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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

beds, curried frequently, aired IN the
sun on warm days, provided with water
not below "a in temperature, and II
milk-warm far better. They must be
provided not only with plenty Of good
hay and corn meal, but feed once a
day of roots. During the winter months
there are leisure and idle hands for this
business. But they will have to be ed
ucated 10 it. The present growth Of
boys in Iowa have not been taught to
take care Of stock, and especially OF
COWS, in the thorough manner necessary
for their com foit and profit to the own
err. All the products Of the COW are
dearer in winter than summer. Labor
is cheaper, and food but little dearer.
Besides, tho COW has to be fed and cared
for whether she is giving milk or not.
The additional care and food necessary
to make COW exceedingly profitable
during winter is the best investment q
man can make ON the farm.
There il no richer and better food for
q COW than haxseed. 1t Is generally
given in the shape Of oil meal. The
only virtue in IL is the oil. Machinery
has become 80 improved that tho mills
leave but little oil in the cake, so that
one bushel Of seed has rs much oil in
it as ten bushels of oil meal. So it be-
comes farmers TO raise and feed their
own haxseed. 1t can be ground mixed
with corn and oats at almost any of our
feed mills, in proportion of one bushel
Of flaxseed to three Of corn and three
of oats. This will be rich food for cows,
given in limited quantities once II day.
II makes rich milk and keeps the COWS
in healthy tone.
The boom in business will not be 30
great but farmers better utilize all the
means in their power to make the farm
and all the stock on IL MS available rs
possible. And the COW stands at the
head. She il al profit. She furnishes
food for the family, butter and cheese
for the market, paying for groceries
and family supplies MI the year round,
furnishes calves for stocking the farm
With more co"s, and the steers to ent
the crop OF the farm, and milk to raise
pigs. Stand by the cow-feed her lib
erally--treat her kindly. She pays it
all back four fold. There is no animal
on the farm which makes such liberal
returns for kindness and high feeding.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

up an officer. Constable A. ]. Sawyer
finally came in, and being ordered BY
the court to bring the witness in for the
purpose of receiving his fine, Carrot
was grappled in the ante-room, but re.
fused to go out, and made fierce re.
sistance. The officer had to call ON
Justice Frost who was present and be-
tween the two the witness was dragged
into the corridor, where Officer SAWYER
sprained his ankle in the tussel, and
fell. Carrot. ing his advantage, tack.
led Justice Frost. But the latter was
too spry for him. Stepping quickly to
one side, he gave the fighting witness
Jerk and a trip, and he went down. That
finished him, and he was quietly led to
iail.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
In obsIreperous Witness in Court.
Rockford tIll.l Telegram.

An extraordinary event occurred III
Yields court yesterday. A civil trial
was in process, and Henry Carrot was
placed on the witness stand. Being a
little elevated with liquor yet not par
ticle drunk, simply saucy, he refused
to answer questions. The court told him
that he would be fined for contempt If
he did not answer. Carrot informed the
Justice that he might fine and be id,
he should not answer: The justice was
looking about for an officer, when the
obstinate witress left the stand and
skipped into an ante-room. The trial
went on while a messenger was hunting
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
WHY She Shook lin
i.il.
Denver (Colo.) News.

II has grown into fashionable Gus.
tom of late to have mock auction.sale
of the prettiest girls at church-festiyals.
1t tends to increase the resources of the
church, and at the same time very
clearly demonstrates in which way the
affections of youth are bent. For it Is
reasonable to suppose thatn ambitious
young man will permit his sweetheart
to be Knocked down to rival until he
has expended his last cent in the effort
to become the fortunate purchaser
Acting upon this idea fashionable
church in Denver is preparing for
festival in which the auCtion-business is
to form a prominent feature. 1t has
put the young ladies IN quite t1uttcr
OF excitement, and unhappily, at this
early stage of the novelty,-for, howev-
er common in the east, it is novelty
here,-has come very near wreeking
the future happiness OF two estimable
young creatures. The facts in the case
are these: A young gentleman who con.
fesses to an amiable weakness for one
of the young ladies wlo are to be dis
posed of on the occasion referred to.
called on his Dulcinea few evenings
since, and very naturally the subject of
the festival came up.
i'm to be sold, Charley, did YOU
know it ?" exclaimed the enchantress.
mo! are you, though? l suppose /
shall have to buy YOU"
"Of course. But how much do you
reckon will sell for p
This was naive inquiry, but it led
to q moment of brief but sagacious
speculation. If he had any rivals the
girl was likely to so high; if he didn't
have any, it would appear Us if he was
investing in an exceedingly cheap ar
ticle.
81 don't know" The words were
ong drawn out, and his face was grave.
!" suppose dollar or two"
If he had reflected q moment longer,
he never would have made this obser-
walton. 1t was born, however, of a
sense of economy, and he had no idea
OF what it would lead to. But, as the
words fell from his lips, he looked at
his inamorata and caught the flash of
indignant blue eyes, which made his
heart sink.
Zone or two dollars, indeed! I'll sell
for fifty at the very lowest"
" l can't buy you, then"
" Sirl" and the lady's face was rigid
with amazement.
That isl mean to say-confound
it, Maria, can't spare that much mon
cyl" and the poor fellow looked APP
pealingly at the divinity which was
about to shape tho end of his purse.
But the disaster had come. The young
lady rose from her seat like q queen,
and, with the cruel remark that gen.
tleman who thought so much of $50
was not suitable person to encourage
as q lover, sailed majestically from the
room.
And now that young mans soul Is
conyulsed with anguish, and his re.
marks upon chureh-iestivals are fearful
TO contemplate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
Silver In Maine.

A letter was received from Pro
fessor w. i. Steward, dated Bangor
Maine, November 20. He has been ex.
aiming and reporting ON silver and
copper mines down in the old "Pine
Tree State" and is greatly astonished
ut what he has seen during II brief tour
Of exploration. He says: but got
here little too late, for the whole coun-
try is buried in snow, and the jig is up
for my work until spring. There are
indeed some surprisingly rich mines Of
silver and copper in Eastern Maine. |
have examined and reported favorably
upon several Of them, and my state.
ments have set New England, from
Boston to New Brunswick, wild with ex.
element. My report upon the Blue
Hill copper and silver mines was pub.
lished In the Boston advertiser, and it
raised n perfect stampede IN the Bos-
ton stock market. ] examined the
mine Mt Sullivan, Hancock County, last
week, md was SIMPLY amazed Mt its
richness. brought away from that
mine II box Of specimens which are
literally white with native silver.
The ores in that locality arc argentil-
erous galena, but as depth is attained
tho galena gradually disappears and
shades into rich black sulphuret Of sill
yer. = Virginia Enterprise.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

MORTALITY IN INDIA FROM SNAKE
BlTEs.-Readers will be startled to learn
that, according to ~ return published in
January, 1878, no fewer than 1000 hui
man beings lost their lives III India du-
ring the previous year by snake.bites
This lamentable sacrifice of life IL occa-
stoned not only by the cobra and kraft,
but by other deadly species, and nota-
bly, by II snake barely foot long, the
Echis corinatd, known also by the name
Of Kupper or Foorsa. The effects pro-
duced by snake-bite vary according TO
the species. Thus, the bite of the 60.
bra produces coma and speedy death.
Whereas the poison of others, such rs
Russell's viper, produces excessive pain,
commissions, and Usually death The
bite of the Echis coiindta causes blood to
oo2e from the pores Of the victim, who,
after lingering for 4 week or more, sue
cumbs to the fatal poison. The num-
Der of harmless snakes is enormously
in excess of the venomods species, else
the mortality would unquestionahly be
greater, even, than 1t is; and it IL to be
deplored that more strenuous measures
arc not taken to eradicate, as far as
possible, tribe Of animals 50 deadly
to man. Chambers Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Singular Discovery.

A statement comes from South
America that singular property OF
tomato leaves has been discovered by
fruit grower. Having cut down
some tomato vines, he used them as .
mulch around his peach trees. He
soon discovered tnatthe curculio, which
was destroying his fruit, had abandoned
'he tree surrounded by the tomato
vines. Following up this accidental
,i,covery, the free use of tomato vines
ruved better protection, not only
against curculio, but other noxious in
eeuts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
Winter Dairying.

II is evident that farmers must make
preparations to do more dairying in
winter. Arrangements should be made
not only to have COWS come IN suitable
fer that season, but warm, comfortable
and clean quarters provided for them.
And then have them taken care Of by
careful deyotionto their interests. Clean
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

Pick, the celebrated Berlin detective,
who performed wonderous feats in the
war offerreting out ingenious criminals
has Just died. He commenced his pub
lie career ~ hurgomaster of Feddichow
a small town on the Oder, which Office
he exchanged for commissary eff crimi-
nal police, some six and twenty years
ogo. 1t was he who broke up the band
of malefaetors who were the terror of
Pomerania in 1850. He Joined the band
himself, aided them in committing sew
eral overt acts Of treason, and enabled
himself to identify them when they
were Noted by force OF gendamerie.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

TnE Cunard, White Star, Guion,
American, and other Atlantic lines Of
steamers, having all started in to build
monster steamers with very high rate
Of speed and increased means Of safety
the lnman company has also concluded
follow the example set by the 9th Is.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

Prof. Arnold reports that in Oxford
county, Canada, many of the dairymen
are feeding the new milk 10 the pigs,
thinking it more profitable in pork, at
four cents on the farm than iii cheese
NJ four and one-half with 4 deduction Of
two cents for hauling and making; and
he thinks they are right in the estimate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

THE New York 1inps complains be.
cause so many millionaire OF New
York continue to die without bequeath-
ing their city dollar for municipal
enterprises or charity. Among tie I'M
grateful former residents are named
William B. .Astor, a. n. Stewart. Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt, William G. Rhine
lander, and the misery Goelet broth
ers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

Total loss ON 100 bushels. 700 DIS. or ~ bus.
besides which you haul to market five,
ak or ten miles, IA the case may bol.
LOO pounds OF cobs which you give
away, and possibly haul back coal at
$3. to $5 per ton. For fuel 100 pounds
of cobs are worth NJ much ma 100
pounds OF coal; therefore we figure
your loss on this 100 bushels of corn Nv
follows;
az bushels Of ahelled corn NJ 40 cents (sny). 40
l,l00 pounds Of cohe ut ~ per ton tsayl..,. 100
Hauling 1000 pounds OF cobs 10 town tsay),, %
-------
iothl lohss.'''''''s' '',''t'stss .''''"''Se w.
These figures are worth bordering, M
il is by Just such savings that farming il
made TO pay.--Rurai New Yorker.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
sholl Your Corn on tho Farm.

Most western farmers understand the
advantage Of Smelling corn NJ home;
most central-western and eastern far
mers don't comprehend the saving Mt
Ill. Weshall try to demonstrate IL by
II few figures. Corn on the cob Is DOM.
pounded ut 20 pounds to the bushel.
Shelod corn is sold ut rs pounds TO the
bushel. Now suppose it becomes de-
sirable to sell 100 bushels of corn, we
will see If we can not demonstrate that
IL is wise and more economical to sell
the shelled product.
Hauled to market 100 buahels-o ,,"7,ON lbH,
Cobbs and chan weigh ,...."1, lhD lbs.
Glenn corn weighs .,...., -. %, hbO bs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
Got Something Frisky!
Baltimore Bulletin.

"Got something frisky?" he asked as
he walked into livery stable and call
ed for saddle horse; something that
will prance about lively and wake fel.
low out of his lethargy? | used to ride
the trick mule in u circus, an / reckon
| can back anything that wears hair. y
They brought him out q calico color
ed beast, with u vicious eye, and he
mounted ii and dashed off. Before he
had gone two blocks the animal bucked
crashed through d high board fence and
plunged into cellar tossing his rider
over the top of an adjacent woodshed
and landing him on the ragged edge OF
Il lawn mower. They brought him home
Strengthened him out and three
surgeons came in and reduced his dis
locations and plastered him up with raw
beef. A few weeks later lie called ut
the stable and said if they had y gentle
saw horse with an aiiectionate DISPOSE
ton, bride with II curb bit and mar
tingales, and II saddle with two horns
and crupper to it he believed he would
go up in the haymow and gallop around
little where il was soft and it wouldn't
hurt him if he went to sleep and fell oil
NJ he did the other day.
AN eccentric Engllshman has lately
built house on the Quarter Tivoli, for
the residence of himself, his wife, and
eight children, which is the talk of all
Paris. 1t is circular, and has neither
door nor windows externally. The ap-
proach to il is from the ground floor on
TO the roof by ladder, which is moved
up and down by machinery similar to
that of n drawbridge. There is only one
floor, and that contains eighteen apart
ments, more or less small, looking into
the centre, which is lighted from above
by u glazed cupola. One stove for all
these rooms is in the middle, and III
summer its place is to be occupied by
an exquisite parterre of flowers. A cir
cular balcony, open to all the apart.
ments, surrounds this place. The
motive of this oddly, is of course, only
known to the author of it; but every
body can see that two points are gained
by it--immunity from taxes on doors
and windows, and perfect preventive
OF any attempt at burglary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
Shot In Mistake.

A special dispatch from Flat Rock,
Mich, says; Philip Hughes, " colored
ahorer, was shot and fatally injured
last night Ivy n woman named Melissa
Paxton. Tho two were lovers, and
Hughes went TO pay u Sunday evening
visit to his hdye fairo, and, finding
her asleep on n sofa, took position AZ
her feet and commenced grinding out
doleful airs upon an accordion. Sud.
denly the sleeping beauty awoke, and
Mt the same instant n revolver III her
hand was discharged, tho bullet passing
through Hughes skull, entering just
above tho eyes and lodging in the back
Of the neck. Hughes fingered III M
unconscious condition until this even
ing, when he died. The woman claims
that the shooting was all mistake, the
revolver having been accidentally dis
charged. On the other hand, it is rs.
serted that she was jealous Of Hughes
attentions to another colorcd lady, and
fired Vt him with malice aforothought.'
-
Mons "lambs" ARE wanted at the
New York stock exchange for their
golden ileeces. Russell Sage predicts
the biggest stock boom yet between
this and tho first week in January, and
"lamhsn who wish to be shorn are *.
pected 10 net on his suggestion and
present themselves promptly before
the New York shearers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
Blue.Giass.

The latest Boston medical idea is al
elaboration of the blue-gass theory.
Sunlight is thrown into water through
colored lenses, and, thus curative quail
tiles are impaired to the water. The
inventor says so, at least. "The suns
rays" he explains, care composed OF
actual substances, with their exquisite
and wonderful chemical powers, and,
aided by spectrum analysis, have been
able to give the leading elements that
compose each color. Each color has
its own distinct power to heal" Red,
orange, and yellow are warm eolors,
and directly exciting in their nature,
while blue and violet are soothing. HIS
manner of applying these remedies IS
as follows: Health comes from the
equilibrium of colors in the human
system, and whenever any one color IS
SO much in excess as to produce dis
ease, harmony must be brought about
by finding the color which is its chem
ical affinity. Thus if q person abound5J
in redness, as is in red hair and flushed
skin, he needs blue light. Whenever
the blue prevails too much, SO as too
give blue veins, blue finger nails, and
pale, cold condition, the warm red and
orange light is needed. When per-
son has too great nervous activity, tho
yellow, together with some red ele-
ments Of his system, are too active,
and he needs the violet and blue cle-
ments of sunlight to harmonic his
forces and act as delightful nervines.'
Converts to this Iewschool Of medicine
suspend colored lences over bowls of
water and drink the warmed fluid.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19

AT Queen lsahellas request, the pres
ident Of the republic has authorized
lottery for 100000, the proceeds Of
which are to he placed at the disposal
OF the committee Of the press fete for
the relief of the sufferers by the Murcia
floods. IL has been decided, however,
that the lottery is not 20 displare the
tombola. which will also be held, and
is likely to prove great success, as
prizes" are pouring in on the commit
tee in great abundance, thanks to the
generosity Of artists and others. The
price of admission to the fete has been
fixed at IS for its whole duration and at
SO for entry after midnight only,
though all tickets OF admission entitle
the purchaser to others for the lottery
and tomhola.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18
Paradise Items.

From w. Ii. Minor, who arrived in
town last evening, we learn that the
Mount Rose mine, at depth of l40
feet, is looking splendidly The vein
is from eight to ten feet wide. There
is over three feet of ore about foot
of which is very rich in silver.
The Bullion Company is putting in
two new pans and settler in their
mill, which will be run on taiiings until
another battery is added.
A. L. Washburn has been awarded
the contract for supplying the Bullion
mill with sagebrush for fuel, and for
hauling ore to the mill, for one year.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18
LOCAL INTELLIGEN CE.
Bartlett Greek Mines.

L. Vary arrived here yesterday from
Bartlett Creek. He says work is being
prosecuted on the Sage Hen and Gaddy
mines at that place, and both mines
are looking we'll There is consider
able ore, which is rich in gold, on the
dumps. The Badger mill is being put
in running order, and as soon as it is
ready will be started up on ore from
those mines. Mr.. Vary has great faith
in the mineral wealth of Bartlett Creek,
and says all that is required to make
the district lively and productive is a
little capital combined with energy.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18

The San Francisco Bulletin pub
fishes carefully prepared and CLASH
fled list of mining assessments which
have fallen delinquent during the cur
rent year. The list covers 27S claims
in California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Ar
iona and Dakota In many cases only
one call was made during the year.
while in others there were two, three,
four and FIVE calls made. The assess
ment roll for the current year is unpre-
cedently large in the number of calls
and the aggregate amount Of the same.
The amount has been distributed among
the following States and Territories:
Nevada, 81 400, 400; California, 81
662, 100; Arizona, 1928, 200; Dakota,
$500, 900; Idaho, $40, 600; Utah, SIS. 600;
Wyoming, $4,000. Against this may
be placed dividends as follows: Cali
fornia, 81 ,352, $50; Nevada, S4,4l7, 500,
including the newly declared dividends
of the California, Con. Virginia and
Eureka Con.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18

The remains of Sheriff Harper, of
Lander county, who died in California
last week, arrived at Austin on Tues
day. The Reveille says the funeral
took place from the Episcopal Church,
under the auspices OF LANDER Lodge of
I. & A. NJ, escorted by Toiyabe Lodge
of Knights of Pythias and large mum
Der of citizens. The procession was
over half a mile long, as everybody
who possibly could, attended, to show
their respect for an old citizen whose
loss is deeply felt and regretted.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18
Cattle Doing Well.

Sheriff Miller, who has been off in
the southern part of the county, in
forms us that cattle running at large
are doing much better than before the
recent rain and snow storms. Water
is plenty, and stock which during the
dry weather remained in the vicinity Of
springs, now range over the plains and
foothills, where a month ago there was
10 water, and find much better feed.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18
Pets for woodwnr,.'s Gardens.

G. w. Meacham, of Humboldt
House, sent two lynx, male and fe-
male to Woodward's Gardens, San
Francisco, few days ago. They were
caught near Humboldt House, where
they were providing in search Of food.
One was lassoed by vaquero and the
other was caught in y trap. They Will
be placed among living curiosities at
Woodward's.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-18
Personal N0tes.

George +. Miller leaves to-day for
Minnesota to enter his brothers Office
as a law student. We wish the young
man success.
c. Bachtold, who has been with Mr..
kemler in the Winnemucca Touring
mills for the past two years. left yes
terday for the eastern States to be
al sent FIVE or six weeks.