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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1882.
INVOCATION.
WATERFOWL, WIS.
FROM THE GAELIC,

Come, come, come, my love, come and hurry, and
come. my dear;
You'll find me ever loving true, or lying on my
bier:
For love of you has burned me through--has ope'd
gap for Death, fear;
o come come, come, my love, before bis hand is
here.
Though angels swords should bar your way, turn
you not back, but persevere;
Though heaven should send down fiery hail, rain
ightnings, do not fear;
Let your small exquisite, white feet fly over cliffs
and mountains sheer,
Bridge rivers, scatter armed foes, shiue on the
hill-tops near.
Like citizens to greet their queen, then shall my
hopes desires, troop out,
Eager to meet you on your way and compass you
about
To speed to urge, to lift you on, mid storms of joy
and floods of tears,
To the poor town, the battered wall, delivered by
your spears.
The iavelin-scourges of your eye, the lightnings
from your glorious face,
Shall drive away deaths armies gray in ruin and
disgrace.
me you SHALL and succor me; my ancient cOur-
age you shall rouse,
Till like giant shall stand, with thunder on my
brows.
Then, hand in hand weIl laugh at Death, his brain
less skull his nerYeless arm;
How can he wreck overthrow, OF plot, or do us
harm?
For what weak thing Death when you are
near, when you near ?
Oh, come, come come my love, before his hand
is here Roger RaOrdGl, an Century,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01

The n. E. Homestead says: Pick
ing cucumbers is almost as unpleasant a
job as picking up potatoes, especially
where one has been stopping down to
find them. But we noticed up the river
the other day that some were picking
them in way that was a decided i'm
provement on the stooping-over method.
Each man carried a short stick in his
hand that had cross-piece nailed on
the end, and, walking upright, showed
aside the vines with the stick and only
stopped when he espied cucumber that
was fit to pick. All very simple, of
course, but then everything is simple
and easy enough when you know how"
The cheapest, safest and best means
of Kidding live stock of lice consists in
the free application of wood ashes, fire.
quent brushing, removal of old or dirty
bedding, occasional application of boil
ing hot water to the woodwork OF stalls,
sheds and sites, Or ime-washing of the
same. All loose hairs and dirt are re-
moved from the bodies of animals by
brushing, and old bedding should be col
lected and burned. The presence of
vermin on live stock can never be sue
cessfully combated by simply applying
acertain remedy to the body of the an
imals, and not at the same time attend
ing to the general cleanliness of these,
as well as Of their surroundings. This
is an old and easily-applied specific, and
is harmless when used as directed above.
AN Illinois farmer has the following
continuance for removing manure from
his stable: A line Of Aka scantling runs
lengthwise of the stable over the drop,
and extends through the door to post
in the yard. The scantling are fastened
to the ioists overhead by iron rods.
Four sliding door wheels are made to
run on the scantling, two ON either side,
the pairs being about eighteen inches
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01
A Montana arm.
CORES. st. Paul Pioneer Press. !

LCorres. st. Paul Pioneer Press.l
Mr.. Curtiss has a fruit farm in
Helena on which he has 5000 currant
bushes and 5000 gooseberry bushes.
Last year he gathered off this farm
1000 quarts of strawberries, gooseber-
ries and raspberries, and ripened 1000
bushels of tomatoes. His sales of fruit
during the fruiting season often ran as
high as 5000 per day. But why say
more ? This one little farm yields Mr..
Curtiss from $4,000 to $1,000 per an
mum, and he could sell ten times as much
fruit as he does if he could raise it.
Strawberries bring 40 cents to 81 per
quart. Raspberries SO cents, eurrants
40 to 60 cents per gallon, tomatoes 10 to
25 cents per pound, and all other small
fruits 25 cents to 40 cents per quart and
gallon. What better country than this
could there be for a poor man? Tur-
keys sell at $3.50 each, chickens at so
cents to 81 each, and butter at so cents
to 60 cents per pound all the year round.
Why don't everybody come out here,
settle, grow up with the country, get
rich and run for Office, instead of living
in poverty down east?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01

WAGsTAFFE is incorrigible. Fifty
summers have not suffced to tame down
his exuberant spirits. Mrs. w, on the
other hand, has proper sense of what
is due her, and has rooted antipathy to
being chad. Wagstaffe came home
last night; popped his head in the door.
Nance says he, with face full of
horror and alarm, and sinking his voice
to coarse whisper, "have you heard
anything of a double murder and srliciae
next door?" 'fGracious merciful pow
ers, no!' cries Mrs. W., jumping her
spectacles into her tea, and knocking her
badsleg against the chair; "not word. !"
g No more have l." says w. cheeEfully.
"Once more and got the money!" That's
the reason of the GOODNESS In the Wag-
static family circle.-Judy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01
LIE STILL.
MRS. S. NJ. B.PIATT.

Lie still. You need not love"nor gold
Nor name, to make the sum complete.
The world no living hand may hold
Falls at dead mans feet
Lie still. You climbed for flowers, and found
They grow not well in highest air.
Lie still: the rock, the thorn, the wound
were yours; you had your share.
Lie still. This is the end, they say.
Lie still. The peasant and the king
little weary walk this way;
The bride leaves here her ring.
Your virtues? Though the priest speak true
You need not biush-your face is hid
The roses life denied to you
Are on your coffin lid.
Christian Union
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01

q ADoLPHUs, let us leave the avenue
and stroll along the margin of the
river" "Not any, Evangeline. No
more margins for me-" Adolphus had
been specializing in futures that week. |
- COuT'6er-.JOuyn0L.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01

''Asleep, under my wife's care; Sleep
ing as peacefully as child"
"Thank God! So young-at such an
hour-in such state"
I saw a long shudder run through the
tall, powerful frame.
''And the chiId?" he added, after a
pause, in horror-stricken whisper.
"She had it with herr"
/ hardly knew what to answer; but he
had thrown off his heavy ulster and tray
cling cap, and now stood before me as
handsome and pleasant and honest look
ing young fellow as ever saw, and my
heart warmed to him. He was no assas-
sin, or ruffian, or cowardly bully, what
ever mary might say. The shadow of
great horror that lay in the blue mellow
eyes had been laid there by terror, not
crime.
''The child is dead" said softly.
cit died two days ago, died suddenly
In commissions in her arms, and the
shock turned her brain. She was doing
so well, poor little thing; but afterwards
she grew delirious, and In her rawlings
she accused herself and me. [ could do
nothing; she would not have me near
she couldn't bear the sight of me. And
[ was SO fond of her, and she of me p
Here the man broke down. He walked
to the window, then tnrned and asked
abruptly: "May go to her?"
I thought of Mary and hesitated.
"She is sleeping so peacefully just
now, and if she awoke suddenly and saw
you"
"She shall not see me-" he broke in
agerly. 81 will be SO quiet; but I
must see her. [ nursed her through a
long illness year ago, and she would
have no one near her but me; and
now"
Under the heavy military mustache I
saw his lip culver; he paused, then
added: So must go to her " not in COM
mand, but yearning appeal, both in
voice and eyes.
CIVIL you wait here minute? I viii
see whether she still sleeps"
She still slept, the heavy, peaceful
sleep of tired child, Mary keeping a
stern watch and guard over her. | beck
oned her out of the room.
"Well!' with fretful, impatient eager
ness. sc You have seen him. What is
he like? Is he horrid %
Judge for yourself; he is in the din
ing room. He says he must see her
he must come in.
"That he shan't, the cruel wretch; or
it shall be over my PROSTATE body!
tragically.
"Well, go and tell him so. .
81 will! !" And away, nothing daunted,
went Mary.
L smiled. "She will no more resist
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27

hundred yards when those who were in
the house heard two pistol shots fired
in quick succession. accomplished by
woman's scream. All rushed from the
house in the direction from which the
soundwas heard. and they found the
young lady lying in the rosd.S apparent
ly lifeless. She was carried into the
house and an examination was made.
when it was found that she had not
been shot but had tainted from fright.
She regained consciousness after an
hour = struggle between life and death.
and is still confined TO her bed from
nervous prostration. Ii was not found
out until the next morning who had fired
the shots, and then the occupants of the
house missed an old family servant. called
Ezekiel, who had gone home the even
ing before TO see his wife, and who
promised TO return at twelve o clock the
same night. but failed TO put in an APP
pearanee. A messenger was sent to his
house, about mile distant from the
main house. The messenger, upon ar
irving at the house, found the old man
in bed, and no amount of persuasion
could induce him TO leave it. He said
he had seen ghost the night previous,
and he was never going'out of the house
again. When questioned he said he
had started on the night previous about
l1:30 for his employers house, and
when nearly there he saw a ghost. He
was so frightened that he drew pistol
and fired at il twice, and then ran all
the way home. On being told that it
was not ghost but a young lady. and
that he had nearly killed her. he was
more frightened than ever. and prayed
to the Good Man TO kill him right there.
When the robe worn by the young lady
was examined it was found that one of
the bullets had passed through the hood
and another through the sleeve. At the
request of the young lady the colored
man was not arrested, and the whole
affair has been kept very quiet.-Baiti-
more american.
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27
Relative yalue Of Large and Small tcns.

Experiments to settle this question
have not been made in such manner as
TO bring conviction TO the minds of farm
ers generally. which it is best to keep
for dairy purposes, large or small cows.
1t should not be lost sight of, that the
settlement of this question depends
largely upon whether the cows on the
farm are kept strictly for dairy purposes
or not. Ii so Kept. then the calves are
presumed to be raised, if preserved at
all. for use in the dairy, and hot, as on
the ordinary stock farm, mainly for
future beef purposes.
If il is the purpose to keep a set of
cows during their entire period of use
fulness at the pail, say from the age OF
two 10 twelve years, then the important
point to be settled is. whether the cost
OF maintaining. say 400pounds weight in
the large COW, over and above what the
light weight dairy COW is supposed 10
show on the scales, during the ten wears
she is doing duty at the pail, will over
balance the gain in beef production.
shown b. the large COW at the end OF
her service in the dairy. The presump-
lion is that the dairyman is capable OF
breeding or buying cows OF moderate
size that will yield as much milk during
the year as caa.rbe obtained from the
cow that will. in fair flesh, weigh l,10D
or l.2O0 pounds.
1t is said TO require about two pounds
of nutritious food day to sustain each
hundred pounds weight of the live ami
mai In other words. it will require
eight pounds daily 10 maintain a COW OF
1900 pounds, over and above that re-
quired to keep 4 COW of 500 pounds
weight. This amounts TO 1900 pounds.
in round numbers, for the year. In any
kind of nutritious food, as good timothy
hav. oats, corn or mill feed, the cost OF
maintaining the 400 pounds referred to.
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27
Port Said.

Port Said. where the European
Powers will probably land their troops
if they resolve to protectt the Suez Canal
against possible destruction by the re-
bellious Egyptian army, twenty-three
years ago was merely a narrow strip of
sand which had been selected as the
starting point OF the great canal between
the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. VI.
DE Lesseps then predicted that some
day it would rival Alexandria. His
prediction, il would seem, will be re-
allied within a short time. The city
has grown and is growing with mar
velcus swiltness. Ii has still the neat
and prim Swiss look impaired TO it at
its birth by NM. Dussaud. 1t is still,
according TO one chronicler, "a city Of
dolls houses, with church and a
mosque and chalet-leoking booths and
cafes that might have issued from Il
Nuremberg toy-boN. But here the in
nocence of Port Said stops. There is
nothing prim about it save its architec-
ture; being a hot-bed of vice and crime
unstemmed and uncontrolled by the
Egyptian Zaptieh--a sort of Ratcliif-
highway without the Thames Police
Court, where day or night rarely
passes without some mariner or other,
black or white. being openly 'knifed' in
the .Grande Rue Port Said never
sleeps. Attached TO that uncomfortable,
expensive hostelry. the Hotel des PAYS
Bas. are 4 gambling-hell and a concert
room. the orchestra of which, is furnished
by German young ladies imported
from Trieste. The arrival of an Indian
trooper II. and o. ora 'Messageries'
from Saigon and Gale is the signal FOL
a tuning mp of iiddles and violincellos.
But the iun wakes faster and more
furious when an Australian drops her
anchor in the basin. Then the young
Trieste amazons rub their eyes and take
TO their fiddlestichs and receivethc new
comers with sprightly waltz at what
ever hour of the night or morning il
may be. utterly regardless of the peace
of mind or body OF the unlucky wight
who may be counting sleep on one OF
the hard beds of the Hotel des Paws
Bas. London Wdrld.
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27
Mistaken for a Chest.

A number of ladies and gentlemen re-
siding in Baltimore City and County n
few evenings ago. determined to give
one Of their number. living in the upper
end of Baltimore County, pleasant
surprise in the shape of phantom party.
Accordingly each lady and gentleman
secured white robe and mask. a large
bus WAS engaged. and the musicians
were hired. They started. a merry,
laughing crowd, for their destination,
about Seventeen niles distant from
Baltimore When within a hai mile of
their friend 5 house the bus stopped,
and the ladies and gentleman donned
their long. flowing white robes and
masks, which We're slipped over their
street costumes. They then drove on
To the house and were admitted by one
ef the Young lady members of the fami-
IL, who had been previously notified of
the proposed party. The other mem-
bers of the family were soon inShe par
lor aud Hospitality welcomed their
white-rohbed Visitors Dancing was at
once begun. and kept UP without inter-
mission until eleven o'clock. when they
were all invited TO parlake of the supper
which had been prepared for them. Di-
reetiy aitersupper one eofthe young ladies
fran Batiimore. feeling the rooms rather
warm, walked out on the front porch.
Nhiie standing there sudden desire to
eSelor around the grounds; of the
house tOnk posse sion of her. aud for
getting that she was stiI covered with
her long white robe, she walked down
the earriaSe-drive in the direction of the
gate. She had not proceeded oyer q
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27
Growing Celery.

The seed d-bedAshould be made very
fine, and well fertilized with the finest
of manure. and the rows marked OH
about ten inches apart. The seed should
be covered very shallow, and often pass
ing garden-rol,er over the rows will
cause. sufficient covering. When the
plants appear. they should be carefully
weeded out; and when they have reached
the height of nearly foot. they should
be pruned down 10 a few inches, so that
a thick growth may be insured. Ii is
also claimed that the transplanting in
lures them far less when thus shortened
Of their leaves.
The celery beds should next be thor
oughly stirred TO good depth. mixing
the soil as thoroughly as possible to
make it free from humps, and so give
the roots the best chance TO attain their
food. The plants, when setin the rows,
need not exceed eight inches apart. and
should have the earth tirmed about
them, as anything which contributes
towards retaining moisture is a benefit
to the plants. Setting eight inches
apart, in rows three feet distant from
each other, gives not only ample room
for working, but allows all the space
necessary for their development and
final breaking up. After some weeks of
the fat culture, a change will be neces-
sary in order to blanch the stalks.
which is done by bringing the
soil up about them. The stalks are
closed together by the hand, and
the soil is again firmed about them. care
being taken to keep it around the plant,
but not allow it to get upon the "heart"
of the stalk, as this would defeat the OBJ
ject sought As the soil is washed down,
and is otherwise removed from about
the stalks. the process of banking up
will have to be repeated. The final
banking up may be delayed until the
close approach of winter, as the frosts
of the late fall seem TO give the stalks
an especial crispness and tenderness.
With the dwarf varieties, the lessened
labor of preparing them for banchingis
the best argument in their favor, as
much less amount of eaith is required,
with consequent diminished work. As
winter approaches, the soil is loosened
up between the rows, and is then thrown
up quite to their tops; but if they are to
be secured so rs TO be accessible for win
markets, the etrenching process ofpres-
eryation will most likely be the best
method. but for early use. the banking
up. and covering with coating of straw.
will answer quite as well. In covering
in the trenches. the precaution of heat
ing must be avoided. which can be best
accomplished by gradual covering, in
creasing the depth as the severity of
winter demands, so that altogether a
foot or more of straw may be required.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27

for the gear. would be rather over than
under ten dollars. Now. the amount
wosSs.l. during the useful life of the COW,
amount to from $50 to Sl00-a sum, as
will be readily seen, considerably larg-
er than the entire carcass of the COW is
likely to be worth, if sold to the butcher.
But this estimate cuts no figure in ex-
cluding the large well-bred COW from
the average farm; for, on any but the
strictly dairy farm. the cow usefulness
comes largely from the valuable increase
she gives from year to year. giving
good account of herself in the mean
time. at the pail. The time. was when
we looked to the farm, as this term is
generally understood, for all our butter
and cheese; and while important inno-
vations have been made upon old-time
practices, we must not allow the farm
proper, or any industry upon it, to be
overwhelmed by changes from any
source.
1t is right TO pattern after the cream
cry, because perfection in methods,
brought out on the creamery and dairy
farm. have revolutionized the quality of
our butter; and what the farm proper
requires is not the 200 or 500 pounds
cow, to be used for milk and butter
purposes alone, but the l, 100 or 1,200
pounds COW, so bred as to make her
progeny worth far more to rear than
TO kill, or sell to the butcher at five or
six weeks old. Thus, with stock of
good size and fairly well-bred, rating
as high grades, the disparity in cost of
keep during the natural, useful life of the
COW, between the large and the small
beast, will not make the showing on the
balance sheet that some suppose.
The question comes up, too, where
else we are to look for our high-grade
steers but to such dams as we have de-
scribed. The rough, plains cattle will,
it is true. supply some steers, and the
demand for that grade of meat is not
likely to fall off, as cheap grades are
wanted by those who cannot afford to
buy better. and the large demands for
packing and canning purposes are like
ly TO continue indefinitely. But the
high grade COW is needed TO furnish our
export steers as well as our best beef
cattle, no matter where consumed. So.
while she may, in a degree, be ignored
upon the dairy farm proper she will,
for the reasons given above, be one of
the leading features upon the farm
while mankind continue 10 eat beef,
butter and cheese. National Lire .St0ck
Journal
Dodge City times., 1882-07-27
VoIcEs FROM THE PAST.

BT Z. II. sIoDBARD.
tRead a, EoseIand Park. Woodstock. Conn,
July ~
Beneath The blue arch OF this perfect sky
We gather on the Nations Holiday,
And while the rosy hours are going by,
We ponder what they bring and take away
Nirth music. and the iittle ones at play
tisan the dspp ed shadows of the trees
Laugh on, Light hearts, But we whose heads
gray.
Though We may smile. have graver memories
Than can have cfeSs.d your minds IN these
bright days Of Peace.
Out of the travail Of two hundred years
Rose TINS our Commonweal- Its growth was
Our fathers sowcd tn, seed with hopes and
fears.
And poured out their best blood 10 make IL
E,eso; with peril from the savage foe,
They went about their work. prepared to die;
For where the peril WIS they could not know
Until Its arrows hurtied sudden by,
Or the smoke of their burning homes went
darkly up the sky!
The punishment they meted out was stern;
The sight of women and Of children slain,
The though Of captiyos that would not return,
Hardened their bleeding hearts TO slay again.
One text the teuderest never read in vain:
"Nengcance Is minel" Another they rea 4 less /:
Father. forgive them But one thing was
That tod was with them I'm their sore distress.
And answered their strong prayers in the vast
wilderness.
They builded churches where to-day they
stand,
Rude mecting-houses rose up everywhere,
For all the people lent helping hand;
And. when the Sabbatb-bell summoned TO
The worldliest put Away their week day care,
And hockpd from miles around 10 hear the
Word.
And hither came man with snowy hair,
Whose pteous heart was for the Indians
stirred.
He preached and they believed the holy things
they heard.
And hither. when the storm of war had burst
BcfwceuI the Mother Country and her sons,
Comes he whom History proclaims the first
In wlir aud peace: the merry rufnor runs;
The farmers quitthoir pluws and snatch their
guns
To follow him through victory and defeat;
The red coat rlbhle. led by titled ones.
Goes down before them, like the swaths of
Fierce Is iho summer suu, and sharp the Win
tvrs sleet.
These were the men--no; men, but higher
Whose hardy sinews stidening into steel.
Graphing with the Old World, made the New
World ours,
The sure foundation of the Commonweal!
When we forge: them, when We cease TO feel
Their grestnrss and their glory, we are lost:
Silence the bells, Or ring n FUNERAL peali
We are no longer worth the blood we cost:
BETTER our fathers had sunk in the wild waves
they crossed,
No.cos ike these upon this peaceful day
Come like an ecae from the troubled Past:
And other voices not So far away,
Ana other eyes upon the Future cast,
Command us Ia be watctful. and hold fast
The ancient freedom of our winds and waves,
! And of oar fathers sprts-icst. AT last,
We heap shouor on our fathers graves,
And curse our children with the heritage of
slaves.