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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Esse LaGy's Song.
By i. II. STODDARD.

BY i. II. STODDARD.
How do you make your songs?
Ny lady said to me.
Take pen and let me see ....
How mach to art belongs,
How much to nature. Well?
You really cannot tell?
Do you 90 seek your thought?
Or does 1t come to yOu?,
What is it like when caught?
What is the first you do?
How can ] help you, pray?
For my life l cannot see
But kissing my hand is not the way
To capture thought or-mel
You wait till the melodies come,
That sing in your inner ear?
But how if you do not hear?
How il your heart is dumb?
Compel it to speak? You may,
But not my heart to-day
II you had made song
Perhaps you might, who knows?
Perhaps | may ere long
Believe ] am the rose
You bleed for, nightingale;
But you with all are snitten
Don't sigh and look 50 pale, ......
But read what you have written
Only my words to you,
And in rhyme, too, ] declare!
Be still, you rumple my hair.
Let 90 my hand-I do!
NH. ...t ...t. -Ha1per'S Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
The Household.

TREASURE CAKE.-Rub to a cream
two cups Of sugar and one cup Of butter !;
stir IN four well-beaten eggs, three cups
OF flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; stir it till just before baking;
bake in molds. a..-'
Potato PUFF.-Any left over mashed
potatoes may be made into an excellent
dish for next days dinner Mashed po-
tatoes, tive cupfuls; melted butter, two
tablespoonsfuls. If the potato was not
sufficiently seasoned for the table, salt
will be required. Bake in a quick oven
until the top isa light brown d.
To PREVENT SCORCHING.-I have
only recently learned how to prevent
meat from scorching in the oven during
the roasting process. The secret is sim
ply to keep basin Or cup Of water in
the oven. The steam generated not only
prevents scorching, but makes the meat
cook nicer. 1t is so simple and common
sense, that wonder that never thought
of it before. III.
CLEANING FIsH.-When cleaning fish
for baking do not cut off the head and
tail. For the stuffing soak half a pound
of bread crumbs in water; when the
bread is soft press out all the water.
Fry two tablespoonfuls of minced onion
in some butter; add the bread, some
chopped parsley, Tablespoonful of but
ter and pepper and salt. Let it cook a
moment; take it off the fire and add a
beaten egg. Fill the fish with this stuff
ing, and keep it in place by winding a
cord several times around the fish. Lay
several thin slices of pork across the top
Of the fish; sprinkle over water, pepper
and salt; put some hot water into the
pan; bake in a hot oven, basting very
often. When done (the top should be
nicely browned) serve a sauce with it.
The best fish to bake are whitefish, blue
fish and shad If not basted very often
a baked fish viii be very dry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
Stock Water.

How q reserve of stock water may be
economically stored up for use during
droughts, is an important question for
farmers throughout the prairie region Of
the west. -.
Two years ago last summer, having,
with many others, suffered the inconve-
nience of failure of the water supply
on my place, in consequence of the long
continued drought, | dug a 200 barrel
cistern in my pasture a few feet from a
ditch which crossed one corner, cement
ing on the solid clay, which formed the
sides to within two and a half feet of
the top, and bricking the balance. l
laid a wooden pipe from near the top of
the ditch to the cistern, and when the
water was running the following spring,
by damming the ditch below it was filed
with pure snow water. The same pro-
cess was repeated last spring, filing up
what had been used out the previous
summer. -
For the last month my we'll has been
nearly dry, and my house and barn els
terms both empty. Without this reserve
supply, | should have been in as bad a
tx as are great many other people at
this time. The water in this cistern,
most of which has been in for two wears,
is now as pure, bright and sparkling as
when it was first filled. -..
It has been a wonder to me that farm
ers in sections where reliable wells can
not be obtain ed, have not availed them
selves of the method of storing up
water. There is no limit to the extent
to which such cisterns can be multiplied,
furnishing a reserve supply to fall back
upon when the ordinary supplies SAIL
O. c. Gibbs IN Prairie Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

NOTHING breaks down mans faith
in human nature and the merciful dis
pensation OF things, 50 much as to fit up
the spare room Just beautifully, with q
new bed, Eastlake paper, brussels carpet
and a Spitz dog and advertise a furn--
ished room TO let, with board, and
count on having about sixty dollars q
month out Of that room, and then tAe
very enxt day. have these country rela-
tions come in with FELLOWSHIP full OF
gnarly apples, to stay three weeks
Hawheye.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
A Minstrel Joke Applied to Tweed's
From the New York Tribune.

FROM the New I DIX tribune.
TWeed's first act on reaching his old
prison was to write to John d. Town
send, the lawyer of Woodward and also
an adviser of o. Tweed during his later
trials. Mr.. Townsend called at Ludlow
Street; Jail at Tweed's request, and his
advice was asked. Pending q retainer,
which Tweed was not then prepared to
pay, Townsend declined to give any i'd
vice, but told Mr. Tweed story, 1t was
to the effect that every night at the San
Francisco Minstrels, Mr.. Tweed, if he
chose to 60 accompanied by a Sheriff,
could hear the MINISTRIES, Birch and
Backus, tell of man who was much dis
turbed at night by the furious stamping
and restless tramping of a neighbor over
head. Finally he dressed and knocked
at the neighbours door. Invited i'll, he
found gentleman in evident distress,
wrlnglng his hands, tearing his hair, and
stamping his feet Inquiry elected the
fact that pecuniary troubles preyed upon
his mind. 81 owe Brown $500 tomor-
row, and have not dollar to pay it
with was the explanation Of so much
misery. as that all?'' asked the other.
"Now, see here, my friend; you go to bed
and sleep. You have tramped long
enough. It is Browns turn to walk a
Whileo hi
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
The King of Nimporte.s Meeting with
ais His Bride. rr.
BY SIDNEY LANIER.

t BY SIDNEY LANIER.
Once upon time If my memory
serves me correctly, it was in the year
655-His Intensely -Serene-and-A ltogeth-
notwithstanding Highness the
King of Nimporte was reclining in his
royal palace. The casual observer
Though it must be said that casual OBJ
servers were as rigidly excluded from
the palace Of Nimporte as if ohey had
been tramps) might easily have noticed
that his majesty was displeased.
The fact is, if his majesty had been
little boy, he would have been whipped
and sent to bed for the suIks; but even
during this early period Of which I am
writing, the strangeneSs of things had
reached such a pitch, that ia the very
moment at which this story opens the
King of Nimporte arose from his couch,
seized by the shoulders his grand vizier
(who was not at all in the s,llks, but was
endeavoringS as best he could, to smile
from the crown Of his head to the soles of
his feet, and kicked him downstairs.
AS the grand vizier reached the lowest
step in the course of bis tumble, a
courier covered with dust was in the act
Of putting his foot upon the same. But,
the force of the grand vizier's fall was
such as to knock both the courier's legs
from under him; and as, in the mean
time, the grand yizier had wildly clasp
ed his arms around the courier's body,
to arrest his own descent, the result
was such miscellaneous rolling of the
two men, that for a moment no one was
able to distinguish which legs belonged
to the grand vizier and which to the
courier st ai "gla gau -.a.f o1t Ii
Has she arrived?" asked the grand
vizier, as soon as his breath came. n -.
+" Yes" said the courier, already
Fastening up the stairs.
At this magic word, the grand vizier
again threw his arms around the courier,
kissed him, released him, whirled himself
about like teetotum, leaped into the
air and cracked his heels thrice before
again touching the earth, and said:r +
i Allah be praised! Perhaps now we
shall have some peace in the palace"
In truth, the King of Nimporte had
been waiting two hours for his bride,
whom he had never seen; for, according
to custom, one Of his great. lords had
been sent to the court of the brides
father, where he had married her by
proxy for his royal master, and whence
he was now conducting her to the pal
ace. For two hours the King of MIN
porte had been waiting for courier to
arrive and announce to him that the
cavalcade was on its last DAVIS march
over the plain, and was fast approaching
the city. a.
As soon as the courier had delivered
his message, the king kicked him down
stairs Cor not arriving sooner, his majesty
accidentally remarked, and ordered the
grand vizier to cause that strip of vel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

The larger quantity Of fax should only
be soWn when the lint exclusively IS
wanted, and then only on exceedingly
rich and mellow land. Sweet potatoes,
if in hills three feet each way, will require
per acre 4, $40 plants. If in ridges four
feet apart by sixteen inches in the row, it
will take S,l66 plants. Beets, carrots
and parsnips should not be planted in
June, except for the purpose of getting
small and tender roots for family use.
The greater number of pounds per acre is
is used only in field culture where
many plants are necessarily lost. The
quantity of peas if for sowing broadcast;
when drilled, from one to one and a
half bushels will be required.
Potatoes should not be planted in June
and July, except early maturing sorts
These will usually produce excellent
crops after the nights become cool in the
fall. 1t is better to plant any potatoes
in March and April than in May-except
in very high ATTITUDES. Of potatoes eight
bushels will plant an acre in hills, three
feet apart each way-two pieces in each
hill if cut small, but fifteen bushels will
be used in drills three feet apart, by about
fifteen inches in the drill, if cut to two
or three eyes.
As a rule, the earlier we seasondbly
plant our crops in the west, the better
the crops will be, except turnips, buck
wheat, ETC., which require cool weather
to mature in The later these are sown,
having time to mature, the better the
crop.-Prdi3e Farmer. s.r.E
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
q TrMN Lady,

Beauty and style are not the surest
passports to respectability-some Of the
noblest specimens OF womanhood that
the world has ever seen have presented
the plainest and most unprepossessing
appearance. A woman's worth is to be
estimated by the real goodness of her
heart, the greatness Of her soul, and the
purity and sweetness of her character;
and woman with a kindly disposition,
and a well-balanced mind and temper, is
lovely and attractive, be her face ever
so plain, and her figure ever 50 homely;
she makes the best of wives, and the
truest of mothers. She has higher
purpose in living than the beautiful yet
vain and supercilious woman, who has
no higher ambition than to haunt her
finery on the streets, or to crafty her
inordinate vanity by extracting fattery
and praise from a society whose compli-
ments are as hollow as they are insincere.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

lady is debarred wearing white, a bridal
veil, Or orange flowers; indeed, she must
wear bennett, according to English
etiquette. If a young lady, however,
marries widoWer, there is no difference
made between the arrangements for her
wedding and those described
Another American Institution.
The wonders of American marriage
would, if they could be truly described,
interest European people more than the
rude and boisterous life described by
Bret Harte. 1t would astonish French
man, for example, to know that Amer
lean fathers rear their daughter in lux
ury, smile on their marriages with penni
less clerks, and make absolutely no pro-
vision of steadfast kind for the future
Of these daughters The Frenchman
might ask in amazement not why poor
husband is accepted, but how the daugh-
ter of luxury is to be provided for, and
on what resources her children are to
lean He would probably be told that
the fathers mission ended with the
daughters marriage; he would see a
complacent smile on the fathers face as
his friends congratulated him, and
would slowly gather in that this compla-
cency had two factors: 81 have done
my duty by her, and it is oyer at last"
For our part, we have ceased to pity
poor girls growing up in scanty homes,
and marrying penniless young men.
These girls are trained for the life that
awaits them. They must be content
with little all their lives; but all their
content. But daughter bred in luxu-
rious idleness, taught none Of the econ
omies that belong to humble life, and
then married without dover, deserves
more pity than men usually bestow upon
her. And her husband, full of enter
prise and capacity, takes up a burden
whose weight love may tighten, but cam
not carry. Business failures, broken
homes, miseries and crimes, lie behind
this curtain. ..... ......t....
There is no satire 50 keen, if we had
eyes to see and ears to hear, as that
which is enacted when q fond father
gives the penniless youth, to whom he
also gives his daughter, a sum of money
to be invested in business. AS though
any of us could overlook for moment
| the perils of business fact that,
judged by experience, failure is the rule
and success the exception. In a few
years the business will break down, and
the young wife, with children at her.
knees, will realize a little what it IS to
| be poor; and the husband, whose bus
| mess has broken under the strain of liv-
ing expenses, will realize little what it
! is to marry a portionless child of lux
ury. For she was really portionless.
The European system of dover would
have. invested her fortune in the most
secure way, would have kept it relig-
iously secured to her and her children,
/ SO that whatever vicissitudes attended
the business of her husband, her living
would have been secure.-1he Methodist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

pensed with. The bride puts the knife
into the cake, which has been cut before
the drinking of the healths, and it IS
expected that every one will eat small
piece for "good luck"
When the bride comes into the draw
ingroom in her travelling dress to say
good-by, white satin slippers and rice are
thrown, the best man and bridesmaids
dispensing the former, while the latter
is showered upon the departing pair
exclusively by matrons. The fashion Of
sending cards and cake has gone entirely
out of style.
When widow marries the wedding
differs in several points. Their are
neither bridesmaids nor favors, and the
lady is debarred wearing white, bridal
veil, or orange flowers; indeed, she must
wear bennett, according to English
etiquette. If young lady, however,
marries q widower, there is no difference
made between the arrangements for her
wedding and those described.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

No household is complete without
sister. She gives the finish to the family.
A sisters love, a sisters infuence-what
can be more jhallowed?G A sisters
watchful care-7can anything be more
tender? A sisters kindness the
world show us anything purer? Who
would live without sister? A sister is
sort Of guardian angel in the home
circle. Her presence condemns vice.
She is the. quickener ofagood resolutions,
the sunshine IN the. pathway of home.
To every brother she is light and life.
Her heart is the treasure-house of conf
dence. Ia her he finds ajsafe adviser,
charitable, forgiving, tender, though Of
ten severe friend. In her he finds a
ready companion. Her sympathy is as
open, as day and sweet as the fragrance
Of flowers. We pity the brother who
has no. sister, no Sisters oveasWe feel
sorry for the home which is not enlivened
by a sisters presence. 4 sisters office is
a noble and gentle one. It is hers to
persuade to virtue, to win to VISIONS
ways; gently to lead where duty calls;
to guard the citadel Of home with the
sleepless vigilance of virtue; to gather
graces and strew flowers around the
home-alter. To be a sister is to hold a
sweet place in the heart of home. 1t is
to minister in a holy Office, .r7 IN -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09
TINE Boy THAT LAUGHS.

BY GEO. COOPER.
knew funny little boy,
The happiest ever born;
Ills face is like beam of Joy,
Although his clothes are torn.
saw him tumble on his nose,
And waited for a groan!
But how he laughed! Do you suppose
He struck his funny bone?
There Sunshine in each word he speaks,
His laugh is something grand;
ITS uppleS OYerrun his checks,
Like waves on snowy sand.
He laughs the moment he awakes,
And till the day is done;
The school-room for a joke he takes,
His lessons are but fun.
No matter how the day may go,
You cannot make him cry,
He's worth a dozen boys l know,
Who pout, and NOPE and sigh.
--ANiGnoe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

ALEXIS wears a No. 10 boot, says the
Washington Star. The question is, how
did the reporter find it out?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

A QUARTER of a million head of cat,
tie will be sent from Texas this season.
The stock drovers are doing driving
business.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-08
September Report Of the Mcmhis De
pertinent.

The crop report for October Of the Mem,
phis cotton exchange has been pub
Ii-hcd, II tx made from forty seven
reports from west Tennessee, flty.onc
from North Mississippi and nly.iOur from
Arkansas, north Of the Arkansas river, Of
the average date of Oct. /. The majority
report uniayOrabIe weather, owing to
ram keeping the crop growing and re-
tardinr maturity. The average damage
by worm, rust and rot il six per cent.
The average date Of Che general picking
IN sept. %.
The average prospect for yield "a com
pared with the same date last year is
FIVE per cent, This comparison il made
with tie prospect Of last year before lrost.
The possible damage by frost il estimated
ut eight per cent. greater than last year.
The reports generally Indicate but little
or no top crop, the wet weather %cau4ing
it ia shed. .
There IL much complaint Of excessive
grass an weeds in the crop, seriously
interfering with picking and promising
much trashy cotton after II killing frost.
The crop is generally later in maturing.
The labor moroh is good, and the crop
will be fully saved.
The cOrn crop il not so good az last
year. The condition of the hay crop is
good, The prospective increase in the
nc'eage OF wheat, rye and grapes is
twelve and,onc'third per cent.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-08
krmpp'S LNlcsl Contract.

The news comes to us from Essen that
the Russian war office has ordered an,
other batch Of 300 guns from the famous
factory Of Herr Krupp, The cannon
will he employed doubtless TO strengthen
the field batteries in Bulgaria, which on
many occasions have proved themselves
inferior to the Turkish ordnance, and
also to replace the guns of the Guard
now passing the Danube, whose weapons
are said TO be, for the most part, of an
old bygonc type. The Turks, as we arc
well aware, are provided well nigh
throughout the whole of their artillery
with steel brccch loadcrs from Herr
krupp's factory and they have also pur.
chased II large number Of siege guns of
the same pattern for tie defense OF
AdrianOpIc, EraerOum and kars. In
fact, the C~OnstantinOEIc war office showed
II good deal Of discretion when it selected
an arm for the service which stood the
German host in such good stead during
their campaign in France, and partic,
ularly before laSis, Previously much of
the rINed artillery in the Ottoman service
was Of the Armstrong brcech. loading
type, but lately instead Of following Great
Britain, and adopting a notwithstanding
weapon Of steel and iron, the Turks took
the independent course OF selecting an
arm for themselves and how wisely they
acted rccraL events have shown. Despite
the significant fact that we were their old
allies, and that they have for many years
past come to this country to purchase
ships and guns and ammunition, they
sccGl to have been resolved TO have their
own way in the matter, ami went to the
Wcstphalian gun foundry for their can
non 1t would not, perhaps, be unwi.e
on our part if we acted in the same
impartial spirit in a matter of such
importance. The last European war, ms
the present one, has shown the value Of
brccch-loading cannon in the field, and
yet we are content to go on mrming our
men with muzzle-Ioading field pieces. IL
is not, too, rs if We had tried the new
steel weapons and found them wanting.
On the contrary, we believe there is not
ut the present moment Il single breccl-
loadcr in servicaof the latest kupp
pattern; We are quite SURF there is none
heavy enough for siege purposes such as
might he tried practically in comparison
with our own cannon. And yet we are
always Boosting Of our money and ability
u command anything we want. We
only hope that We may never be called
upon in actual warfare to test the
relative value of the iron muHlc, loader
and the krupp weapons, in which most
OF the European powers put their trust.
--London Ddily News.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-08
The Gsci,in,ing Pump Company

Fairbanks Go. are the sole and cxcIusiy,
agents. Of the Slnthour Pump, owned and man
aged by the Osclllating Pump Company. The,
are the Simplcstand yet the mostenicicnth anc
pumps ever invented, their excellence being
fully attcstrd by the fact thata, the Centennia
and wherever exhibited ,eithcri In this country
"r in Europe, the first premiums have been
awarded TO the company for hand pumps, shiI
pumps, force pumps and fire pumps. The small
est OF lhrsc pumps We observed worked by 4
little child,and raising the water froma dcnil
OF twelve fect,lorced Through hose 80 feet
long, and threw il with great force 100 feet
water can be raised from wells at II depth Of
forty feet with perfect ease. They have beer
adopted by the Government in many public
works, and are coming into general use, sun
planting all other hand pt,mps.- 81. Ioui,
pouy Io"r'di Oct.G, lS77. These pumps are
sold ut all warehouses of the Messrs. Fair
bnaks the celebrated scale manufacturers.