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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

in the city, consisting OF the latest and
most fashionable styles of Ladies' Gentle
men S and Children's Wear. He deals with
none but the most reliable EASTERN manu-
tacturers, and has a heavy and choice as
sortment of Ladies' French Kid Button,
French Kid Polish, Ladies Box-Toe Shoes,
Ladies Box-Toe Slippers, aud al other var
ieties most in demand, aud most substar-
tial. He has a splendid stock OF Ladies
goods from Reynolds Bros, Utica, N. Y.
which are not surpassed
He has been careful in the selection Of
all his stock, particularly with reference to
servIceabie qualities and beauty of finish,
He invites the public to examine his stock
He warrants all goods.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

A TRAIN-ROBBER's FATE.--KAN-
sAs CRY October 22.--Dan Dement,,
the Kansas Pacific train-robber who
escaped from the attack on the gang
on Friday. near Brookfeld, Kan. was
overhauled in the brush on Thompson s
creek, short distance from Bavaria,
on Monday night. Dement, was afoot
and the detective force on horseback.
Evanda Light, the leader of the pur-
suing party, caught sight of Dement,
as he was lodging through the brush.
The detective called on the outlaw to
throw up his hands and surrender.
The latter made no reply, but with a
six shooter in each hand, stood at bay
and commenced to fire. His first shot
missed, and the detective fired His
ball took effect in the robbers side.
The wounded man reeled, but kept his
pistols steadily pointed at his foes.
He tried to shoot, but the pistols
would not go off quickly. A second
shot from the detectives pistol was
made, and the ball went straight into
his left eye of Dement,, and crashed
through his brain. He fell to the
ground, and was dead before the de-
tective could reach him. His body was
taken to Brookville, where an inquest
was held to-day.
KILLED BY A BEE.-At Hill Faran-
ce, near Taunton, on Saturday, while
an old man named Joseph Cottle was
walking in his garden he was stung by
bee on the back of the ear. Being
afterward in great pain, he sent for a
doctor but Immediately became insens-
ible, and on the arrival of. the doctor
was found to be quite dead. An in.
quest was held upon the body yester-
day, when the doctor gave it as his
opinion that the cause of death was
syncope, undoubtedly brought about
by the sting of the bee, and verdict to
that effect was rendered. London (Oo
Daily NeDs.
DR., Prices pet rose is charming
the fragrance Of sweet blossoms. DR..
Prices Alista Bouquet is delcately de-
lightful the odor of dainty buds. The
most exquisite perfumes for the hand
kerchief. For sale by all dealers in
choice toilet articles.
SENATOR MITCHELL, of Oregon, de-
clares that it could be proved BY Til,
den's bank account for 1876 that he
actually paid out between $1,OOO,00O
and 100000 for campaign purposes
in that remarkable POLITICAL year.
That was the year, you remember.
when "Tilden and Reform" were the
Democratic watchwords.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

The President has determined to
designate Thursday. November 2Sth,
as day of national thanksgivings
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

RYDER's old mare, unlike himself,
grows wiser az she grows older.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

Having been removed from the Commercial
Hotel, hereafter al orders for Omnibuses
and other conveyances, if left at the Post
Office or the Barn, will receive prompt at
ten ton. P. BERTHOLF.
Watertown, Oct. 7th. 1873.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

RYDER is Knownothing-for proof
see his Andrews letter and his estimate
of the Germans.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30
Furious Flames.

LINCOLN, NEB, October 23.-Ter-
rble reports are coming in from the
west to-day OF the ravages of prairie
fires. The grass is very dry aud the
wind is SO high that farmers have been
afraid to burn around their premises
for fear of the fire getting away from
them, The report comes to-day that
Albion, in Boone county, a town of
$50 inhabitants has been swept from
the face of the earth Not house is
left standing, The report lacks con-
tirmation.
In Nuckolis county, John Benson,
young man, accompanied by Maria
Crozier, a beautiful young lady, was
overtaken by the flames near the Web
ster county line. Being unable to get
away from them, they drove through
them. The horse became unmanage-
able and threw the occupants of the
wagon out. The lady burned to death
and the corpse was scarcely recogniza-
BILE. The man had his eyes burned
out and was otherwise disigured. He
will recover, but never regain his eye.
sight.
There is report Of a big fire near
Kearney, in which six persons were
burned to death. La this and other
counties an immense loss Of property
has occured-more than in any pre-
vious year. Ia the North Loup val
ley the destruction was terrible Some
fifty families have been burned out,
some Of them losing houses, stock, and
everything. Albert Cottrell, of Davis
Greek, who was fighting the fire,
became surrounded by flames, and per.
ished. Morse and William Green, in
attempting to save him, were terribly
burned.
SIOUX City, Iowa. October 23.-
A terrible prairie fire was started on
Sunday night in this county, about
twenty miles southeast of this city.
Gusts of winu would catch up punches
Of the burning grass and reeds and
lift them yards ahead ofthe body of the
fame and over every obstacle. Eye
witnesses state that columns Of fire
would shoot into the air a height of
fifty feet. All the grain stacks of J.
II. Horton were destroyed, and he had
nearly all his clothing burned off his
arms and his body badly burned while
fighting the fire but saved his life by
running to where the grass was light
and lying fiat on his face on the
ground till the fire passed over him.
Among those who suffered losses of
hay, grain, stock and other farm pro-
perty are H. E. Joseph, j. w. Casey,
w. M. Vanatta e. S. Woodward, Mr..
Tennis, and James Wodells.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30
HANILIN Il FORD,
A. GRITZNER
AUGUST WIGGENHORN,

TEWELER, has recently opened a Jew
y elry Store in Johnson's block. corner
Main and lst street, where ho will keep
onstantly on hand large stock OF
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Pla-
ed Ware, sc. Particular attention paid
repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
&C. and warranted to give satisfaction.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Sheep Raising.

In the culture of sheep, arises
three sources of reyenue-the NUT
ton increase, the wool and the ma
nure from the flock. The Commits
sloner of Agriculture, for the State
of Georgia, estimates the first to be
so FER cent. and from the wool a
profit OF 20 per cent. One hundred
head of sheep will manure in a year
eight acres of poor land capable of
producing a bale of cotton or thir-
ty-tive bushels of corn.
A flock of five hundred sheep
will yield a profit in mutton of 400
sheep equal to SIX hundred dollars,
and wool at 81 pounds to the head
and . cents to the pound, IA rofit
of s431 80.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Hints.

Oats may be cut while the top Of
the straw IS somewhat green. Else
il should be cut early in the morn
ING. left on the ground all day. and
raked and bound late In the after
noon. This avoids Smelling.
See that your horses are kept
clean and well curried. 1t Is adj
yisable to wash their legs, and the
stables should be frequently cleaned
70 keep down the troublesome flies.
When working in the fields II wall
ease them much from the flies TO
sponge the legs and tlanhs with u
weak tea made of walnut leaves.
Give your horse grain, rs grass
alone will not support Il work ant
NAL.
If YOUR pasture is short and dry,
give Your milk COWS some extra
feed, if YOU expect a good Yield OF
milk and butter. Corn, oats and
bran. IN equal quantities, ground,
make an excellent food for cows or
horses.
Let Your hogs have oil the grass
they can eat, such fruit and vege-
tables as can be spared, and a little
grain once or twice = day. Sows
nursing pigs should have Stops or
swill, and the pigs be given oil the
extra milk and dairy slops. thick
ened with a little meal. IN a trough
to themselves.
Keep the beets, mangolds, car
rots and ruta baga crops growing
bv often stirring the ground with
the hoe or %cultivator. Letn no grass
or weeds gov or be e IN the
root patch. Thinning root crops
should be vigorously performed.
Every surplus 5 ed should be
treated as weeds, which in reality it
is.
Generally the wheat and rye stub
BILE are seeded to clover or grass.
After a dry spring in many local.
ties, the new seeding is thin and
poor. 1t is a bad practice to turn
stock upon this light grass. Avoid
it by all means, and give it "a light
dressing of some active fertilizer,
prepared expressly for grass and
clover. This would greatly ad-
vance the crop, and probably give
a good bite later in the fall. instead
of a poor n now.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Beets for Sugar in Virginia

Hon. A. Dudley Mann, now re-
siding in France, writes to ex-Goy.
Kemper, a letter on the adaptable
ty of Virginia to the growth of
beets and the production Of sugar.
in which he says:
"For the three last years | have
experimental with the white or
sugar beet. The two first thereof
| titled on the same spot, a quarter
of an acre, without manuring. In
rows, eighteen inches apart, |
planted first a hill or hole with ma
tive seed, and then another with
Virginia seed, and so on to the end.
The result was, hat while the Weld
corresponded IN size, there was a
marked difference in the quality
that from the Virginia germ, IN
der accurate test, being much the
sweeter the first year, but the seed
thereof planted the third year lost.
on It's production, its superiority
by It's naturalization.
The above remarks apply equally
well to North Carolin
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27

first day the ewes commenced
Landing: the dogs killed all of them
and twenty ewes besides. At the
rate the others brought they would
have brought one hundred and fifty
dollars.
This lot Of ewes had one hundred
and eighty-six acres Of blue grass
land, one hundred shocks of fod-
der, with fifty barrels of cord. That
includes all the .eed from the time
| bought them until | sold them.
As to improving the breeds OF
sheep. it can be done with less ex-
n than any other stock. lake
q lot Of common ewes and put them
to pure bred bucks, and the first
lambs will show a great improve
ment.
| will give you a circumstance
that came under my W observa-
ton: One of my neighbors bought
three pure-bred bucks from me.
He has now one hundred ewes as
the result of his purchase, which
yielded eight pounds OF wool TO the
head last shearing time. lie has
been four years making the I'M
proyement. He sells all of his
buck lambs every year, and his
worst old ewes.
There are more cases of the same
kind in the neighborhood. late
" saw lot of sheep that had two
crosses from pure-bred animals,
and they show as good fleeces as the
farmers generally want.
There is an idea among the farm
ers that a buck from these focks of
improved sheep is as good as a
pure bred one, which is a mistake /;
and farmers cannot bring their
stock up to the perfection they re-
quire, until they adopt the plan of
breeding to nothing but pure-bred
males. 1t would be perfect follyto
breed pure-bred females to scrub
males to improve stock.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Useful Grasses.

AT a recent meeting OF The lnStl-
tute of Science, Media, Pa, the
question, Gin addition to clover
and timothy, what grasses are
most useful to the farmer" vas
answered as follows, by Joel Sharp
less:
Good crops Of grass are very de-
sirable to all farmers who depend
upon dairying or feeding cattle as a
speciality, particularly the former,
and the best and most desirable
grass in addition to red clover and
timothy is Kentucky blue grass.
In order to have the latter in pro-
fusion, the ground, properly pre-
pared and well MANFRED and sown
with wheat about the middle of the
9th month (Sept } should be sown
with timothy at the rate of from
four to six quarts of red clover seed
per acre. The red clover is the
greatest root fertilizer of any Of
our plants or grasses. What |
mean by root fertilizers is the fer
tilitv given to the soil from its de-
caying roots, and it is the most
valuable Of all crops for the recu-
peration of the soil when sown for
and properly used TO: that purpose.
1t is a biennial plant, and sown as
a fertilizer, particularly for any
crop, should be plowed down the
second season after being sown.
Some farmers in Ohio use it in
this way for wheat, realizing over
twenty bushels per acre, and put
ting their manur on their Or
chards. My reason for sowing
more timothy than clover is that
the following season after the
wheat, the clover is apt to smother
out much of the timothy, and as
the clover is SO short lived much Of
the ground is liable to be left va
cant until the green grass and
white clover come in and occupy
the vacant places, which they will
do in good soil, provided they are
not pre-empted by the weeds. The
latter grasses may be sowr, but in
most good soils nature provides
then IN due season. Although the
clover is SO short lived, where it
has succeeded well it has left a
great means of fertility in its de-
caying roots, on which the timothy
and other grasses luxuriate. and in
consequence produce more bounti-
full crops. The roots of a well-set
acre of clover contains 1S5 pounds
of nitrogen 240 pounds of lime, Is
magnesia, % pounds of potash, 10
pounds soda, a sulphur, and 20
pounds of phosphoric acid, on
which the timothy and other grass
es Illustrating. 1t would require
a pretty good article of superphos-
phate to equal the above amount Of
ingredients of the same number Of
pounds.
The white clover and green grass
often have much company, as a
great number of grasses may some
times be found occupying the
ground. In low, moist grounds
herd grass or red top, to the alb
sence OF good drainage, may be
sown in advantage, and in some
rare places by very rich soil, or
chard grass might meet with favor
II thlckly sown. In order to make
up for a deficiency of the hay crop
the Hungarian grass is a valuable
substitute. This grass, ii sown in
good, well prepare soil, will in
about fifty days make from two to
three tons per ere of excellent hay,
If properly cured without rain,
that will be eaten greedily by horses
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Farming at the South.

From Commissioner Polk we
have received a report of the condi-
ton of the Agricultural interests of
North Carolina for the We + 1877.
as compiled from returns received
from a hundred and fifty cores
pondents, representing 80 counties
of the State. The returns are in
the form of answers to twenty-seven
questions sent by the Department.
From a hasty glance at the sixty
pages We infer that the agricultu-
raj interests of hat State are. COM
paratively, in a healthy condition.
and that farmers are becoming
more successful from year to wear.
under the changed conditions which
the past few years have brought
about. The more intelligent
see the folly of combining their en-
ergles to a single crop, as formerly.
and are now ~endeavoring to grow.
not only cotton to sell but corn.
meat, and other products for home
consumption. The returns show
that those who have adopted this
course are much the most success
full, while those who depend upon
cotton alone are seeing pretty hard
times. On the whole, the outlook
Is encouraging. - New England
Farmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Cultivating Wheat.

Frequently we hear a discussion
about the utility of c~ultivating
wheat or other small grains; and
the usual conclusion is that, while
it may be a good thing to cultivate
small grains, u fathers and fore
fathers did not do it, and SO it is
not necessary for the sons to do so.
The following, from a correspon-
dent to the Prairie Farmer, is to
the point. He says
"This writer sowed several acres
Of winter wheat in autumn, with a
drill, leaving out every other tube,
making the rows fifteen inches
apart, and only using one peck of
seed wheat to the acre, which was
found to be ample. The following
March, as soon as the ground was
dry enough, a shovel pillow wide
enough to soir up the entire width
between the rows was passed
through only once,-a very trifing
task indeed. Yet that portion Of
the field produced thirty bushels
to the acre; while that purposely
sowed as usual, with double the
quantity of seed, and double the
number of rows, yielded twelve
bushels to the acre.
"Such an experiment is certainly
deserving of general repetition
everywhere. A more perfect and
oftener repeated system of culture
would probably have been still
beneficial and profitable"
This experiment confirms the
statement of one of Colorado's best
farmers, Mr.. l.. X. Perrin, who
last year experimental with a field
of wheat IN the same that
the above writer did; and the re-
suits were about in the same pro-
portion, only Mr.. PERKINS, Weld
vas fifty bushels to the acre.
Wien we saw the field, a few DAYS
before it was cut, we thought we
had never seen such a crop, and
were not disappointed when we
he rd Of the yield.
These experiments ought to sat
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
D~eSOlating Forests.

Within ten Years, no less than
1900, 600 acres Of forest have
been cut down or burned over in
the United Stat 5. Much Of the
timber Is used for fuel, twenty-five
cities being on record as consuming
from 5000 acres to 10000 acres
each. Fences use up much timber,
and railway sleepers require the
product Of 100000 acres per an
mum. The amount Of pine and
lumber timber yet standing in the
forests of the timber States is esti-
mated at 225, 900, 600, 900 feet
The sum of IA, 900, 900 dollars is
invested in the timber Industry.
employing 200, 900 men.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Sumac-Time and Mode OF
Curing, &c.

We have been asked for informa-
ton in regard to time OF gathering
and mode of preparation of sumac
leaves for market. As II Is becom-
ing a business OF some magnitude,
and promises withal to be "A helpful
industry to the poor. we cheerfully
do So.
Only the leaves are wanted, and
these may be gathered for cnring
any time after full maturity till
rendered worthless bv frost. or say
from the first of October. August
is regarded as the preferable time.
The gatherer may adopt any mode
of collecting he may find most eN-
peditious or preferable, either pick
ing the leaves from the bushes by
hand, or first cutting off the bushes
near the ground and afterwards
whipping off the leaves over a plank
turned up edgewise. In the latter
case he must be careful to pick out
the small twigs that will get broken
off in the process. The leaves
gathered, they are then to be placed
on q floor or some dry, airy place
in the shade TO dry. \ large open
house would answer well. The
leaves should be frequently turned
to facilitate the drying, and as
they cure may be placed IN bulk
in one corner to make room for
more. The time required will vary
from two or three days under the
most favorable circumstances. to a
week under disadvantages. 1t is
easily to determine when they are
we'll cured, and none should be
bagged or baled till they are so.
The bagging should be delayed till
you wish to send forward to mar
ket. The process of curing is
necessarily very simple, the two
main points being to have the
sumac free of stems or other for
eign matter, and to getit thorough
ly cured before putting into large
bulk or into bags. 1t is important
also to cure in the shade, as the
sun impairs the strength Of the
leaf for tanning purposes. There
is little doubt, however, that much
of the sumac sold is cured on scat
folds in the sun. That the time
and trouble are thus reduced IS a
sufficient temptation to this.
1t has not been the custom here
tofore for the g~atherers to grind
the sumac. This is done in the
cities by persons who make Especial
ty Of buying this commodity. The
price paid for it by the buyers Of
this city, and, we believe, through
out this State, is from one dollar
to one dollar and twenty-five cents
per hundred pounds in the leaf. 1t
is said one nimble hand can collect
enough in a day to cure one hum
dred pounds. The price of the
ground article in Liverpool is about
$6.25 per hundred.
1t will be seen that all the country
people have to do is to gather and
cure the leaf, and sell it to the
country merchant (where they will
buy it, or forward it to the nearest
town where there is a mill for grind
ing. 1t being a wild product, and
abundance of it throughout the
country, it is rapidly developing
into a great business. The demand
for it is large and will remain So
Rura1 Messenger.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27

and cattle: but should Won be so
unfortunate as to have it wet "A
time or two. while curing, It's good
qualities will lie very much i'm
haired: much more So than a crop
of timothy or other grasses, yet all
kinds are seriously injured by be-
inc wet while having the moisture
ey~anOrated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27

Mr.. +. 5. Carman SAYS that per-
sons who will try the experiment,
as he has, of planting peas four,
SIX and eight inches deep, will be-
come satisfied that those dc best
which are down five to seven inches.
They are less liable to mildew, and
bear longer and more abundantly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27

isfy practical men of the advan-
tages of cu%ltivating small grams.
-C020ratf0 Farmer.