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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
THE DAIRY.

Ipairy Butter" is the product Of .
single fArn; .creamery butter,, is fron,
1ne mixed milk or cream of several farms.
Inc distinction is sometimes disregarded
ny the makers of dairy butter, but II a
one they have no right 10 ignore.
IAt the recent Agricultural Congress
sion of DIR. Loring, COMMISSIONS of Aor;-
culture. Prof. 1. R. Roberts. of Cornell
University, New York, said that il re-
quired forty-five dollars per head to keen
the cows of the United States for year.
and that the value of the milk and calves
was lbut thirty-six dollars; thus showing
according TO his statement that the cows
lacked nine dollars each, of paying for
their keep The Professor has placed
his figures q trife too high in some re-
spects, and when he values the calves at
an even dollar he Is too low in his esti-
mate. he gave no estimate of the value
Of the manure or the milk used by the
farmers on the farm.
"A writer in. the country Gentleman
tells US how the process of rpening cream
Is Performed. At this season, he saws,
there IS often great dificulty found in
obtaining butter without ehurning long
time To prevent this the cream should
be riPened. Set the full jar of cream be-
fore the kitchen fire and frequently stir
the contents with swooden spoon or
stick kept for the purpose. When quite
warmed through carry the jar to q cool
place to stand AL night. In the morning
the butter Il obtained at lower temper
ature and with less churning than If the
cream had not been previously warmed,
while the color and flavor are uninjured.
The Chicago Tri6tsns of late date
publisher the following: The amount Of
work accomplished during the past year
by those having in charge the suppress
sion of the butterine traffic is exceedingly
satisfactory. Twelve months a1o out Of
250 commission merchants, on South
Water and Kinzie Streets fully one-hah
were more or less engaged in the trade,
From fifty to seventy per cent of the re-
tail grocers throughout the city openly
sold the unwholesome compound, ana il
was generally used in hotels, restaurants
and boarding houses. As fitting CHI
max there were fully 100. 900 cases Of
winter-cholera, which were attributed to
mysterious impurities In the water. Note
the change. Now it would be difficult to
find over three commission dealers who
would handle the stuff on any terms OF.
the 1,50o erocers it Is doubtful II twenty
five would touch it; and If it were not
for the amounts sold by itinerant ped
dlers. disguised IS countrymen. the nox-
ious stuff would be very seldom heard
of. There is no winter-cholera, and the
people are using the same water as = year
ago. Inspector Howe viii continue to
wage the war, and, notwithstanding the
..jury game" will leave no. stone un-
nrned to suppress the business beyond
the possibility of a resurrection.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
Pumpkins and Squashes.


These are neglected crops in most
parts of the West where corn can be
grown to good advantage. In the East
they receive much attention and are
used not only for the food of men but
for animals. They are planted In corn
fields and on broken ground that can not
be tended with implements drawn by
horses. Boiled pumpkins are excellent
for fowls and hogs. Raw pumpkins are
readily eaten by all the animals gener-
ally kept on farms. They are specially
valuable for milch cows at the season
of the year when grass becomes short
and they have little disposition to eat
hay. They help fill the gap between,
green and dry food. Sqnashes are in
most respects preferable TO pumpkins.
Their meat Is richer and they may be
kept longer. There is little trouble in
keeping some of the s9hardshellr va
rieties all winter Long-keeping varie-
ties of squashes are now articles Of COM
merce ard shipped to Eastern markets
In quite large quantities. Lately some
have been exported, and It is thought
that there win soon be considerable
foreign demand for them Bakers in
cities buy them in large lots for making
pies. Squashes that are suitable for
baking furnish. the best substitute fol
sweet potatoes in places where the latter
can not be raised.-Chicago Times.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
Points In Buttsr-Making.

The, ,aistrict conrt-foom at North Adj
ans was wen filled last week at the Hoo
! sae valley agricultural society's insti-
fute, a large number of farmers and their
wives being present. '' Butter-making
and the dairy, was discussed. Edwin
Rogers claimed that Berkshire was be-
hind in its butter, and that oleomarga-
rine swas driving poor butter from the
market, as it ought, rs 1t Is sold in an
bat three Of the grocery stores in North
Adams, fifty fifty-pound tubs Of it being
received recently by one dealer in one
day. Samuel E Lewis, of Oxford, N.
Y. made the address describing the
manufacture of oleomargarine and its
effect As acompetitor Of ordinary butter.
The defects In butter-making, that by
his experience he had sought to remedy,
were uncleanliness in manufacture, too
much acid in cream, too much caseine
matter in . decomposed state left in the
butter and too much friction in handling
il. Odors from the animal should be
carefully avoided and clean stables
were q positive necessity. The peculiar
notion that butter made from sweet
cream would not keep he had found nm
true by the experiments he had made in
his factory, and the longer cream is kept
the less butter Is obtained, before the
acid in the milk eats up. the sugar. He
had seen butter packed for two years re-
tain its favor. = In churning an impor-
tant work of butter-making Is performed.
Cream should never be churned so thick
IS to adhere TO the churn; different milk
ines should be mixed over night to as
simulate and obtain equal friction. Whits
specks in butter he had found to be
caused by excessive friction in the cream
and was really cheese which would spoil
the package. He advocated the washing
of butter IN a granulated state to sepa-
rate al decomposed matter from it. II
allowed to stand in q strong brine for
fifteen minutes it win destroy all cheesy
matter and it viii not take Up the salt,
retains its fine flavor and saves friction.
for that reason he prefers table working
with round lever. Butter should never
be vorKed with the hands. White but
ter needs one-third more salt than usual,
allowed to stand twelve hours, partially
worked, and again set away, and again
moved and worked. so that the. elements
Of color in it wiH appear. He preferred
shallow5 setting. Ira Richmond, Of
Adams, who exhibited some excellent
specimens of his butter. gave brief
sketch Of his process; and the meeting
was subsequently, devoted to asking and
answering questions by q number of but
ter-nakers present Springfield (Adss.)
} Republican. ..-.s.sssz
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
He'd Read the Papers.

: He was d plain old man from the
country; he wore an old style, broad
brimmed hat, and. his clothes were
homespun, but when o slick looking
stranger stepped up TO him on Vine
street and professed to know him, and
asked all about his wife and family, and
wanted TO know when he came down
and when he was going back. the old
man declined the proffered hand, and
drawing back, said: {" That's all right,
young man; never mind the prelimina-
ries; git right down TO business 'twonoe.
You've got some goods at the depot aud
want to pay the. freight. Hain't got
nothin' but q hundred-dollar check.
Would hold the check and let you have
$60.4 to pay the freight Or p,r,aps
you've just drawed prize in q lottery,
and would 7 ies' step around with you
and see you CIT the money ;or p'r'aps--"
but the. confidence man had slipped
away; the granger was too wen posted,
altogether As the old man gAzed after
his refreshing figure he chucklsd eut:
s.SlipPed up that time, Mr.. Bunko; I'm
PostedT'Te. read. the papers. ."-Dis-
osnnati Sotxrdsy NssAt.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
Good Butter.

: Every year It is perceptible that the
: butter made upon our farms IS improv-
ing. The little details entering into the
making of good butter are being better
g understood and adopted by all who de
sire good prices in the market All are
beginning to know that cleanliness in
everything is one of the prime elements
in successful butter-making, but it en-
braces many .things-the purity of the
room in which it is made; complete ven-
tilation of pure air; the sweetness of the
churn md Of every bowl or vessel used
in working it, and the separation of the
il31feer-roorn from the influence Of the
= kitchen, steam from the cooking, ETC. In
packing and carrying to market equal
care should be taken that il viii not be
come impregnated with impure air, etc.
There il nothing in the way OF food so
sensitive as butter. One of the reasons
sthst il Is so seldom first-rate butter can
ne purchased at the stores is, that though
: II NAV be made after the best methods,
Is becomes poor by being mixed-up with.
the other articles in the store, and hence
loses ali its sweetness and freshness.
!, Butter for sale should be separated from
3 al other things. and kept in q weli-aired
.rand perfectly clean closet, and then con-
fined in vessels so as to exclude as much
: as POSSIBLE the surrounding atmosphere.
IF these llints were taken advantage Of
we should have far less cause OF COM
eplaipt about bad butter. In fact, II =
The only way to drive oleomargarine out
of the market Germ1ntotcn Telegraph.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
PITH AND POINT.

"A light purse makes dark heart.
Air castles are built with sunbeams.-
Wilkins. ? . fei ..,' -......,s 5l..,,,
\ Some Princeton College boys offered
to saw wood for q poor widow, but she
replied that IL they would relay the four
rods Of sidewalk torn up by their crowd
she would ask Heaven TO see to the
wood-pile.-Detrot Free Press. slsasJ
e -Tiffin, Ohio, has three lady law
yers, the youngest Of whom Is named
Sans. She is one of Uncle SANS giris,
and II by chance she should marry .
client by the name of David, she would
then become one Of the Sans of David.
IN. y. Com. .s 81 sl a ulH Z
--sa Whst your daughter wants, said
an overcandid music teacher to Q
millionaire whose education was not
equal TO his fortune, ssis capacity. y
ssIndeedl" was the astonished reply,
sswell, I'll order one Immediately, no
matter what it costs.''
There is young lady who Is six
feet four inches tall, and she Is engaged
to be married. The man VINO won her
did il. in these words: ssThy beauty
sets my heart aglow-rd wed the right
or wrong; man wants but little here be-
low, but wants that little long. ."-Das-
rille Tribune. s. - -
"A Scotch minister was once busy
catechising his young parishioners be-
fore the Congregation, when he put the
first question to a stout girl whose father
kept a public house: sWhat is your
namep" No reply. The question hav-
ing been repeated, the girl replied |:
"Nane o. yer fun, Mr.. Minister; We ken
my name weel eneuch. Dye no say
when ye come to our house on night,
Bet, bring me some aleP'", ls. ,.,-6 -,
"A curious subscriber wants TO know
uwhy haven't you got off something
funny about the smallpox? You're
away behind the imes-" Dear, fun
loving man, if you have discovered any
thing funny about the smallpox, trot it
out to the hospital. All the humor in q
whole pest wouldn't furnish fun
for one paragraph. Go. out and catch
it, and then have q good laugh all by
YOURSELF If You think it's 30 funny
Burlington HdWkeye.
-. A. P.-"Would you like to pub
lish, in SiftiB1s, q composition written
by q boy on mulep" We do not wish
to encourage boys to write on mules,
and therefore can not use the manu-
script. Boys should write at home on o
slate, and when on mule should give
all their attention to steering the quad
ruped. Now, IL you had anything writ
ten by mule on boy there would
doubtless be something original in that,
and we would gladly publish it.-Teras
Siftings.
-"I I-don't know what ais me-" ex-
claimed Henderson. Almost every
afternoon / feel terrible pains all
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There are $500 men employed in
the Burden Iron-works, in Troy, N. Z,
and all are kept extremely busy! Im-
portant improvements are making 70 tho
works at cost of S40,Q 600, and when
COMPLETED $50 men will be added to the
working force. u.
-sMezzofant, the wonderful ItaiiAn
linglist, who knew sixty -four and talked
forty-eight languages, turned his atten.'
ton to language because, when young
priest, he found foreign sailor dying
who wanted to confess, but could find
no priest who could understand him.
M. Eckstein, OF Austria after COM
parative tests with various disinfecting
agents, unhesitatingly recommends
chloride of lime as decidedly the best
for water-closets, cess-pools, etc. BE
attributes its efficacy to its rapid action
in decompoSing hydrogen compounds.
b. M. Millet, brother Of the late dis
tinguished artist, is the originator Of an
idea for using thin panels Of natural
woods for the covers Of books-yeneers,
such rs have long been used for furni-
sure and wall decoration These veneers
are cut so thin that over one hundred
are needed to make apile an inch high.
Be The great milk traffic Of New York
from Orange and other counties had q
small beginning In 1S4S. In 16f9 or 1850
the first regular milk train was started.
sIt created much religious excitsmeut iat
the time in consequence of the train rum
ming on Sunday morning. The milk
trains are now by far the most profita-
BILE on the roads. 80 -l;--l-HizS lsIsa-
: lit has been determined by expert
ment at point down the Hudson River
that what is known as "snow ice," in
contradistinction of /" clear water iee,''
viii last longest. A ten-pound lump Of
the former lasted three hours longer
than q similar pieee of the latter after
both were dropped into water which
was contained in vessel supposed to
be air-tight. .ids -s.li-- 81 o, ei--i -.
The practice is common among the
engravers and watchmakers of Germany
of hardening their tools In sealing-wax.
The tool Is heated to Wilderness and
an instant, and plunged again, the proc
cold to enter the wax. The advantages
cisinded for this method are that the
steel becomes almost as hard rs the dia-
mond, and when touched with q little
oil or turpentine, the tools are superior
for engraving, and also for piercing the
hardest metals. -e- -9,s
The calculations made by Prof.
Langley, concerning the heat Of the sun,
show some remarkable results. Thus,
q sunbeam one centinetre In section is
found, In the clear sky Of the Allegheny
Mountains, to bring to the earth In one.
minute enough heat TO warm one grain
of water by one degree G. It would,
therefore, If concentrated upon q finn
of water 1-500th of millimetre thick,
one mellimetre wide, aud ten niiIlime--
tres long, raise 1t eighty-three and ono
third degrees in one second. provided
all the heat could be maintained. And,
since the specific heat Is only o.0oS2, .
ship of that metal of the same dimen-.
sions would, on similar supposition, be
warmed In one second to 2.66S degrees
Ca temperature, in fact, sufficient To
melt it.
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Qlackcry IN the Profession.

There can not possibly be asssystem"
or sscureD In medicine. There are no
rulsIofsthumb methods and no pyster-
les I'M true science. II we do not know
what remedy Is, and how il acts, we
have no right, IS honest men, TO employ
It. The time has passed for the work
Ing Of cures by charms and the recourse
30 nostrums. Wepauder to the credul-
ity of the unskilled community when We
show ourselves credulous. We patron
tze and encourage. quackery when we
extend professional recognition to .
duack. Every man Is D quack--wheth-
err qualified or unqualifed-who en-
ploys . remedy without knowing Why,
or who adopts sssystem'' in medicine.
The profession must speak out clearly
and Strongly on this point and without
delay. From the highest places in soci-
etyto the lowest ranks of the people,
there Is Just now a grievuus readiness to
''believe in" quacks and quackery. We
have ourselves, to thank for this most
adverse s.feeling" aud ''inhuence." It
is the stirring of the viper we have
brought In from the cold, where physi-
clans and surgeons of more robust in
telligence than those Of to-day left it
the viper we have warmed and fed and
O6Ck 70 buo now II u pEc-
pairing 10 rise and sting the hand that
caressed it. The way to encounter the
chariatanry which Is making head
against science Is TO be at once
more candid and more conspicu-
ously honest In our. dealings with the
public. We must hay aside the last
vestige Of the robe Of mystery, and show
by our words and works, our conduct
and policy, that medicine is not sci
ence that admits of inspiration, and that
the practice OF healing Is not an art
which can be acquired By ytheunlearned.
There ID no system or cure, or charm
or nostrum, known to the profession;
our calling consists solely in the rational
stndy and treatment of disease on COM
nonsense principles. For those who
pretend to q sort of inspiration we have
40 professional friendship; and toward
the promoters of systems and ,pathies
We can have no leaning, or any feeling
other than that Of suspicion, II not pity
aud contempt. They can have no place
In our professional intercourse, and we
can have nothing 70 say to them or
their work. This Is the only sentiment
worthy of the medical profession in its
dealings with medical -quacks, and the
time has come when the revival of its
old spirit Is most earnestly to be desired.
London lancet.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
The Mistake In Gardening.

The great mistake in gardening is the
crowding of plants, and the stinting OF
well-decomposed manure. At least
forty loads should be given per acre
each year until the ground is entirely
filed. Every farmer knows the value
Of fertilizers on the corn crop, however
rich the land may be. Hence the adage.
ssThe more manure the more corn, Twill
apply especially in gardening. The
richer the soil the greater the profits.
It costs no more to cultivate rich acre
than q poor one, and when the outcome
from this acre may be from 100 dollars
to 200 dollars in the one case and twenty
70 thirty dollars in the other, the cost Of
eultivating that acre being about forty
dollars, it is not hard to see why one
farmer will say gardening does not pay
while the other knows it does pay. Yes,
thrice! once in the satisfaction Of good
living; once in increased energy and
health. and once in the profit as between
labor to the amount of forty dollars and
an outcome three or four times that
sum. In reality one, two or three hum
dred per cent.-PrGisje Farmer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
Nine. Nilsson's Misfortune.

The thunderbolt which fell upon
Nine. Nilsson on Wednesday last may
easily be imagined. Her husband said
10 her, /" Ma petite ChfistiRe, you must
now sen all your property in America
and In England. have plan which
viii render rs immensely rich !" and she
replied, Stu es fou, quetLe idee!"
Whereupon he Jumped up, seized both
her wrists, and said, "Madl But look
into your looking glass, Christine; you
Are mad; your eyes are starting out of
your head. You must absolutely try to
get calm; IN send for the DOCTOR" OF
course, she could then not doubt what
had happened, all the more that 1t was
not the hrst time he had had o similar
attack. When they were in America,
suddenly an idse fire occupied his mind
-he could speak of nothing else; but
then she kept him at home, away from
every possible excitement, and by great
care cured him. She tried again now.
Five days and five nights she never left
him; during al this time he never shut
IN eye, speaking continually, quietly,
not excitedly, about the millions which
he was certain to make. The worst is
that the disease is in the family, an un-
Gle and cousin of his having died mad.
But until now, at least, NJ. Rouzeaud's
folly Is calm; he only Insisted that his
wife, under his dictation, should write
the whole night the plan of his new
bank. During the last forty-eight hours
not only did be not sleep, but he neither
ate nor drank, and no opiate had any
effect upon him. 1t may not be amiss
here to state that he never touched Nine.
Nilsson,s money for any Speculation
in fact, he was q partner of an agent de
cbdsge, and the re,nises brought to his
share from $4,000 to 10000 year.
Mime. Nilsson, when she married, and
gave up singing in France, had about
ES0, 900, earned in Europe and America,
Of which, however, through unproduc-
tive speculations, she lost very nearly
half. Not entirely, because her Ameri-'
can properties seemed now to revive;
anyway she has the income of about
f40, 900. Her husband was transferred
TO the house OF DIR. Goujon, into whose
house alone during last week four 6oHr-
siers were brought. M. Rouzeaud, al
though quite ignorant of the place where
he Is kept, and continually complaining
that not letting him come out makes him
lose fortune, is, according 10 the testi-
mony of the doctor, much better. Al
though she goes there every day, she is
not allowed to see him.-LOndon World.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29
HOME AND FARM.

i'm Hunterdon and Somerset Coun-
ties, N. j., some of the farmers use
goats, It Is said, to protect their sheep
from dogs. 1t Is claimed that as soon
as q dog enters the field the goats attack
and put him TO fight. "a Ii
Steel tools should never be heated,
either for forging or tempering, in .
fresh fire unless it be charcoal. If coke
Is not at hand the fire should be allowed
to burn until all the gas is burned out
of the coal before the steel is intro
duced.
For burns, sweet oil and cotton are
the standard remedies. If they are not
at hand sprinkle the burned part with
hour, and wrap loosely with soft cloth.
Don't remove the dressing until the in
fammation subsidies, IS it viii break the
new skin that is forming. gtss.--
: Breakfast Ginger Biscuit: Ingredi-
ents, molasses, one cup; sour cream,
one cup; ginger, one teaspoonful; sal
eratus, one teaspoonful; -four, one tea
spoonful. Knead with -four hard enough
for biscuit, roll out about half an inch
thick and bake. To be eaten warm.
-Distenper in q colt takes about
three weeks to run its course. All the
medicine required is light dose OF Ep-
som salts-say four to SIX ounces-and
good nursing. Give warm bran mashes,
,Hnseed or oatmeal Cruel; keep the ami
NAL warm, and rub the legs with cloth
dipped in hot water; q tablespoonful of
mustard in the water would be benefi-
cial il the legs seem to be weak and
nunfb.-N. y. Times.
1t is not at all infrequent that, q
young COW, especially OF the Jersey
breed, may break of the she'll Of the
horn, leaving the inner core bare II
this is wrapped in, an oiled cloth, or even
in 9 bandage wetted with water, to pro-
:tect the horn from the. air, q new horny
covering viii grow over the core, and,
although it win not ever again be wholly
repaired, yet the horn will become hard
and solid again--N. Z, Times.
"A Fargo, Dakota, paper says: To
the thousands OF farmers who, from
year 10 year, have fattened stock on
timothy or Hurd grass, it will perhaps
be interesting 10 know the origin Of Its
name. A century or more ago q awealthy
gentleman living near, Albany, N. Y,
hfd imported the first seed of that grass
ezer brought TO this country. The gem
tiemau's name was Timothy Hurd, and
his neighbors, after testing the merits Of
the grass, gave It the name of him to
whom they were indebted for its intro
duction into the country.