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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

hN MIN 'toiAi.t ~ Wv ttftiltCIltS SdEi
/ day is that MIXED i'll the evening or one ia '
and the morning OF its delivery. As it is
I taken from the wagons 1t is placed upon
scales and weighed, and Immediately placed
in large wooden, tin lined watts in the second
/ story. In these watts are tin cylinders
through which ice water is continuously
pumped, for the purpose of forcing the
cream to the top. This process continues
abort ioGr hours, when it is found thai
there is al Average of three inches Of cream
on the top IF The .41G EnVLls Of 4,iil III
each of the yats. This is not ali the cream.
contained in the milk, Il portion of it being
/ left tor the purpose OF enriching the cheese
! to he made from the remaining milk.
At the expiration of four hours the milk
is drawn from the bottom of these watts and
allowed to pour into the cheese watts, in the
first or ground floor of the building A
small piece of glass in the end of the vat
+ shows when the milk is all drawn out The
! cream is then run into vat in the butter
room. a;!d remains in the cream vat until
the pe%t Fl;2rnipg. wien u was EHF in The
chnra, lattill. q leyHlyiHs dasli+r' moved
rapidly by steam power. 4 half houF',
operation makes the butter, WHICH, on being
REMOVED fran the chGrn, is Wgrked hy
, hand, sailed ana Eia"eu III :. .e...la.a::t, 4;
and left there until the next morning
when il is again worked. printed. and
placed IN the ace boxes for Shi pm-nt to Phil
adelphia. where i; is sold at this season Of
the year at from - to 80 cents per pound.
! The milk as before stated, is RIM into
large watts, tin lined. on the ground floor
known rs the cheese watts, Here 10y
means 81 steam: pipes ihe milk is hGateI, II
! z te;aRer%t;;fe' Of - degy96s aEreal!tit
, when the coi"rtng matter, Consisting Of AN
patto seed and rcnnrt, is placed in the milk
i the latter causing it 10 coaguiqte or sci.
After this has been accomplished the mas.
( ie!ly-gike i'll appearance, is cut into small
=4tain lieGes IL means Of knives WMcl
rs E;;aGSH ,hrotf..h il tIGr o2!Ee e;.t 70 Fl;
q;her ard again sI6ss lie 2s',t ''' ''''
The Whole mass is again heated to M de
I gfehs and is then thoroughly stirred UP hJ
iHsaHs Of a hoard the leHgth Of the vat an,
asout eigGt inches wide. he,ng Inov"u STOW
w from side to side by the same powe
which churnS the butter. This agitation
continues from four TO five hours, when tn,
cheese curd is ready TO be dipped from tn
vat and placed upon racks. Here the cure
/ is Saitcd and then placed in iron moulds
! each 1872 inches IN d,ameser apd ipche
4seE. 10 Le compressed. which is dole >,
means Of ii powerful SCREW, 4 dozen mould
rece,yIns the pressure at the same tiMe Tn.
pressHrs is kept Up about siytser hours
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

any patron is suspected Of furnishing an
impure article, the Directors are to report
to the President, and his duty is to appoint
a committee OF three TO visit the premises
Of the delinquent OH the ensuing day to
witness The transit Of the milk from the
cows to the creamery, and then again to be
tested, ard if tound to he of y better quality
than the milk previously tested, the patron
shall he considered guilty Of having adul-
teratei the same, the penalty for which is
a fine Of $40 for each and every ottcncei aud
if the fine is not paid. the Board of Dirsr,
tors have power to stop such parties from
furnishing any more milk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Settling the War.

In the winter of 1864 Pony Mountain.
in the Shenandoah Valley, was full of
game, and Federals and Confederates
used to shoot squirrels and trap rabbits
when off picket duty. Care was
taken to avoid each other, but many col
lisions occurred aud more than one poor
fellows bones are bleaching under the
dark pines to-day. One day member of
the Sixth Michigan Cavalry encountered
a g Johnny y face to face as they both
turned a thicket. Both had guns on
their shoulders, and both were too sur
prised to speak for some time. Then the
Confederate yelled out
Say, you Yank, what are You down
here for q
To put down the rebellion"
Ye can't do it, nohow."
Bet you $40 we can.
Look here" said the "reb, as he
came closer and put down his gun to in.
dulge in gestures, I'm play We a game
Of euchre to see which side is going to
whip"
This was agreed to, and pack Of
cards was produced. The Yank got
the first deal and made q point. The
"reb took the second and made a
march. At the next deal the score was
even, and pretty soon they stood four to
FOUR. The play was careful. bat the
| Confederacy had the winning c4ri>. aad
as the "Johnny took tn lat trick
with an ace he jumped up and yelled
q knew til knew it, Now Tank.
are We squar r.
81 am.
"Then go back and stop this ere war
cording to agreement aod mount yer
critter and go home. Whoop Rah fur
ne l knew there must besoma way 10
settle this log-g3ne war I could only
git beyond Ii 1ickets
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27

corroboralve case on a Virginia farm is
reported as follows: Where the leaves
were all left on a row of corn, the weight
of the crop was l61 pounds, while on
stripped row it was only eighty eight
pounds In other similar instances the
difference was less, yet distinct and
striking in all. This same principle APP
plies TO pruning trees in summer, which
should be omitted or sparingly perform
ed. except where the trees are Sufficiently
vigorous to bear some cheek. u Boston
Cultiudtor.
AT THE age of three or four weeks pigs
need the most care. When the litter is
large, and the pigs at abont this age, the
milk of the SOW is not sufficient to keen
them in steady, healthy. growing state.
They should be cared for before this
time by giving them an opportunity t.
learn TO eat At this season OF the year
nubbins from sweet corn will be eaten
greedily if the corn is soft Purslane
is an excellent feed for them. Have a
trough so constructed that thew can
reach into it, and they will soon learn
TO eat with the mother. Small and I'M
merchantable potatoes, which arc always
abundant on the farm at this season OF
the year, make, when boiled, an excel
lent feed for pigs. Sour milk, butter
milk and whey will bring young pigs
along rapidly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
A Drop of Water.

We read frequently of the drowning
Of good swimmers, who suddenly sink ii
the water without any apparent cause.
The common explanation of such an &C
cident is that the swimmer is seized
with cramps but an English naval
officer offers different solution oil the
phenomenon. He bases his theory on
his own experience. His ship was living
for long time off Alden harbor, and it
was the practice for cricketing parties to
swim from the vessel to the shore every
evening, having their clothes sent i'll a
small boat. OF course there was q race
to see who would get to the beach first.
The writer in the course Of sharp
struggle for the lead opened his mouth
to breathe, and some of the spray fving
In the wind got into his throat and took
the passage down the trachea. Il could
neither, he says, ''get any breath in,
nor any out, and / soon began to feel
that | was dying on top Of the water.
There must have been dozen men close
to me, but could not speak, much less
call to them. | kept swimming on for
the shore. In about thirty seconds my
senses began to leave me. l ceased to
swim, and my legs went down, when
luckily for me they touched the bottom !.
violent jump helped me to cough up
the drop of water. / staggered on shore
and fell quite exhausted on the beach.
much to the surprise of all the men with
me-" 1t is the opinion OF this gentleman
that many fatal accidents to swimmers
are due simply to drop of water in the
wind-pipe. A conclusive proof that they
are not due to cramp is fact that man
rescued within two minutes Of sinking in
this mysterious manner is beyond all
hope Of resuscitation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
A COrEfleld Protected by Rattlesnakes,

An octogenarian, of Dresden. had
been troubled, during complaining
tilne, by the crows stealing the corn
planted The usual resort to scarecrows
was a failure even, and nothing seemed
to keep them away. One day old Rube
Davis, the late famous rationale man
Of Lake George, was making a visit TO
the Dresdenite. The latter was telling
old Rube of his trouble with the crows,
when the rattlesnake man asked what
the Dresdenite would give him if he
would furnish protection to his corn.
4 sum was named, which old Rube
accepted and took his departure, prom
ising to be on hand the next compliant
ing time. Nothing was thought of it
until the next season, when old Rube
put in an appearance.
He took from his pocket Elk live rattle
snakes, which he handled with as much
freedom as if they had been kittens.
The old fellow then asked when corn
was to be planted, and, being Informed
that the Job would be finished that very
day, herepaired to the cornfield. There he
made six little houses or dens, covering
them with fiat stones. These dens were
situated ia different parts of the corn
field. The cawing of the crows could be
heard, the birds seeming to be on the
watch for the mems departure. Old
Rube then placed q snake in each little
den, and uttering words TO the reptiles,
which he always said they could under
stand, the men left the field.
They had scarcely passed through the
opening in the stump fence before the
air was filed with crows, all bound on a
foraglng expedition. The men watched
the result at a distance. Down went
the crows into the corzfeld, when tbs
work Of slaughter began. The snakes
left thedens and, cautiously approaching
the unsuspecting birds, they were soon
enabled to wind their horrible folds
about the crows, necks, when the work
of killing them was almost instantane-
Gus. Sometimes a crow would raise a
few feet from the ground, with the
snake tightly bound about its neck,
when it would soon tumble to earth,
dead.
The work of destruction went on,
however, and before the sun set that
night the snakes killed seventy-three
crows. We defy anybody to tel a more
remarkable snake story than thig Snake
stories are very thick nowadays, but we
are sorry to say that most Of them are
very thin. - Whitehall Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Simultaneous Forests.

A writer in a West Virginia paper
combats the opinion, held by many ar
boriculturists, that an open country is
never converted into a forest through
the operation of natural causes, and, as
establishing the fact that such change
does sometimes occur, brings forward
the case of the Shenandoah valley
When first settled, about 100 years ago,
it was an open, prairie-like region Gov
cred with tall grass, on which fed herds
of deer, buffalo, elk, ETC., and having no
timber, except on ridgy portions OF it /;
but, in consequence of its settlement,
the annual fires were prevented, and
trees spraDg up almost as thickly and
regularly as if seed had been planted.
These forests, having been preserved by
the farmers, cover now large part Of
the surface with hardwood trees of SUI
perior excellence. These facts would
also seem to substantiate the theory
that the treeless character OF the prairies
OF the West is due to the annual burn
ing of the grass by the Indians.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Books.

II is chiefly through books that we
enjoy intercourse with superior minds,
q those invaluable means Of cnmmn-
nseati0n are within the r. ach Of all n
the best books great men talk 70 rs,
give rs heir most precious thoughts and
Is AZ the.r soals into oBrs.
Ga lie thanked for booiJs They are
voies : lie distant ard tiie 1eai. aHd
make ns heirs q the spiritual iiie Of pat
ages
Beok- are tie true Jewelers.. They
give 10 all who Will faithfully use them
the society, the spiritual presence Of the
best and the greatest 81 our race. No
matter how poor ammo matter thong
the prosperous Of my own time viii no.
enter ny obscure dwelling, il the sarrei
writer's viii enter and take up their
abode under nay roof, ii Milton viii
cross gas frt shold and sing TO me Of
paradise, and Shakespeare to open to
me the world of Imagination and the
workings Of the human heart, and
franklin to enrich me with his practical
wisdom. shall not pine for want Of IN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Ponling the Family.

On the Canada Southern train was a
man with bis wife and several children.
bound for some point IN the West. and
when st. Thomas WIS reached tie ~ m
got ont with others and rushed into tne
eating house, aud kdrriedly called fot
coffee, bread, meat, etc, AID began tc
cram himself 50 fast that q ii gusted
Detroiter at his elbow finally laid down
silver dollar on the counter.
Dollar-yes-I gee, mnmbled the
man, with his mouth full : you'll bit a
dollar to "A cent that I'm hog, bat Won
iosa if ] kivered tlle bet You see I t.5li
tha old women ard children Tint Sc
couldn git anything to cat this side NJ
Detroit. aud I've got 10 I'll mp IL five on
SIX minutes and get back, or they u tum-
bic to the racket Please pass the mus
tard-oniy fifty seconds t. fill up, pick
my teeth and get back l'-Detroit FTeo
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
HISTORICAL.

FUMIaATIoS with birthstone Is of Ro-
man origin.
THE Gauls loved to decorate their nell
NETS, swords and buckles with coral.
A CROWN of red-hot iron was an an
cient punishment for rebels and regi-
cides.
AT PoMPEII, combs have been found
exactly like the modern fine tooth
kind.
The Saxon groat-great coin was so
called because it was the largest English
coin then known.
THE elephant was put upon the coins
of Caesar because that animal was called
Cesar in Mauritania.
The first establishment for the manu-
facture of straw bonnets was started in
Somers, Conn. in 1880.
THE most common measure of capacity
among the Romans was the Amphora,
nearly nine English gallons.
The coffin of Lambert, the celebrated
''great man, was four feet and half
wide and two feet and halt deep.
The first town on the Aroostook,
Maine, was JACKSONVILLE, settled in 1920
by few men from New Brunswick.
BY THE Saxon laws twelve years of age
was fixed as the earliest possible devel
opment of the legal understanding.
THE original use to which Boston
Common was put was for a pasture for
cattle and parade ground. 1t was called
Gentry Field.
The Greek word for horseshoe first
occurs in the ninth century Horses
were then only shod in time of frost or
for especial occasions.
HUTs, instead of tents, were used by
the ancient English soldiers, as the
modes of warfare consisted chiefly in
sieges and standing camps.
CoATs of arms and heraldry were in
PRODUCED into England in 1100 The
arms of England and France were first
quartered by Edward Ill. in 1853.
In ELzABETH's time repeater :"
watches were so rare that some rustics
took one that they heard for the devil.
and threw it out Of the window with the
tongs.
The first silver money coined in Rome
was A. U. C. 4S4. The mint was in the
temple of Juno Moneta, which circum-
stance occasioned the origin of our word
money.
A CIRCULATING library i'll the Middle
Ages may seem surprising. In 1912 Il
law was framed in Paris compelling all
public booksellers to keep books to lend
out on hire.
Bull work, the process of inlaving by
use of the saw, derives its name from a
French workman, Boule, who invented
and carried it on during the reign OF
Louis XIV.
AUGUSTUS used n memorandum book.
in which he made notes of what
he wished to say, but he punished, as
spy, one PinaTius, for taking notes at
public ovations.
UNDER the early laws of the Athenians
a false witness was to be thrown head
long from the capitol. Treading down
another's corntield at night was punish
able by death.
The term Quaker was first applied to
the sectin derision. When George Fox,
the founder, was brought before the
magistrate he told him to quake before
the werd of the Lord
BodBARDs were large ale barrels. and
the vessels used to carry beer to soldiers
on duty, from whence came lombard
man, for one who carried about provi.
sions, corrupted by the sailors into bum.
boat.
DURING storm in Vermont, in 1870.
the lightning struck a horse in pasture,
burning off his hair, or pulling it out,
cutting hole two inches long in his
head and throwing off his shoes. The
horse recovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Quorum with Goats.

The Island Of Cyprus is overrun with
goats 1t Is cstim tri that there are
$50, 000 OF thes animals a the island,
and planting Is ahaa>t useless on ac
count OF their rsvag $. "Ehev carry no
wool, SAYS the $ Jame5 Gazette, fur
nish only a had meat. and hardly give
more milk than. the sheep. TO which,
however, thcy are preferred on account
of their feeding on iigueous vegetation,
which the sheep rcI,eI They are fed,
therefore. almost entirely ut the expense
Of the woods and not only, it Is stated,
docs the goat destroy the yoaAg freshly.
grown plants. but i hrowSes on the
young branches II older tEtsS. On the
southern mountains, also. where the
soil is loose, the Foat is accused If in,
crcasiMg this loosencSs hy scrambiing
about. and thus iaiuy0g Young plants,
which are dragged down and torn away
10y the falling Of broken stones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
VOLUME xxx
A CITY BALLAD.
BIZ WILL CARLETON.


res u eiraight and true, good preacher every word
that you have said:
DJnot tlink these tears unmanIy-they're the FIRST
ina! have shed
heart and brain,
Ana they Woult rot he let go Of, and they gave me
extra pain.
lln an ignorant day-worker-work for food andra
and sieep-
Aud hardly know the object Of the life We slave to
keep;
n,-de Of lead;
Know SORROW when see it-and know my child IL
dead
No. she ism much to look at, Just plainish bit Of
cay,
u the sort Of perished children you seeing every
DAY
understand;
But Size hed mine Mr.. Preacher, in that little with
eftd hand
am jast a1boring man, sir, OF the kind that dig.
but I've earned that human natures cannot stay IN
, ~ ihensel %;
And my heart with her had settled and tho girl was
all had.
There are lots of pretty children, with form land
face more fine
Let their parents love and pet them-but this hti.
one "as nlhe!
cut apart,
ana i = r9ugh-this amputauon OF the strong arms
"i INC heartt
lis cohsoHng, ME- preacher, ana 1t may be as
you've said
God owes children while they're. living, and adopts
Aeih Wben they re dead;
best can,
Ahal t"as NOT GODS mercy took her, but the selfsh
ness OF man.
Oh,
why sle lay here faint and sasping, moaning FOL
-, pt OF ar
ch,mneys over there. 'i'0 iO'i OisA'h Oh uie
For 4, ,Iiy,,ho5 .,,r,,,rb 49, - -, =. -
Az, 80 ~ VIZ bs ro. .i,,ns. a. .,d
' ~ ~ 49, = N"A aeaiIS' ~ AZ" she onIJ choked
N'0 'l0'e'
o., ,, -, ,.,
oho "yui1 ns nere WIZ the oid LOOK that poor
.,to ~ ~, "a sV ~ sl1o 8si,
one haa earned 70 use her patience, and she did not
rnt ,,a11,d NJ 10 noio ,,,rotas 90. -,
Ana c,s,ii5 w, anu e1re,
go - - " f.' AL uJ'us 4o1 niue Dreah
1e .h,, a,, =. -. ,-,.,. a., -, ,.
enc soag oi VIII eno '"ouldnt have
y. 49,, IL ~. p 80, 10 80 = ~ ~, 1850
fr3 IN tb So OieeAeS tuS' come rushing
M. c. ~, - ~ - 49,, H., -.
30, every breath
CHoAeu anu strahglee WIN the poison from that
eufseu swamp u "eat-
\, 1885,
on VI mUu enough ttna 'ha' such men own the very
g., bI"u IS "9 e4tau,
anu VIC sel1ei maj we crouch III ana the tools Thar
m, 80, ~ o 'Ii, o 49,. -,
'E mug ~ ut s7iF 0io''ea mortgage on the ar and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Charles Reade.

Charles Reade is contemplating an
other novel. Fiction weaving is a formida-
bic task with this conscientious writer
Greatly as the world of English speaking
readers deplores the continued silence Of
this sole remaining fictionist Of the great
trio--Dickens and Thackeray having
yanished-it nevertheless recognizes aud
approves that self-respect which keeps
Reade from lowering his own standard
by poor and hurried work. 1t requires
a great deal of strength of mind for a
writer Of Charles Reade's reputation to
refuse the pressing offers made him by
publishers. The pecuniary bait is
splendidly tempting, and few people of
any walk IN life are satisfied when they
have money enough Gas Reade has), but
always want more than enough: but Reade
is firm in his resolve not to write merely
for coin. He will will not weave a story
quite about nothing, with no purpose.
no set aim or intention, save that of
Willing away leisure hour for a ram
bound reader in q country house er q
yawning idler III q club library. All his
fiction is directed against some abuse,
upon the trail of which he hopes to set
the hounds of reform. One novel was
against the mad-house system, another
against trades unions, third in approval
OF woman's rights, etc. 1t takes him
about year to write a novel. HIS col
lection of literary material, upon which
he builds story, is an enormous mass
to digest in the first place, and his read
ing up statistics and authorities after
ward, upon the theme he select. is a
colossal task. It is possible, too, Reade
is somewhat spoiled as novel writer by
the eame influence which closed the
younger Dumas career as such just as
he enchanted the world with his pathetic
and deiicately written romance, "Tne
Lady with the Camellias. Play writ
ing-rough. rapid, hastily knocked TO-
gether work-brings financial results.
when successful. far beyond those of the
most widely sought for novel | once
asked Alexander Dumas why he gave us
no more novels His answer was IN en-
inently practical one, az Meafre "a
6ie1a pins prodactjf --Loadon Co,1.a-
SD0ndellf Of PhflGdefDIi0 Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Deaf Hunters Politics.

During the war they had down in
Florida a shrewd old fellow known rs
deaf Hunter" Everybody knew him.
He was deaf as a post, and through his
dealings and his shrewdness he managed
completely to hide his sympathy Tor
either party during the war. 1t was sus-
pected, however, that he was with the
Confederates at heart
Every means had been tried by the
Union officers to procure from him some
admission OF preference, but of no avail.
When reduced to o corner, he never
lacked an expedient to get himself out,
But one day Union captain put up a
bet that he could tap him and get his
secret. He accordingly went up to
Hunters and skirmished around, but
not one hint could he get He would be
deaf to questions that were unpleasant,
and the inquirer was baffied. At last
there came two large bulldogs into his
store, fierce fellows, and exactly alike
8 Fine dogs, those, yelled the inquis-
itor in his ears.
." Yes, was the reply.
"What are their names ?" in the same
loud tone.
'Wall, said the old man, 81 call one
Beauregaurd and t'other Mcclellan"
You do" shouted the inquirer
(which one do you like the best?'
"Rey?" queried Hunter, putting
down his ear.
(Which do you like the best 2"
"Oh, wall, said he, with twinkle in
his eye, "both on 'em is as ugly as the
devil.
The Captain paid the bet.
The next day he was drinking in Hun
ter's store, and, taking advantage of the
old mans deafness, proposed toast.
" Here's to old Hunter, the two-sided
old villain may he be kicked to death
by mules, and his body be sunk in the
sea hundred fathoms deep. May no
prayer be said over him, and may his
blind soul wander rayless through all
eternity
The toast was drunk with great glee,
in which the old man joined
"The Same to yourselves, gentlemen, .
| said he, " the same to yourselves.
Of course he had not heard a word
that was said San Francisco Aygo-
| D01ff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
NUMBER "a.

be realized annually. Millions of bush
els are lost every year by falling ON the
ground and rotting or devoured by hogs,
squirrels. turkeys and other animals and
birds. Except in inclosed pastures no
claim is made by the owners of the land
to the fruitage Of the trees. Mexicans
and negroes are the pecan gatherers. and
in some districts white children. - 9e.ras
Land and RaittC0y Journal.