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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
A Remarkable Rescue.

A woman who lives in Ashville, Ala,
writes to the Agis of that place of the
miraculous rescue of her little three
year-old boy from drowning. The child
fell down well, the depth of which was
thirty feet. The mother saw him 90
down. She says: con reaching the
well was just in time to zee rise to the
top of the water. l was alone, save three
other little children whom L sent for
help. l had, amid all the anguish Of my
soul, presence OF mind enough to let the
bucket down and tell him to take hold
of it, WHICH he did. After some minutes
he let loose from weakness, sank again,
except his little head. l lowered the
bucket lower, telling him to take hold of
the rope. He ran his hand through 8
ring tied on for the purpose of sinking
the bucket and caught the bail, and
there he held on for one and a half
hours, begging me all the time in his
baby talk to come down and help hin
out. l would say: hold on, Bobbie.
Il will,' he would he would reply. At
length lady came to my assistance, and
We took rope and made moose on the
end of it, aud letting it down told him
what to do. He put his foot through
the moose and drew it up around his
knee. I asked him if he could hold on.
He said he could on to the bucket,
sdaw me out He holding the bucket,
the rope around his his leg, telling him
not to let go, we drew him up until l
could reach his little shivering hands.
Thus saved my little baby from drown
ing. Safe to my heart clasped his little
shiveriDg body and praised God for his
mercies."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
Gen. Hooker and the MICHIGAN Man

The following story is told by the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. It does not in the
least detract from the anecdote to know
that exactly the same yarn went the
rounds year ago with the Duke of We'll
lington in Gen. Hooker's place. Still,
the story is all right excepting the triv-
ial fact that the deserter was an Ohio
man, and he was recently elected to an
honorable position in the state. Here
Is the story:
| served on Gen. Rockers staff for
nearly year, and on one occasion was
assigned to duty as judge advocate of q
general court martial before which q
private soldier of Michigan regiment
was brought, charged with desertion.
The evidence showed that the prisoner
had deserted three times, on the last
occasion g. in the face of the enemy. :"
The court martial sentenced him to be
shot, and the record of his trial and con
viction was forwarded to Gen. Hooker
for his approval. A short time subse-
quently Gen. Hooker came to my quar-
tiers, which adjoined his own, and said !:
Bond, in this case against Private -,
what do you think had better be done?
Are there no extenuating circum-
stances?"
"None that I know of, General. He
has deserted three times"
" Isn't there something in the case
upon which you could base recon-
mendation of mercy2"
Not thing. The proof against him
was positive and not denied, and the
witnesses say further that when he was
with his regiment he was a worthless
fellow and constitutional coward"
"That's just the thing" said the Gen
eral positively. "The man is consti-
tutionally coward, and you recon-
mended him to mercy on the ground.
I'll tell you whats the matter Bond--his
mother is at my quarters begging for her
sons life, and | want to spare him"
In accordance to this suggestion the
recommendation for leniency was writ
ten, and few minutes thereafter fee
BILE old lady with silver-gray hair and a
fearful face was bowed out of the Gen.
erals door by the brave old hero, and
turning away sheexclaimed, with uplift-
ed hands: "God bless you, General
Hooker"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
The Proud Lady Of the Castle,

Last of the mighty race Of Windeck,
famed for brave men and lovely women,
was Adelheid, heiress of the castle and
broad lands that had been owned by her
ancestors, and, 80 far as beauty went,
she was worthy of her lineage, but of a
proud and naughty temper. So proud
was she that among all the mobiles of
Brisgan she could find none whom che
thought worthy to call her lord; and
year after year passed on, finding her
still unwedded, and every year some
unfortunate lover or other turned from
the castle gates with looks of scorn and
words of ridicule.
Among those whom she should, after
her fashion, first attach to her by every
art, and afterward repealed with bitter
derision, was young man of noble fam
lily, but slender fortune, who had long
been IN her service as page or squire, as
the fashion of those days demanded.
After years of patient waiting and
hope, the youth ventured to declare
himself, and was received by the lady
with storm of sarcasm that literally
overwhelmed him. Stung to the heart
by her hard speeches, and by the sense
of his own folly and presumption, which
suddenly poured in upon him like &
food, he left his mistress presence only
to write a word of farewell to his
mother. whose son he was, and whom he
tenderiy loved, then threw himself into
the Rhine.
A few days afterward, woman, mad
dened with rage and sorrow, widow,
whose only son had died suicides
death, sought the Lady Adelheid in her
castle on tho hill, accused her of being
the murderess of her boy, and heaped
upon her the bitterest curses that her
outraged mother heart could devise OF
her wOnan's tongue could utter.
"Unloved you shall i've" she cried,
"and unregretted die. Even in the
grave you shall find no peace; even
there my revenge shall follow you, and
send you forth to wander, restless,
miserable ghost-restless foreverl"
"Ah" cried Lady Adelheid, with
white face and scared eyes, ali her haught-
insss flown, do not utter such terrible
wordsl Have you no mercyW
The wretcAed mother smiled grimly.
Yes, have mercy" she said. "Thus
shall your spirit wander through these
very halls until you find lover 81 true,
as honest, as pure-hearted as my poor
lost SOD, willing to WOO the phantom for
his bride. Then only you shall rest in
peace"
Under this curse, says the legend, the
Lady of Windeck lived and died. She
was the last of her race, and not many
years after her death the castle, unin-
habited and deserted, fell into ruins.
Its new owners had, indeed, made many
attempts to inhabit it, but had been ab.
solutely driven out of the place by the
unearthly sounds which disturbed the
stiffness of night, and which scarcely
allowed living soul in the building so
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
Ladies Rewarded.

Five young ladies, the Misses Prideaux.
Bruno and Miss Nora O'Shaughnessy,
have just received from the British Life
boat institution five silver medals in
acknowledgement of their intrepid ser.
vices in rowing their boat through a
rough sea, and saving, at considerable
risk of life, an exhausted sailor from q
boat capsized in squally weather The
accident occurred on the coast of Corn.
wall; two sailors had already persisted
before their arrival, and it is related
that the young heroines rowed "like
tigers" to the rescue. The presentation
of the medals was made at a formal
meeting, which the ladies attended
dressed in their boating costume. Mr..
Prideaux-Brune returned thanks for his
daughters and their friend.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
Penses of running the farm have yearly
amounted to X16 900 and rho nat innoroa

penses of running the farm have yearly
amounted to Sic, 800, and the net income
for the same fer the same period has
yearly averaged Is per cent, of that sum,
or 2,64O. 1t has thus proved decided
success, while numberless farms cultivat-
ed by the ordinary method have been
barely able to pay expenses, and many
have run behind.
PUMPKINS adapted to culinary pur-
poses can be preserved not only all win
ter, but up to the following summer,
which is perhaps longer than may be
desired. But for winter q pumpkin pie
is not excelled for Righteousness by any
other, If the cook knows as we'll how to
make them as every one should. Some
persons use it also as sauce, and it is q
very good sauce if properly prepared.
When we are in the habit Of preserving
the pumpkin we selected the " YANKEE
squash" as it was called, but other kinds
will no doubt answer as we'll. These we
placed on scaffolding put up in the
cellar, allowing them to lie side by side,
but only in single layer. We used
them "a needed through the winter, and
found that from dozen to dozen and
half were ample to supply the family
as long as we cared for them. On two
occasions We kept one or two over to
discover how long they would keep, and
we found them in good condition in
August, but that was about the end of
their time.
The three prime rules to be observed
in farming fowls is sound and various
food, warmth and cleanliness. There is
nothing that a fattening fowl grows so
fastidious about as his water. II water
any way foul be offered HIM he will not
drink it, but sulk with his food and
pine, and you all the while wondering
the reason why. Keep them separate,
allowing to each bird as much space as
you can spare; spread the ground with
sharp sandy gravel, and take care that
they are not disturbed. In addition to
their regular diet of good corn make
them cake of ground oats or beans,
brown sugar, milk and mutton suet. Let
the cake lie till it is stale, then crumble
it, and give each bird gill measureful
morning and evening. No entire grain
should be given to fowls during the time
they are fattening; indeed, the secret of
success lies in supplying them with
nutritious food without stint, and in
such form that their digestive mills
shall find no difficulty in grinding it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
1.-THE ETERNAL GOODNESS"
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

ny JOHN Il. WHITTIER.
"Oh, friends, with whom my feet have trod
The quiet aisles OF prayer,
Glad witness tC our q. al for God
And love OF men bear.
"I trace your lines of argument
Your logic, liukei and strODg:
weigh as one who breads dissent,
and fears doubt as wrong.
" But still my human hands are weak
To hold your iron creeds;
Against the worlt We bid me speak
My heart within we p'eads.
"Who fathoms the Eternal Thought
Who talks OF scheme or plan2
The Lord is Godi He nsedeth not
The poor device of man.
81 walk with bare, hushe feat the ground
Ye tread with boil mess shot;
dare not fix with meet and bound
The 1--we anu power of God.
Ye praise hi, justice even such
His plying love deem;
Ye seek king; 1 fain would touch
The robs that hath no seam. tse
aye see the curse which overbroods
world OF pain AID loss;
/ hear our Loro's beatitudes
And prayer upon the cross.
"More than your schoolmea teach, within
Myself, alas, know!
Too dark ye cannot paint the sin,
Too snail the merit show.
"I bow my forehead In the dust
/ veil mine eyes fer shame,
And urge with trembling sef-distfust.
prayer without claim.
/ see the wrong that round me lies, - s-
feel the guilt within; rs # E
hear with groan and travail cries, tEs t
The world confess lis sin.
Yet in the maddeuing maze of things,
And tossed by storm and flood,
To one fixed stake my spirit clings;
know that Goi Is good. @
"Not mine to look where churubim
And seraphs may not see,
But nothing C An be sood in Him
Which evil is in me.
The wrong that pains my soul below,
dare not throne above;
know not of mis- hate-I know
His goodness and His Lowell
"t dimIy guess from blessings known,
OF greater out of sight;
And, wit the Christening Psalmist, own
His Judgments too, are right.
81 long for household voices gone,
For wants led smiles loGg;
But God has led my dear ones on,
Aud Can do no wrong.
I" Iknow not what the future hath
OF marvel or surprise,
Assured alone toat life and death
His mercy underlles.
" And if my heart an flesh are weak
To bear an untried pain,
The bruised ceed de will not break,
Bat strengthen and sustain. sEr-- s
No Offering of my own have,
No works u y faith to prove;
eau but give rse lifts he gave,
And plead His love for love.
And, so. beside the Silent Sea, ft r
wait the mutf sd oar;
No harm from Him can come to me se-
On ocean or on snore. ~ 5s9r1 rr Et -.sve
"I know lot where mis- islands lift
Their franded palms in air;
only know I cannot drift
Beyond HIS love and care. = = s. -.-.-.
SO brothers if my faith is vain,
II hopes like these betray,
Pray for me that my fest NAV gain
The sure and safer way.
"Aad Thou, o Lord by whom are seen
Thy creatures as they be,
Forgive me Ii 100 Close lean
III human heart on Thee"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26


IRISH wit is certainly inimitable. II
is like fash of brilliancy which lights
up tie surrounding gloom and leaves
pleasant remembrance of itself behind.
A son of the Green Isle stood on the
highway looking on comrade who wM
lying helpless through drink. The day
was hot, and as the Irishman wiped biz
forehead he said sadly, "Ah, me bow, ]
wish / had jest half O. your disease"
A LITTLE girl, of some seven wears
who is very regular and intent on he
bed time prayers, was recently sayin
them with her usual care and thorough
ness, when brother somewhat be
senior said to her in a sort of fatherl
and patrOnizipg manner: "Sissie,
you are so long saying your prayers
cold nights you will freeze; do like me-
| just say "1itto,' and hop right in
bed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26

SOIL Every field should be studied as
to the effects of certain methods of
fertilizers upon it. Then the owner can
act with reasonable certainty. The plan
of experimenting with fertilizers should
be followed up in successive years, until
the character of each field is known.
This is the best season to experiment
upon fall crops, and no time should be
lost if it is to be done;a year will thus be
saved.
WE have never had the best of success
in storing cabbage for winter. The plans
recommended have sometimes failed.
Something depends on the season. By
placing their heads down in rows we
have sometimes taken them out in good
rider, and again we have had every
head badly rotted. We have seen it
recommended to set them in trenches
about the depth of the cabbage, the
roots down and earth adhering. It is
said that immature heads will fill if
handled thus. It is also recommended
to cut the stem off smooth, even with the
base of the head, and set them on an
earthen floor in the cellar. 1t is claim,
ed they will absorb moisture from the
earth and keep plump and crisp all
winter.
A NOVEL system of agriculture has
for number of years been practiced on
farm in Hartfordshire, England. The
owner, Mr.. Prout, instead of harvesting
the crops himself, divides the fields into
lots when the grain begins to ripen, and
the crops are sold upon their roots at
public auction. No live stock is kept,
and the fertility of the soil is entirely
kept up by artificial manure. For the
thirteen years since 1866 the average ex-
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-20
" oman,s temperance Col umn
Temperance Meetings.

The following is clipped from the
Poutncy Journal: "rwo unusually
interesting temperance meetings were
held the 2slh Of May by two ladies
scnt out by the w. CT L. of Vermont.
After the opcIng exercises of the af-
ternoon meeting, the vice president in
troduccd Mrs. Sturtevant of Middle
bury, engaged by the w. G.. T. U. OF
Vermont, to visit the Unions in the
state and organize new ones. In n
friendly talk with the ladies, she gain
cd the attention and hearts of her hear
ers as she related the success and pro-
gress of the Woman's Christian Tenn
pcrance Union throughout the country !;
the power it is gaining, and the respect
and faith il is gaining in the minds OF
the people. melting them to renew
efforts, laying before them many prac-
teal methods, urging them ever to
keep in view the watchword "Praycr"
with firm reliance in the One Arm
"mighty to save our loved county
from the curse the destroyer. Mrs.
Green of st. Adams, Rec. Sec. of the
w. G. II. u. of VT, was then intro
duccd, who spoke with much cnthusi-
asm and gave short but interesting
account of the convention of the Ma
tional Union at Baltimore, which she
attended as state delegate. In the
children's session at lfpast four, Mrs.
Greene, by object teaching plainly de-
fined Alcohol, its uses and effects as a
poison, and explained the nature OF
beer, wine and cider. She was par.
ticularly pleasing and happy in her re.
marks, making them entertaining and
instructive to every child present from
six years old to sixty. In the evening
Mrs. Greene read finely written pa
per in relation to Sunday School TEN
perance work followed by an address
by Mrs. Sturtevant, which was choice
in style and full of brilliant, carncs
and tender thoughts addressed to al
classes and ages. The meetings wer,
thoroughly christian in character ant
of high, elevating nature. 1t is to b,
regretted more were not present to re
cciye its benefit, and to support tn
ladies of this Union in their efforts Il
do good,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-20
Father Mathew Reformation.

Canon Farrar, addressing the
Friends meeting upon temperance,
thus referred to the influence of one OF
their body: at was William Mackin
who lad the honor of converting to
this cause Theobald Mathew, he (Wil-
liam Mackin) being also member of
the Society of Friends. Mathew was
working hard as Roman Catholic
priest among the degraded population
of Cork, and one day on William Mac
kin visiting the hospital he saw sight
which you may SEQ any day in any
London hospital sight of numbers
brought there BY the appalling diseases
and brutal violence of drink-and turn
ing round to the young Catholic priest
with his heart stirred within him, he
said: ooh, Thcobald Mathew, what
highest thou not do if thou wouldst
take part in this great worlv Young
days it was in his mind for several
nights it kept him almost slceplcss, and
at last, after long prayer he came to
the determination, and rising up, he
said words which have since become SO
memorable: 'IIerc goes, in the name
of God That was how Theobald
Mathew-guidcd, influenced, converted
to the cause by a member of the Socie-
ty of Friends-bcgan crusade which,
for the time being, did much to cripple
the whisky trade in Ireland, and which
was carried also to England, and gave
the first great stimulus to the work in
which we are engaged. 1t was Incl
dcntally through him Gather Mathew
that DR.. Guthrie became an abstainer.
You know he was being driven in a
part of Ireland one very rainy day, and
he went into public house to get a lit
tic whisky, under the mistaken notion
(Which is not even dispcllcd yeti that
thereby he could keep out the cold.
He said to the poor drenched car driv-
er, Won't you come in and have some
thing" lie replied, "Faith l won't
touch single drop of it." GLOW is
that:' said DIR. Gruthic. lie had TAX
en- the pledge from Father Mathew.
DR.. Guthrie, thinking over it, consider
cd that here was poor, uneducated
peasant who was strong enough to re-
sist temptation because he saw it would
lead TO his own ruin, and DR.. Guthrie
thought if the car-driver was strong
enough to exercise that resolution he
ought to be. Thus il was that he be-
came an abstainer, and carried on the
work in Scotland, and through him
thousands in England and Scotland
carried it on also. Therefore you are
obliged, as members of this society, not
only by the general traditions of the
body to which you belong, but also
their special influence in the particular
work in the past, to promote it,
Leisure Hour.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-20
Keeping UP the Fertility.

Much is being said in the papers
about wornout lands. The term is not
strictly proper, yet it expresses the idea
we wish to convey. When come in at
night very tired, am apt to say that l
am completely worn OUT" yet a nour-
ishing supper and good nights sleep
make all right again. So with wornout
lands; they are not worn out like an
old pillow, but like tired horse or man.
Eastern men need not come west to
avoid this trouble. Our lands here are
wearing out much faster than in the
east, from the fact that we do not snf-
ticiently look after the manure. Most
farmers here raise the same kind of
crop (wheat or corn) for ten or fifteen
years in succession, and in this country
most all the straw is burned imme-
diately after threshing, to make way for
the plows.
Now, l wish to suggest some methods
whereby western farmers can keep up,
if not build up, our lands. Let those
who are raising wheat sow clover on
the wheat in February, or early in the
spring, and plow it under in the fall !;
or pillow mp the ground Immediately
after the wheat comes off, and sow
buckwheat, millet, or something of that
kind, and ;plow it in. 1T raising corn,
SOW rye among the corn ut the last
working, and pillow it in the next spring.
In future article ! will give some of
the results of my experience in this
matter.-[T. Il. CURTIS, st. Clair Co.,
ILL.,, in Country Gentleman.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-20
] Destroying DOrers.

l sec on page 3l2 an inquiry in regard
TO borers in apple trees. was tor
mented in the same way by borcrs.
tried copper wire, which found TO be
the best to follow the course of the
worms. Some II succeed in killing.
When would hit Que could tell it by
the wet on the end of the wire, but l
found their paths so crooked that
could not get the wire to follow. | Sc
cured a small syringe, made wide
enough for the hole, and with soft soap
and washing soda l syringed them so
completely that | think they have en-
tirely disappeared. If they are alive
|yop cap easily know by watchiug their
chips; and ~ lyop 1nd them, prcss the
lyc Into the tree; you win he sure to
Kill thom;-tJ. p, Philadelphia, Pa, in
Country Gentleman.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-20
Sales OF Registered Sheep.

W. e. Remedy, Liberty, Mich, has
sold to f. Elmer & O. V. Hammond,
Ipsingport, Mich, four ewes from the
flock of Il. Lane, Cornwall; and fonr
ewes from, the flock of j.. j. Crane
BridpOrt; also one ram from the flock
of j. j. Crane to o. V. Hammond.
j. A. Wright, Middlebury, has sold
d, to S. w. Thomas, Greenwich, Ohio,
four ewes, from the flock of III. NJ. Per.
ry, East Shoreham, and two from the
flock of e. T.. Crane, Bridport. To r.
h. Willis, Lewis Centre. Ohio, two
ewes from the flock of g. p. Crane, one
from the flock of ii. Nj. Perry, and one
nom that of F. G.. Wright, Whiting
also stock ram II. G.. Hubbard, 1872 Vt
Sheep Register, to same. To j. G.
Blue, Cardingson, Ohio, one eve from
each of the following flocks: Mrs. c. N.
Hayward, Bridport; f. Stickncy a. Son,
East Shoreham; Nj. X. Barbour, Bird.
port; Henry Lane, Cornwall. To Levi
Keller, Attica, Ohio, twenty-threc ewes
from the flock of A. "A. Farnsworth,
Brooksville.I ana
A. Chapman, Middlebury has sold ia
Samuel Jewett, Independence, Mo-,
two rams.
ID. Il. Groyenor, Bridport, has sold
to Samuel Jewctt twenty-five rams and
ten ewes; also from the flock Off. o.
Hamilton, two ewes.
Chcrbino ~ Williamson, Middlebury,
have sold TO Samuel Jewett forty-eight
ewes and two rams; also from the flock
of l.. H.Payne, Bridport, two ewes.
Samuel James, Middlebury, has sold
to Samuel Jewett fourteen rams and
twenty ewes. l4l.IIFl TT
VIM. McCaulcy, Middlcbury, has sold
II. j. Jones, Cornwall, stock ram
"Mingle," 440 Vermont Register.
John III. Mead, West Rutland, has
sold Dan Giddings, Hartford, Ohio
stockrain sChank,' $3.50 Vermont Deg.
lister. -.
III. e. Burwell, Bridport, has sold ia
Tyler Bros, Alexandria, Ohio, eight
ewes, and from the flock of Mrs. G. N
Hayward, Bridpcrt, two ewes TO same
Il. ID. Kinds, Brandon, has sold TO u
ID. Twitchell, Middlebury, sixteen rams
and ten ewes.
Sd. 4. 6tiekney, Shoreham, has sold
Dan QhtiinSs tliree rams. N n III 4
Y. o Miner, fBIidporb has sold Sam
ael Jewett three rams.