variety of food
for stock, for by so doing the land is
benefited also. 1t pays TO feed rye,
wheat o. oats, as a supplemental diet
with corn to hogs. There are no two
kinds Of grain which contain exactly
the same properties Ia like proportion.
il requires the combined properties of
all the grains to produce a fully devel-
oped and healthy organism in the hog,
SO that by using a mixed diet the quail
ity lacking IN one nu OF food will be
supplied in another 20
In the corn Id found the carbonace-
Gus, in the wheistbran and oats, the
phosphate and heterogeneous properties
ali these being necessary TO profitable
growth.
Another thing not to be overlooked
is the excellent condition Of the corn
during it's softer stages, being much
more digestible before it fully hardens.
Hogs do much better, too, if they cal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Fortified Heroes.

The bodies of those who fell in the
late European war are now being ex-
humed by the suburban municipalities
of Paris for interment in several ceme-
teries, and fact full of scientific inter-
est has been discovered. At many
places, more particularly at Cnatillon,
the bodies, Notwithstanding the fact that
they have rested five years in the earth,
have remained intact. At La Croix de
Bern Q, on the opening of a tomb con-
tanning thirty-three Germans, they
found them enveloped in their heavy
mantles, more resembling sleepers than
the dead. yv7 ~
AS regards the causes Of reservation,
the scientific men say that these may be
attributed to the locality, the nature of
the soil, the thick solid cloaks, and to
to the fact that they fell IN health, and
had not in them the same elements of
corruption as those dying of disease.
The medals, crosses, watches and money
were found undisturbed, and served to
Identify them. These have been sent
to the friends of the victims IN Ger
many.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

The first wealth is health. Sickness is
poor-spirited and cannot serve any
one; it must husband its resources to
live. But healthfulness answers its own
ends, and has to spare, runs over and
lnundates the creeks of other mems
necessities. Emerson.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples. ring
worm, saltrheum, and other cutaneous affec-
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be
careful to get only that made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York, as there are many
limitations made with common tar, all of
which are Worthless-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

CONTAGIOUS diseases, such as horse
all, glander, &C., may be prevented by the
use of Sheridams Cavalry Condition POWDERS.
Persons. travelling with horses should take
note of this - /.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

AT our request Cragin & CO., of Phil
adeiphia, Pa, have promised to send
any OF our readers gratis ton receipt of
fifteen cents to pay postage) sample
OF Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send
at Once.-Com. eH I9]
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

VEGErINE cleanses and phrifes the.
blood, Thereby causing huInors of all kinds
to disappear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

MISSIONARIES and other sojourning
IN .foreign. lands should not fail to take with
them good supply of Johnso,a' S AnodJ7se
Imminent, tits the most reliable medicine
FOX all purposes there is in the world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
eno nu emo uOuNrv

Act 1866 renewed Soldiers, Widows, Children, Pa
rents, write term ofservce amount of Bounty receiv
ed sending stamp to COLL BINGHAM Co. Attorneys
for Claims, Patents, Land Titles, Washington d. G.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
Only so Cents for SIX Months.

The WEEKLY WISCONSIN, q large 48
column paper, will be sent to any ad-
dress SIX MONTHS, post paid, for fifty
cents. The WISCONSIN is the cheapest
and best paper in the Northwest. Ad-
dress, Cramer, Aiiesns & Cramer, Mil
Waukee, Wisconsin. 81 a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27
invited. Agents wanted.
ROOF S.

Why not make your Roofs last lifetime and save the
expense OF new roof every 10 or u years II be
done If you use Slate Paint it will not only resist the
effects of water and wind but shield you from Fire.
ztHaM OLD ROOFS,
Protect your Buildings by using Slate Paint, which
neither cracks in winter in summer Old
shinge roofs can be painted looking much better,
and lasting longer than shingles without the
paint, for one fourth the cost OF re-shing Cling On
cdyed shingles it fills the holes and pores and gives
substantial roof that lasts for years. CurIed or
1carped shingles it brings to their places and keeps
them there This paint requires heating, is applied
with brush and very ornamental. 1t is chocolate
color when first applied, but chang es to uniform
slate COLOR and is to all intents and purposes slate
ON TIN OR IRON ROOFS,
the red color is the best paint in the world for dura
bility. 1t has heavy body, is easily applied, ex-
pands by heat, contracts by cold dries slow and new
ar cracks nor scales One coat equals of any other
.,FiRE-PROOF NEW ROOFS.
Mills, foundrles, factories and dwellings special
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ing in the world for convenience in lay ing, and
blnes the ornamental appearance, durability, and fire.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-27

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS is in his
SEVENTEEN year but looks much
younger.