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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-23
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29

and I bought him for $500 and shipped
him to New York. He came here all
right, but, when [ drove him out, he
didn't seem to be quite the same sort of
beast. He had turned into a dead-and-
alive sort of creature. Still, went up
up the road with him, and, as luck would
have it, the rain came down in torrents
before L had gone very far. You should
just have seen that horse when 1 got
him under shelter Gracious, what a
sight he was He wouldn't have known
himself could he have seen himself. The
dye had all washed out, and instead
of the beautiful chestnut, 7 had horse
of another color altogether. What did
/ do with him? 1 traded him off for ten
tons of coal at $4.25 ton. My man told
me- that each ton weighed $40 pounds,
but I didn't say anything. 1 had sus-
picion that the coal man hadn't got the
best of me, anyway"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
The SQUIRRELS Winter Habit,

In delightful sketch in the Deem
Der Century Of the Hard Fare the
birds and small animals have to put up
with when the winters are unusually
severe, John Burroughs speaks as fol-
lows Of the cunning of the red SOUR
rel:
have said the red squirrel does not
lay by store of food for winter use. like
the chipmunk and wood mice; yet in the
fall he sometimes boards in a tentative,
temporary kind of way. I have seen
his sa7ings-butternuts and black wal
nuts--stuck here and there in saplings
and trees, near his nest; sometimes care
fully inserted in the upright fork of a
limb, or twig. One day, late In Novem-
Der, / counted dozen or more black
Walnuts put away IN this manner in a
grove of lOcusts, chestnuts, and naples,
by the roadside, and could not smile at
the wise forethought of the rascally
squirrel. His supplies were probably
safer that way than if more deliberately
hidden. They were all distributed; his
eggs were not all in one basket, and he
could go away from home without any
fear that his store-house would be brok-
en- into in his absence. The next week.
when [ passed that way. the nuts were
all gone but two. [ saw the squirrel that
doubtless laid claim to them, on each
occasion.
There is one thing the red squirrel
knows unerringly that do not (there
are probably several things), that is, on
which side of the butternut the meat lies,
He always gnaws through the shell SO
as to strike the kernel broadside and
thus easily extract it, while to my eyes
there isno external mark or indication, in
the form or appearance of the nut, as
there is in the hickor-nut, by which I
can tell whether the edge or the side of
the meat is toward me. But, examine
any number of nuts that the squirrels
have rifed, and you will find they always
drill through the shell at the one spot
where the meat will be most exposed. IL
stands them IN hand to know, and they
do know. Doubtless,i if butternuts were
main source of my food, and I were
compelled to gnaw into them, should
learn, too, on which side my bread was
buttered. .-...
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
Experiments With Bees.

Sir John Lubbock has lately given an
account of some fresh experiments with
reference to thepower of hearing in bees.
A musical bcx was placed on his lawn
and the bees were trained to come for
honey laid on the box. The box was
kept going for several hours a day dur.
ing two weeks, and then it was brought
into the house and out of sight but al
the open window few yards from where
it had been before. The bees, however,
did not find the honey until twas shown
them. Experiments with a microphone
were without result. These attempts
and their issue bear upon the popular
theory that, when swarming, bees are in
fuenced by changing on kittles, and SINH
lar sounds. Sir John also reports his
timing the work of wasp and bee.
The busy bee was outdone by the
wasp in one regard, the wasp began
work earlier and left off later than the
bee. The wasp in question began work
at about four A. NJ. and stopped at about
eight in the evening, thus improving
more shining hours than the bee. Dur
ing this time the wasp visited store of
honey provided for it one hundred and
sixteen times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
Texts Not in the Bible

GOOD tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" was long attributed to the psalms
of David, until oft-repeated corrections
have convinced people that the senti-
ment belongs to Maria in Laurence
Sterne's Sentimental Journey" The
epigram, "Spare the rod and spoil the
child, "isstill often quoted as one of thepro-
verbs of Solomon, and is rarely attributed
by its author, Butler The nearest ap-
proach to any such phrase to be found in
the bibleis the text, He who spareth the
rod hateth his son." The reference to
pouring oil on troubled water is often
supposed to be scriptural, though the
Bible does not make any such allusion.
" Man wants but little here below" is
an expression no older than Goldsmith
a" Hermit, " though it is generally quot
ed either as scripture or from an ancient
hymn. Mansions of the blest are
mentioned in the Revelations, not of ST..
John the Divine but of the monk of
Eversham.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
How Many Gallons Make a Bus heI?
From the Dublin (Ga.l Pogt.l


Mr.. W. II. Hudson stepped into the
live grocery store Saturday evening and
asked how many gallons made bushel.
He wanted to measure shelled corn in a
gallon pot. He was surprised to be told
that he could not measure corn at all
with a gallon measure, and nothing but
ocular demonstration could convince him
that eight liquid quarts do not make a
peck. A great many people think eight
gallons make a bushel, but nine gallons
fall short on bushel by about seventy
nine cubic inches. The trouble arises
from the difference in the sizes of quarts.
The dry measure quart is larger than
the liquid measure quart. We have
been led to make a note of this in our
local column by telling the above cir.
cumstances in quite crowd of intelli-
gent gentlemen and noticing that every
one Of them, like Mr.. Hudson, thought
that eight gallons ought to make one
busheL In like manner seven men out
of ten-and among thom seven physi-
cians-think that there are 480 grains of
quinine In an ounce bottle, whereas a
close scrutin1ty of their old arithmetics
would show that there are only 1917
grains. These are both lessons of an
eminently practical character, but the
ordinary school methods are too dreamy
to reach anything practical.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
A Reminiacense of Jim Fisk.
from the New York Graphic.1


g Never knew Jim Fisk, did you,
when he was an itinerant merchant ?'
asked my friend Parker over a lobster
salad the other night. Parker, by the
way, knows everybody worth knowing,
knew them before any one else ever
heard of them, and knows more about
them than the woman knows about the
new bonnet in the next pew. allowed
that my acquaintance with the late Mr..
Fisk only dated back TO the time when
| took my first deal IN Erie, on the pro-
ceeds Of which lived en- Prince In Paris
for five years-or less. "You ought to
have seen him IL those days." continued
Parker, warming up as the salad got in
IFS work. "First time / met him was In
Kalamazoo. No; don't locate it in
Kalamazoo for joke. 1t was in Kala-
mazoo that one day Jim Fisk came driv-
ing in with his gorgeous pedd1er's cart.
That cart opened and spread out and
turned itself into a full dry goods store
In less than twenty minutes. Fisk used
to trade in horses as well as dry goods.
On this occasion he had fne-loOking,
spirited animal that took fancy to,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
A Chinese Romance,

A Peking newspaper tells of the sale
of a Chinese wife by her husband. She
had fallen in love with the purchaser,
and the husband wishing TO realize some
advantage out of this state of affairs,
agreed to sell her to the gallant for $3.50.
But when he came to get his property he
failed to bring the money with him and
the husband declared the bargain off.
But the lovers were not TO be baked.
They drugged the husband, seized all
his property and eloped. They were af-
terward arrested and put into dungeons,
when both committed suicide.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29

hinder the circulation of air, heat the
eyes and cause much perspiration
They soon become moist, and, through
easy adhesion of SCOT and dust, prevent
sure vision by the workmen, and often
ultimately injure the eyesight. In sew
erai works the efficiency of the workmen
was alleged to have been diminished
through the uncertain vision since the
introduction of goggles, and it was re-
ported also that the number of accidents
had increased. Whether the disadvsn-
tages preponderated was answered by SO
In the affirmative and 81 in the negative
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
THE WORLDS JUSTICE.
By EMMA LAZARUS.

If the sudden tidings came
That on some far, foreign coast,
Buried ages long from fame,
Had been found q remnant lost
Of that hoary race who dwelt
BY the golden Nile divine.
Spake the Pharoahs' tongue and knelt
At the moon-crowned Isis shrine
How at reverend Egypfs feet
Pilgrims from all lands would meet.
If the sudden news were known,
That anigh the desert-place
Where once blessomed Babylon
Scions of mighty race
Still survived, of giant build,
Huntsmen, warriors, priest, and sage,
Whose ancestral fame had filed,
Trumpet-tongued. the earlier age,
How at old Assyria's feet
Pilgrims from all lands would meetl
Yet when Egypt's self was young,
And Assyria's bloom unworn,
Ere the myrhic HomeD sung,
Ere the gods of Greece were born,
Lived the nation of one God,
Priests of freedom, sons of Shem,
Never quelled by yoke or rod,
Founders of Jerusalem
Is there one abides to-day,
Seeker of dead cities, say!
Answer, now as then, they are:
Scattered broadcast Ger the lands,
Knit in spirit nigh and far,
With indissoluble bands.
Half the world adores their God,
They the living law proclaim,
And their guerdon is-the rod,
Stripes and scourgings, death and shame.
Still on Israel's head forlorn,
Every nation heaps its scorn.
The .Je1uish MesSenqei
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
APPLE PANCAKES.


Mix with three pints of milk and six
beaten eggs, -four enough to make a
thick batter, add salt and SIX large apples
chopped very fine. Fry in hot lard.
BUCKwHEAT SHORT CAKE.
Three cups sour milk; one teaspoon
saleratus dissolved in the milk, with a
little salt; mix up dough with buck
wheat -four thicker than you would for
batter cakes-say, quite stiff. Put into
buttered tin and bake in hot oven
thirty minutes.
PICKLED OYSTERS.
Salt two quarts of fresh oysters and
place them on the stove to simmer, not
to boil; take out the oysters, and to the
liquor add pint of vinegar, quarter of
an ounce each of cloves and mace, two
dozen pepper corns; let them come to q
boil and pour over the oysters placed in
a jar.
HAM TOAST.
To one slice of cold ham cut into very
small pieces, put one egg, little thin
cream, a little pepper and salt; mix the
whole together on the stove until it be-
comes thick; have a nice piece of toast
L
gradients over it and send to breakfast
table.
TURKEY DRESSED WITH OYSTERS.
For a turkey weighing ten pounds
take two pints of bread crumbs, half a
teacupful of butter, cut in small pieces,
bat do not melt; Que teaspoonful of sum-
mer savory, pepper and salt, then fill
with spoonful Of dressing, then few
we'll drained oysters, and so on. Put the
oyster liquor in the pan with a pint of
water. Put in the turkey and bake in a
moderate oven three hours.
BAKED FISH
A fish weighing from four to six
pounds is good size to bake. 1t should
be cooked whole to look well. Make a
dressing of bread crumbs, butter, salt
and little salt pork, chopped fine,
(parsley and onions if you please); mix
this with one egg. Fill the body, sew
it up, and lay in large dripper, put
across it some strips of salt pork to
flavor it. Put a pint of water and a
little salt in the pan. Bake it an hour
and a half. Basic frequently. After
taking up the fish, thicken the gravy
and pour over 1t.
WHITENING YELLOW FLANNEL.
Flannel that has become yellow from
being badly washed can be whitened by
soaking it for two or three hours in a
lather made OF one-quarter of a pound of
curdsoap, two tablespoonful ofpowdered
borax and two tablespoonfuls of carbon
ate of ammonia, dissolved in five or six
gallons of water. Boil the soap in small
shavings in water till dissolved, then add
to it the other ingredients. Let the fan
mel lie In ii until it looks whittier, then
squeeze and press it, and rinse in bluing
water, and hang up in the hot sun to
dry. Iron while it is still damp.
CRACKER PUDDING.
This is made by taking six milk
crackers and rolling them very fine. Let
them soak In two teacupfuls of water;
then add the grated rind and the Juice of
two large lemons, and two and half
cups of sugar. Make some nice puff
paste with which, to line the pud-
ding dish. Bake for half an hour.
This may be eaten with or without
sauce. If with sauce, make them in this
way: Beat one egg, add little water,
thicken it with cornstarch, sweeten to
taste. Reserve a little of the lemon
rind for favoring. Let it just come to
a boil.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
A Cave Walled In,

A wall was recently found on Little
Greek, near Rockcastle River, in'Pulaski
County, Kentucky, made of stone and
mortar. 1t is twelve feet in length and
eight feet high, three feet being below
the surface. The width is not known,
as the wall fills the entrance to a cave.
The supposition is that the wall was
built many years ago. The wall at first
appearance seemed to be a solid rock,
but by closer examination it was found
to be made of stone and mortar, and
built by very skillful mason. 1t will
be removed and the cave explored.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29

We suppose trout fishing is called
angling because there's nothing straight
about it.-Son1erVilJe Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29

The journalist, like the carpenter,
makes living by means of his ads
Lowell Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29

Music for the crown comes when the
hat-band begins to play.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
THE USE OF GOGGLES.

An inquiry has been made in Ger
many regarding the use of goggles by
workmen in IRON works and machine
shops OF 100 works that had fur
nished information, 83 had introduced
goggles and 81 had not, 81 hadused pro-
tective masks and Sc had not. Of the
81 which had not employed them, 5
had formerly used them, but gave them
up on account of disadvantages. AS to
the objections to the masks and Cog
giles, 40 works, on the other hand, re-
ported that they had found none. The
remaining 80, including those that other
wise approved of the devices, COM
planned that all goggles more or less
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
PICKLED OYSTERS,

Salt two quarts of fresh oysters and
place them on the stove to simmer, not
to boil; take out the oysters, and to the
liquor add pint of vinegar, quarter of
an ounce each of cloves and mace, two
dozen pepper corns; let them come to a
boil and pour over the oysters placed in
q lar.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
THE sNORER's doom.

Twas midnight, and the sleeper's iamr
Were burning low and dim;
One sound alone the stiffness broke,
One snore of wondrous vim.
Now sounding in the deepest bass,
Now in q baritone;
Then like a locomotives snort,
Then like a dying groan.
Then one by one the curtains
OF each berth were drawn aside.
And wrathful voices roared for peace,
But all in vain they cried.
An angry miner grasped a ''pop,''
A granger seized a boot,
And leaping from their hunks, the rest
Prepared to follow suit.
Then came wild. despairing cry,
And then groan of pain;
The noisy slumberer had been dropped
From the speeding train.
Then, with sigh Of deep relief.
Once more they doffed their clothes.
And silently resigned themselves
To unlisturbed repose.
No more that railway fiend will break
The slunbers of the just;
No prayers are said, no tears are shed,
Ger his unhallowed dast.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
THE DAKOTA SCHEME.
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
WAsHINGTOS, March 2s.-If Con-
gress passes the bill which prOpoces to
cut Dakota Territory into two parts,
and create State out of one of these
parts, it will not be done until after a
hard fight. The Democrats showed an
Indifference respecting the early at
tempt of the winter to create a senti-
ment favorable to the passage of the
bill which was almost incOmprehensi-
BILE. 1t is quite likely that the bill
could have been rushed through had it
been reported and called up early In
the session. Marvellous stories were
told of the growth of the Territory.
1t was claimed that it had now a popu.
lation of 1GO, 900, which was increasing
at a rate that would give the Territory
half n million people in 1880. The
people were represented as being very
anxious for the organization of the
lower half of the Territory into State,
and it was said that such organization
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
THE MATCH MONOPOLY.

A glaring, shameful instance, says
the Memphis Appeal, OF the monopoly
that Is carried on under the pretense of
the case of the common match used in
every house. One company has mo-
nopolized nearly all this trade within
the United States. Rich capitalists
have banded together and manufac-
ture them, employing a capital of about
pany attempt to rival them, they send
matches among his customers reduced
to any price that will make 1t impossi
BILE for the competition to be sustained,
and thus they keep the market to thcm-
selves. Beside the regular trade mo-
other source of income. The govern
ment supplies stamps for the matches
at n reduced rate when large quantities
are taken. BY purchasing on large
scale the company is thus able to secure
a profit on their buying, besides the
this supplies them with extra power to
crush out rivals. American labor reaps
no advantage by the monopoly, but the
contrary. AS this great company mo-
nopolizes the market, in case of any of
their employees is not satisfied with his
wages or his usage, and wishes TO leave,
he mas nowhere else to go. The COM
pany have him at their mercy, unless
he go into some other business in which
he had no experience and no practical
qualification. Thus the monopoly does
not only rob the public, but it makes
slave of the workman, and the monop-
differs get their workmcn at the cheap
est terms to be had in the labor mark ct
lust the same as those who are not mo-
nopolists. Let the reader look on the
stamps affi xed to the box of matches he
Is using and reflect that every man
and woman, every merchant, farmer
and laborer throughout the country has
to pay that amount of tribute to the
rnonopolists whenever q box of matches
is bought. Is not this intolerable, that
the Industrious people in the United
States, down to the very poorest, should
thus be "sponged" upon to build up for
tunes for two-milliou-doilar capitalists
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
DEATH OF A VETERAN EDITOR.

The Savannah News, Of March %,
the death of its senior editor, Colonel
William Tappan Thompson. From the
editorial notice OF this sad event we
gather that Colonel Thompson was
seventy years old at the time of his
death, having been entitled for years
past to the title of Nestor of the South
ern Press.
Col. Thompson engaged in newspa-
per work in early lite. In 1850 he began
the publication of the Savannah Morn
ing News. Under his management and
direction that paper has taken n prom.
inent place among the journals of tho
South. lie acquired deserved repu-
tation as thoughtful and prudent, yet
esty and integrity were ever above
reproach. In fine, Col. Thompson was
an honor to the journalistic profession.
Not only was Colonel Thompson IL
journalist, but also an author. His
"Major Jones' Courtship" has been
widely read, and for years found great
amusement throughout the country.
Besides this, he was the author OF
"Chroniclcs of Pinevii1e," "Major
Jones' Travels,' and other sketches,
the well-known farce of "Thc Live In.
dian," and a adramatization of the Vicar
of Wakefield, which was produced both
in Europe and America with much sue.
cess.
a number of our people have pleas.
ant recollections of Col. Thompson when
he attended the Southern Press Con
vcntion here in 1 500; when the lament
ell John Forsyth was the NestOr o
Southern journalism, and Col. Thonp
son was next to him. Both were mcr
whom the South could i'll spare boti
followed the path of duty and cOnvic
tion fearlessly; both now rest from
their labors.-Jfobite Register.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
DAMtiStEY.

nR. s. L. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
- offers his professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
Oflice at residence on Jackson street, near
the Female Academy, Monroe, La.
V7-marl6:lY
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
q. J. ROATNER.

&. !. ROATEER. NJ. J. hDDELL.
BOatner Il I.illllell,
A TrORNEYSlAND COUNSELORS AT
n Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the Land Office Department
of tho General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. January 3, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
John McEalery.

ATTORNEY AT LAW Il LAND AGENT,
No. G Carondelet ST., New Orleans.
AND Il BUSINESS at the Land Offices in
Il New Orleans and Washington City at
tended to. Agency for sale and purchase
of Plantations, Farms and unimproved
lands solicited.
Esis-N Major J. G. Richardson is associated
with Mr.. McEnery in the land business,
to which he will give his entire attention.
January g. 1851.