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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
Manuring with Salt.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune says:
If farmers would make their land
productive, and in al WORKOUT fields
would like to see grass and grain grow
again; if they would destroy the worms
In a soil, and also the insects that infest
plants; make our blades of grass grow
where now only one bare lives. and
accomplish this result without selling
their farm to do it, then use the great
balance wheel of nature, salt. Mix
one-half bushel of it with every two
horse load of manure, and SOW it on
meadow land (dry land); but not over
two bushels to the acre, however, as
too much, of course, would kill the
grass If one-tenth the money that has
been thrown away on plaster in the
Eastern and Middle States within the
last 20 years had been applied to this
region in salt, our lands would have
produced more than double what they
have, and the destruction of the in
sects that damage plants and trees
would alone more than have paid all
cost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
Which was Tt.

The mother Of two sons, twins, met,
a contemporary relates, one of the
brothers in field one morning. (Which
of you two boys am I speaking to?"
asked the mother; is it you, or your
brother 2" Why do you ask?" in
CURED the boy prudently. " Because,
if it is your brother, will box his ears. .
" 1t is not my brother, it is l." Then
your brother is wearing your coat, for
yolirs had a hole in It," "No, mother,
/ am wearing my own coat" "Good
heavens /" cried the mother, looking
at him intently, you are your brother,
after all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
RURAL NOTES.
Useful Information for the Hus-
bandman.
Burning the Soil.

The process Of "paring and burning
is not very common in this country of
scarce and dear labor, but the benefits
arising from it in cases where it is Sin
Dictated" as the doctors say, is lndisput-
able. Mr. Mechl, the eminent farmer
of Tiptree Hall, England, says: "Where
land, especially heavy land, is full of
couch grass and seeds of weeds, burning
is certain cure. The organic portions
of the seeds or weeds are not destroyed
by fire, but they are thus rendered
available for the growth of useful crops
1t seems to me to have been marvel
Gus mistake to fallcw the land for two
years, and cart away two hundred loads
per acre of couch grass, as was done On
the Hall farm of Lord Amhert's, near
Sevenoaks (see Royal Agricultural
Society's Journal, vol. viii, page 33, first
series). During the summer months
the soil and its contents might have been
charred at small cost and All enormous
saving effected. The charred remains
of the weeds and their seeds would
have MANFRED the land for succession
of useful crops. The earth burning eff
fectually destroys all Seeds"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
Keep the Cows Cool

In these piping hot days extra care
and attention is required with dairy
COWS to avoid over heating them.
Shady places in which they can take
refuge from the extreme heat of the
sun should be accessible. If there are
no shade trees in the pasture, some sort
of temporary affair should be provid-
ed. Something Of the kind can be
cheaply made in fence corners, if there
is nothing better. If COWS spend so
much of their time standing in the
shade as to neglect filling themselves
with feed, it is because the hunger is
the lesser evil than thesun. Instead of
depriving them of shade the balance
should be restored by liberal feeding
morning and evening. If farmer is
wise he has field of oats, Hungarian
grass Or clover from which he can cut
enough to supplement the parched and
dried pasturage. Fodder will come
next.
Above all other things COWS should
not be over-driven during hot weather.
A dog or even thoughtless boy driv-
ing COWS on a run to and from pasture
will heat the COWS, make the milk
feverish and largely diminish the yield.
Healthy. sound milk cannot be drawn
from feverish, worried. COWS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
IndiSputable Evidence.

ST. ELMO July 3, 1874.
r. V. PIERCE, M. D., Buffalo, n VI
wish to add my testimony to the wonderful
| curative properties of your Alt. Ext, or
Golden Medical Discovery. 1 have taken
great interest in this medicine since first
used it. 1 was badly afflicted with dyspep-
STA, liver deranged, and an almost perfect
prOstration of the nervous system. So rapid
and complete did the Discovery effect per-
feet cure that it seemed more like magic,
| and perfect wonder to myself, and since
that time we have never been without
bottle OF the Discovery and Purgative Pellets
| IN the house. They are solid, sound fam
lily physician in the house, and ready to fly
to the relief Of sickness without charge.
We have never had doctor in the house
since we first began the Use of your Pellets
and Discovery. have recommended the
use Of these medicines in several severe and
complicated cases arising from, as thought,
an impure state of the blood, and in no one
case have they failed to do more than ac-
complish all they are claimed to do I will
only mention one as remarkable Though /
could give you dozens), Henry Roster, fur
niture dealer, of this place. one of the most
pltlful objects ever seen, his face swollen
out Of shape, scales and eruptions without
end, extending to his body, which was COM
pletely covered with blotches and scales.
Nothing that he took seemed to effect it a
parClcle. nnally induced him to try a few
bottles Of the Golden Medical Discovery,
with daily use of the Pellets, assuring him
that it would surely cure him. He COM
menced its use some six weeks SINCE taking
two pellets each night for week, then one
each night, and the Discovery as directed
The result is, to-day his skin is perfectly
smooth, and the scaly eruptions are gone.
He has taken some seven or eight bottles in
all, and considers himself cured. This case
had baff1ed the skill of our best physicians.
Messrs Dunsford & Co., druggists, of this
place, are selling largely of your medicines
and the demand steadily increases, and they
give perfect satisfaction in every case
Respectfully, w. n. CHAMpL1N,
Agt. Am. Exp. Co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
Apples.


Apples are considered more nutritious
than potatoes-indeed, many 60 so far
as to think that they contain more brain
food than any other fruit or vegetable.
However this may be, they certainly
exert healthful influence upon the
whole system when eaten raw or cooked
IN the most simple manner. When
compounded with butter, eggs and flour
they are far less wholesome than when
baked or steamed. Apples nicely baked
and served with cream are delicious
dish, and an ingenious housekeeper can
easily devise numerous ways of prepar-
ing them for the table. Many methods
have been suggested for keeping apples
in a good condition through the winter.
One is to wrap each apple las lemons
and oranges are wrapped for importa-
tion) IN paper; old newspapers Will an
swer. Paper is not only very impervi-
Gus to air, but serves to keep the fruit
at uniform temperature. Another
method of preserving apples is to put
some dry, fine sand into each barrel
and shake it down very gently; pow
dered plaster is sometimes used instead
of sand. Another way is to pit the APP
Piles in dry sandy soil. A hole three or
four feet deep should be dug, the fruit
put in upon dry straw and covered with
layer of straw and dry earth. The
earth should be raised above the gen.
eral level of the ground, SO as to shed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
Household Hints.

BUTTER will remove tar spots. Soap
and water will afterward take out the
grease stain.
CLEANING CHRoMos. one drop
of machine oil upon linen cloth, or q
soft channels skin and rub it over the
picture very gently. And if the warm
ish is dulled, or rubbed, you can re-
varnish it with the incest map varnish,
taking care to use OILY very small
quantity of it.
BREAD SAUcE.-Put grated bread
crumbs into asmall saucepan, and pour
little of the liquor in which fowl,
mutton, or veal has been boiled, over
this; when it has soaked, simmer with
it sliced onion, white pepper corns,
salt and mace; take out the onions and
pepper, and add cream or melted but.
ter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
Profits of Pigs.

A Yates county correspondent of the
Country Gentleman writes as follows
There is probably no other branch {
farm business that pays so we'll as 2
raising of hogs. For the last two &
the profit on pork-making has been
nearly a hundred Per cent. on the mon
ey invested. One Of my neighbors last
year paid $50 for a SOW and pigs, to
which he fed 100 bushels of corn,
valued at $95, besides the milk from a
dairy Of three COWS. The second day
of November the whole lot was sold for
$206.41. The manure, he said, would
mostly pay for the trouble of feeding.
In breeding it is much the best to use
young stock. The sows should not be
over two years old, as old sows are
much more apt to destroy their pigs
than young ones. In the fall and
spring there is usually a good demand
for pigs, and they rarely sell for unre-
munerative prices. This spring, pigs
when ready to wean were sold at 50 a
piece.
"U all pure-bred hogs, especially
for this-section, it is generally conceded
that the Berkshire has the preference,
as being by far the easiest to keep; and
they will mature at very early age,
making very fine lork. | cen keep
two pigs Of this breed where only one
can be kept of the Poland China stock
Pigs should be allowed to run with the
sow for four or five weeks after farrow-
ing; then they should be weaned, Civ
ing them plenty of milk, and they will
do fully as well as if allowed to run
with the SOW for a longer period. AS
the pigs get older, it has been my GUS
tom to mix little meal with their
milk, thus keeping them improving all
the while. April pigs thus fed can be
made 10 dress 800 pounds by Christmas,
and at cost, at the present price of
corn, not to exceed five cents per
pound. Many farmer makes great
mistake In feeding his hogs on new
corn in the fall. It has been clearly
demonstrated that one bushel of old
shelled corn, ground into meal, is worth
as much as four bushels of new corn
fed in the ear. 49,
g / cannot too strongly urge upon
farmers the profit of keeping breed
ing SOW and raising their own pigs.
was told the other day by a friend that
last winter he bought q SOW for $40,
and in the spring sold 1874 worth of pigs,
and in in the fall the SOW was killed
and then weighing over 800 pounds "a
a clear profit of $15 and above all cost
of feeding. At what business can any
one do better.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

THE ENORMOUS WAsTAGE of grain, so inepfc u
1gah other STYLES of Threshers, be SAVED by tn
improved Machine, sufficient erery lob TO more au
pay all expenses of thTesbing. =
FLAX, TIMOTHY MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
Ike seeds are threshold separated cleaned and saved
AZ easily and perfectly as Wheat, Oats Rye or Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for grim and
seeds cleaned by this MACHINE for extra cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875, these were substan-
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect work
e1hea Others utterly failed, si'
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting compiled
tons, ouch as Endless Aprons "Raddles "Reaters
Piekers, ETC., are entirely dispensed with )egs than
one-haf the usual Gears Belts, Boxes, and Journals;
easier managed; mora durable: light running no cost
ly repairs dust; no litterngs" to clean Ip; NOT
troubled by adverse Winds rain storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
In the large saving made by it will not employ infa
nor and wasteful machines, but will insist on this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for g. 8, 10 and IL Horse
Powers. Also q speciality of SEpARAToRs designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER.
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, VIZ: our i'm
proved triple Gear and our "Spur Speed" Wood
bury Style), both Mounted y on Jtoar wheels.
III INTERESTED in Threshing or Grain Raising,
apply to our nearest Dealer, write to for lustr
ted Circular ssnt free giving full particulars of Sizes
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard d Co.,
BATTLE CREEK MICH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, ring
worms, saltrheum, and other cutaneous af-
fictitious cured, and rough skin made soft
and smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap.
Be careful to get that made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York, as there are many
limitations, made from common tar, all of
which are worthless.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

AT our request Cragin & Co., of Phil
adelphia, Pa, have promised to send
any of our readers gratis Ton receipt Of
fifteen cents to pay postage) q sample
Of Dobb;ns' Electric Soap to try. Send
at Onca-COm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

JOSEPH LEwTER, of Milan, Tenn,
wrote Feb. %, 1875 " have sold Shallen-
berger's Ague Pills for twelve years, and
have never heard of case they have not
cured" Have you chills? Shallenberger' s
Pills will cure YOU for one dollar. Try
them-COm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

The relaxing power of Jobnsom's Ano-
dyne Imminent is truly wonderful. Cases al e
already numerous where bent and stffened
limbs have been limbered and Strengthened
by it. When used for this purpose, the
part should be washed and rubbed thor
oughly. Apply the liniment cold, and rub
it in with the hand-COm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
An Oregon Curiosity.

A curiosity, which is to be sent to the
Philadelphia Exhibition, is a section Of
the trunk of a white oak, from one side
Of which projects several inches of the
antlers of deer. The appearance and
age of the wood indicate that, fifty or
60 years ago, a young buck, prancing
about in the forest of Oregon, became
entangled in fork Of the tree and per-
ished, and, in the course of time, the
fork and trunk grew together, leaving
only the ends of the antlers exposed on
one side. The section of the tree is
handsomely vanished and polished,
and bears on q, silver plate the inscrip-
ton, +" Cut by George Curtis, on the
banks of the Willamette, near Salem,
Oregon, May z, 1876."-Sam Francisco
Chronicle. ase, a.tattlig
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02
RAILWAYS
READY RELIEF

WILL AFFORD INSTANT EAS-1.
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER,
III INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS
CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS.
SORE THROAT. DIFFICULT BREATHING,
PALPTTATION OF THE HEART,
MYSTERIES, GROUP, DIPHTHERIA
CATARRH, INFLUENZA
NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM,
COLD CHILLS. AGUE CHIILS.
The application of the READY RELIEF to the.
part parts where the pain difficulty exists wiz
afford ease and comfort.
Twenty drops in half rambler water WI in few
moments cure CRAMPS. SPASMS. SOUE STOM-
ACH, HEARTBURN, SICK HEADACHE. DIAR
R ISaIE DYsENTERY. COLO, WIND IN THE
Travellers should always carry bottle of RAD
WAYS RELIEF with them. few drops in wate-
will prevent sickness pains from change of water
IT Is BETTER THAN FRENCH BRANDY Oh
BITTERS AS A STIMULANT.
Price so Cents. Sole by Druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

FIFTY thousand persons belong to the
order of the Sisters of Charity the
world over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

The pay Of the Texas Legislature
has been reduced to So day. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

VEGETINE meets with wonderful sue
cess in the cure of cancer and cancerous hui
mors.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-02

4 CROWD of "Horse Men," and
others, daily throng the stores in country
and town for Sheridaaa's Cavalry Condition
POWDERS. They understand that horses can
not be kept in good condition without them,
and with them can be fed on much less
quantity of grain.-Com.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11
Women In Our Colleges

Prof. Tyler, of Michigan Uuirsr..--
winch threw open its doors to the admission
OIL women IN 1870, in recent article. sar-
According to the most recent returns. III
Oh that sex are now availing thenselye. cd
the night to university instruction thus rs
9,gni-ed. In the distribution which tbev
nave made OF themselves among the severn
departments, there is no little >ignifeanee
Tour OF them have chosen the law. e.
,nedieine, and 66 literature and scieaoe
before 1870 there were several colleges In
america which had adopted the system Of
eo-e1ucatlon but all of these had adoptel
Una. system from the beginning. Michigan
i tne hrst university which, having begun
its NE and attained eminent success upon the
exclusive system, then deliberately ineorp5-
rated upon itself the new and more e,mr-e-
hensive plan. The resolution In 4, "a va
by no means hasty one, or taken with
much eheerfulness. 1t had been urd,r c,u-
slderltion Tor 70 years, and when adopted
AZ lAst' II was adopted with no little ankle
y: Our experience of Eve wears has. [
'n'nE' convinced everybody here that tbs
anxiety was not well founded. Neither
goou order nor the scholarship of the upiyer-
si'Y mas suffered any harm from the presepce
-, 'l!ies al us ciaSs-rooms, while the phy-i-
va disasters to the women themselves, which
a eminent mediealauthority has oflate clear
y ueinonstrated to the penal Consequences Of
feminine toll at the dry and arduous tasks Of
= university q, s.udy, have thus far strangely
lalied to make their appearance in tbs
Indeed, the ladies here seem
10 thrive ludicrously well under the rugged
eslmen to which they have been put anG
.helr omission to verify the predictions Of AZ
P''Or' alarm Is something bordering upon
lSe cruel. A benevolent mind obseryins
'hese things can hardly do less than utter
sord OF kindly caution to all persons who
tili desire to take unalloyed comfort in the
loctrine that women are not fit for aniysr-
ites, or that universities are no, 4: for W.
nan. =
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11

The value Of Mr.. Bowen's opinion in re-
garc to Mr. Beecher, at this time, is con-
siderably impaired by the facts that after
the time when he now says he learned that
Mr.. Beecher hai been invading .he sanctity
OF certain homes, he certified in writing that
he knew nothing o. the sort. his words
being Il declare fully and without re-
serve that kaow nothia. that should pre-
vent NE from extending to him Henry
Ward Beecher my most cordial friendship.
confidence and Christian fellowship :" that
be remained member and commitment Of
Plymouth Church ard that after or about
the time Of the opening Of the Tilton-Bee.h-
er trial, lie said in the New York Iade9endenf
that he earnestly trusted that Mr.. Beecher
would come cut all right, or words to that
effect. Up to that time, apparently, he did net
believe Mr.. Boecher 10 be an adulterer and
perjurer. Since then his opportunities Tor
getting information On the subject have been
no better than other peoples As be has
been invited by Plymouth Church to pro-
duce his proof, ii be has any, it Is only fair
to wait and see whit he can bring forward
to back up his statement. Unless it is
pretty well supported, and amounts to some
thing more than declaration that he las
b,en greatly abused by Plymouth Church,
and accordingly believes its pastor guilty,
the church will hardly be likely to ask Mr..
Beecher to step down and out, on that &C.
,ount
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11
Congressional Notes.

The House, Tuesday, passed an act rel cal
ing the Bankrupt Law by a yato If Is IL
IS.
The Senate Committee on Finance was
occupied on Wednesday with Mr.. Morrill,
(of VermOnD specie resumption bill. Its
author gave explanations.
The St. Albans Bank Relief bill was laid
over at the request Of Senator Sherman.
The Alabama claims bill has passed
both branches Of Congress. ordering pay
ment to be IAaGe without further delay.
The present value Of the SIS 500 900 RI
ceived from Great Britain to pay for
damages done by the Alabama, Florida and
Shenandoah. IS, with accumulated interest,
little short Of $2O,O0O.0OO The awards
rendered by the Commission to the 9th Of
December, 1875, amounted tie S5,S36, sos
&C. This has been increased by subsequent
awards, and the total amount claimed, all
should be awarded, viii not exceed eleven
leaving al least nine millions in the
Treasury.
A bill has been introduced in the Hcuss
to prevent the useless slaughter of bufialoes,
which is e1terminating that valuable ami
NAL. 1t is made unlawful for any person
not an Indian to kill any female buffalo, or
% kill or wound greater number of male
'uialoes than are needed for food, or for the
market.
The House Appropriation Committee will
the abolition Of the Office of Su-
ervisor of Internal Revenue, on the ground
hat it Is DO longer necessary
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11
WESTERN NEWS.


ONAHA, Feb. "A lette. from Custer
City, IN the Black Hills, dated January ..
says over forty houses are now no and sixty
IN process OF erection. Water is found 20
ieet from the surface. \ steam saw mill
VIII be IN operation in eight days. Flour
Sl2 per hundred. Miners from the north
OF the Big Horn report new discoveries
lar surpas sing any yet made Thirty men
leit here to-day to prospect there Red
Cloud and several hundred warriors have
gone north. 1t is reported that thev aid
they would rather die on the war path
than stay on the reservation and starve.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11

tow. Bristlw AMI Who eler would looI well
on our flag. l refer to VIM. A. Wheeler
l hope the Democrats will be wise enough
to nominate candidate for President who
has been baptized with the blood of his
country's foes, or that Of his own, shed in
her defence. 1t is hard for such man to
do otherwise than love his whole country.
They talk offs man who has distinguished
himself bv the slaughter of Rebels of the
Ring. This is worth something.
God grant that tie candidates of both
parties may be pure, able men, so that who
ever succeeds. the county may he safe in his
hands.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Frank Howe, the wcll-known specia
treasury agen. in New York city, has been
removed by Secretary Bristow, and NJ II
Hale, of Beverly, Mass, takes his place.
At the Democratic Congressional caucus,
Tuesday evening, Hardenberg. of New Jer-
sey, gave notice that he should instantly
withdraw if Landers's unlimited infition
programme was pressed to vote. d" The
rag-money men," said Mr.. Hardonberg,
are digging the grave Of the Democratic
party"
Hon. Dorman B. Eaton, not discouraged
by the failure of civil service reform, is now
busying himself in an attempt to get the
Tammany charter repealed. He made
great speech 90 the subject, the other day.