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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
The Humanity of a Saint,

The incident occurs in the account
which is given of the transactions of the
saints dying day. He had been to see
and to bless the provisions of his monks,
from whom he was on that day to be
taken away. On his return to the mon
astery he sat down on the way to rest
him. His old white horse, which used
to carry the milk vessel between the
monastery and the fold, observed him,
came where he was, reclining his head
on his breast, and, as if sensible of his
masters near departure, began to ex-
press his grief by groans and even tears.
Dermit ian attendant) offered to turn
him away; but the saint forbade. "Let
him alone,' said he; "let him alone, for
he loves me, and I will not hinder him,
this occasion, to drop his tears in my
bosom, and show the bitterness of his
grief. To these God hath not given rea-
son, but see Chat they be not despised) J,
He hath planted affection even in brutes;
and, in this one, even something like a
prescience of my departure. Now, my
faithful and affectionate friend, begone,
and may you be kindly cared for by Him
who made you. "-Snaith's Life of St.
Columbia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
WATERFOWL, WIS.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1882.
THE THAW.
BY GEORGE H. CooMER.

The clouds had softened when came from school,
And here and there some small, discolored pool
Or plashy torrent, bursting from the snow,
Prognosticated what the morn would show.
Then all the night, when we were snug in bed,
Ii poured food,-so dear, good grandma sa1d,-
That drenched tie fields, the gardens overlooked,
And ploughed deep burrows in the miry road.
IT ceased at morning, and a mist began,
Whose eoursing drops down all the windows ran.
But peering forth, what change we saw around
"Look lookr' we cried, ''see, grandma. there's
the ground!n
The simple turf it was, but chlldhood's mind
In common things can growing marvels find.
Our weeks were long, and we had half forgot
How looked the earth when drift and glare were
not.
We saw our snow-men dead " about the yard,
O'erthrown and beadess on the spongy sward;
The sodden leaves, by Indian summer cast,
Lay thick about we knew them last;
The steamy sheep went wandering forth at will,
The barn fowls strayed with and cackle shril
Deep down The cattle set their blackened hoofs,
And pigeons thronged the bare and smoking roofs.
Here crept brook, there poured malstrom
down
s'The worlds made new ~ we cried, and oh, how
brown p
1t seemed so strange, this BROWNIES everywhere,
This coming forth of earth to light and air.
Maud found her mitten, sought for high and low,
And Tom his Ratchet missing since the snow,
And grandma, when our wondering looks she saw,
Said, 90 Yes, dears, tits the January thaw."
So had she seen it times threescore and ten,
While girls to natrons grew apd boys to men;
And well she warned us of despatched suits,
Of coughs and colds, wet feet and ruined boots.
Z" With thaws," she said, diseases oft begin
Dear me! the mud that you are tracking in
You'll run and from early morn till dark,
And then all night you'll bark and bark and bark ~
Ali, grandma had experience at her back,
True was her Judgment as her almanac.
Long weeks the thaw delayed its passing off,
Maud caught the measles, Tom the whooping-
cough;
Poor Bounce, our pet, was child for miry paws,
And pussy's feet offended household laws;
The door-mat suffered and the broom was twirled,
And Mud usurped the empire of world.
Youths Companion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
Queer Ideas Of Curative Oils.
CFrom the Lewiston (Me.) Journal

Some people still hold to curious old
superstitions concerning the curative
properties of the oils of certain animals;
and to hear the druggists tell of the
strange things called for by some of their
customers is to be reminded of the va
carries INDUCED in by the aboriginal medi-
cine man in his native wigwam. For
instance, there are persons who pin great
faith still to the virtues of rattlesnake
oil, and who believe it is specific for
rheumatic affections. A travelling quack
who announced that his cure-an was part
ly compounded of rattlesnake, reaped a
big harvest of silver coin from crowds on
the square not long ago. There is fire.
quent demand for pickerel-oil, which is
said to be cure for deafness, and which
is tried from the livers of pickerel. Mud
turtle-oil is also frequently called for by
people who have stiff joints. It has
been but two or three years since all of
these oils were staple articles in drug
stores. Pickerel oil sold for so cents an
ounce, and turtle-oil for 81 pint. These
oils are rarely found to-day, and proba-
bly, from this very reason are accredited
the more wonderful qualities by the ora
Giles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15

sudden Joy In his exhausted condition.
He told her his sad story. At length
when he was little recovered she told
him that Maguelonne lived, that she
knew her we'll; and one day she brought
Pierre a letter written in Maguelonne's
own hand, which he recognized When
absence, on her return she invited Pierre
to supper in her apartments. What was
his astonishment to see there his father
and his mother, and Maguelonne herself,
in her radiant sweetness.
Does not all the world know that they
were married Immediately, and that they
succeeded to the throne of Naples, prob
ably the happiest king and queen who
ever sat upon it, or on any throne, and
that their only son united on his head
the crown of Naples and that of the
Comte of Provence? 1t is needless to
say that the fourteen barrels of salt were
not forgotten at the wedding.
When I stood outside the walls of
Aigues- Mortes that night, toward the
setting of the sun, the washerwomen of
the city were gathering their clothes
from the lines stretched on stakes driven
into the sand. Children were playing
around their mothers by the edge of the
salt and tideless water. Under the high
walls, in the full play of the generous
SUN, sat on the gravel few old men, APP
parently contented in idleness and rags
Over the rosy water and the gray marsh,
and under a sky blazing with broken
clouds of orange and pink and green, [
fancied I could see the happy island
| where the constant Pierre was nI1rsed
back to life by Ia belle Maguelonne
Perhaps they were only in the sky.
MONTPELIER, France, Nov, 1881.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
A Sea Serpent Scare.

A g1gant1c seaweed grows on the coast
of India and has sometimes been mis-
taken for sea serpent. Captain Taylor,
master superintendent of Madras, states
that about fifteen years ago, while his
ship was anchored in Table Bay, an enor-
nous monster, as it appeared, was
seen drifting or advancing itself round
Green Point, into the harbor. It was
more than one hundred feet in length,
and moved with an undulating, snake
Like motion. Its head was crowned with
what appeared to be long hair, and the
keen-sighted among the affrighted OBJ
servers declared they could see it's eyes
and distinguish it's features. The mil
itary were called out, and brisk fire
poured into it at distance of about five
hundred yards. The creature becoming
quiet from the apparent affect of its
wounds, boats went off to examine it and
complete it's destruction, when it was
discovered to be seaweed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15

we have nothing that answers better than
pine or cedar shingles. Hemlock shin
giles are not worth the labor of putting
them on, as they are soon rotted. A tin
roof kept painted with iron paint, is an
excellent one, but costly. A double
board roof with tie joints broken and
having q coat of mineral paint between
the boards and then painted outside is
cheap, tight and durable, and it will re-
quire coat Ct paint but once in seven
or eight years. The expense is only a
fourth of that of shingle roof. Zinc is
the most durable of all suitable Metals.
except lead, and is lighter and cheaper
than lead; and for flat house roofs is
doubtless preferable to any other. A
double board roof put on as above de-
scribed would be tight with a slope of
four feet in twenty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
JAM salts,
BY GEORGE ARNOLD.

Not much for sordid golden dross 1 care,
l with not much of worldly wealth to hold
Seek her love-look on her shining hair
Is it not wealth of gold
Il am not envious of the diamonds flash:
Inc Wondrous brilliance dazzleth not my sight:
or her sweet eyes beneath their fringed lash
Make dim the diamonds light.
care no more for music's dreamy swell;
nor lutte nor viol greatly pleaseth me;
Her speech is softer than silver bell,
Her laugh is melody.
leave the wine which once loved to sip:
Why should drain the crimson beaker dry.
When there is subtle nectar on her lip
That may drink-and die
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
RICE WAFFIES,


One and half pints of boiled rice,
one and q half pints of -four, half tea
cup of sour milk, half teacup of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, three
eggs, butter the size of a walnut, and
salt to taste. By adding to the above
recipe an extra half cupful of milk, the
batter becomes the right consistency for
rice pancakes.
BOSTON BAKED BEANS.
Put q quart of water to a pint of
beans; soak over night; boil with piece
of salaratus size of pea in the water
until the skins can be blown off: turn
off the water; score half a pound of
pork; imbed it in the beans; add one
teaspoonful salt, one Tablespoonful
molasses; fill up with water; cover and
bake all day, filing in more water as
needed; don't have them dry at last.
'RAGoUT OF TENDER1oINs.
Choose about two pounds of the ten
derloins of fresh pork, taking care that
the flesh is firm and of fresh, rosy
color; wipe them with wet cloth, cut
them in pieces an inch square, and
brown them in clean saucepan, with
two tablespoonful of fresh dripping or
butter; when they are brown put in a
tablespoonful of dry flour, and stir them
until it is brown; then cover them with
boiling water, add palatable seasoning
of salt and pepper, and stir them until
the flour is mixed with the water and e.
good brown gravy is formed. Then
cover the saucepan and let the ragout
cook slowly for at least half an hour
Juliet COrsO71.
BLANCHED TURKEY,
Cut the meat into small pieces free
from the bone; season with salt, pepper
and grated nutmeg; put this into a sauce
pan with sufficient white sauce tomoisten
it; let it simmer very gently for five
minutes; turn it out on a hot dish and
serve with tiny pieces of fried bacon all
round it. To make the white sauce, put
a quarter of pint of milk in a saucepan
and simmer, with a strip of lemon rind
In it, for five minutes; mix a dessert
spoonful of corn -four in little cold
milk and thicken the sauce with it.; stir
the sauce gently over the fire for one
minute; take out the lemon rind and stir
IN half an ounce of butter after the sauce
has cooled for minute, and then heat
the turkey IN it. This is nice dish for
breakfast or luncheon.
CLEANING IVORY AND MARBLE.
Polished marble or alabaster, when
soiled, may be cleaned with a weak I've
of potash and soft soap. Muriatic acid
is the best thing for the removal of iron
stains; it should be applied with rag,
but if used too freely or too strong will
make the surface rough. The following
is the best receipt for removing ordin-
airy stains from ivory or marble: Dust
lime is mixed with the strongest soap
I've pretty thick, and instantly, with a
painters brush, laid on the whole of the
marble. In two months time wash it
off perfectly clean, then have ready a
fine thick lather Of soap (sofD boiled in
soft water; dip brush in it and scour
the marble, not with powder as in COM
mon cleaning. This will, by very good
rubbing, give beautiful polish. Clear
off the soap and finish with smooth,
hard brush till the end be effected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15


The story of Maguelonne, after her
abandonment, is equally romantic. She
dared not go back to Naples, for fear of
involving her attendants in dire punish
ment. Instead, she made a pilgrimage
to Rome in company with an honest and
lively family who were going there to
get dispensation from the pope for the
marriage of their daughter to her cousin.
From Rome she sought Provence, the
country of her lover. There she found
that the story of her fight was known,
and from what she heard of the anger
of his parents against her, she did not
dare to present herself to them. She
went to the little island near Aigues-
Mortes, and founded hospital for pill
grims. Her renown soon spread. Among
those who came to see her were Count
Jean and Isabella, his wife. They
learned to love her for herself; and.
finally, she disclosed to them her name,
and all her faithful love and hope. She
heved that Pierre had been captured by
the Moslems, and that some day he
would return.
One day a fisherman brought to the
chateau at Cavaillon fine turbot. and
presented it to the Countess Isabelle,
What was her surprise on opening it to
find within small wooden box which
contained the three rings she had given
to Pierre. This was proof to the parents
that Pierre was dead, and they had per-
formed funeral services accordingly.
But Maguelonne would not accept this
as proof of his loss, and still waited for
him.
lu the hospital Pierre, who was very
weak, was tenderly nursed by the yelled
superior, who, however, did not dare to
disclose herself for fear of the effect of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15

IT is the farmer who sees the most har-
rowing scenes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12
Profit d Spring Chickens.

1t has been said that a spring chicken
is the only animal of which biologists
could not determine the age. l know
the age of every brood of mine. OF two
broods, Matched May II and 10, 1 sold
eleven cockerels the past week; they
weighed ffty-nine pounds, and brought
twenty cents a pound, live weight, max
ing Sill 80. OF these two broods | have
left nine pullets, which weigh about four
pounds each; at the same price they
would bring S7.2 {, equal to $40 for the
whole. 1 am feeding one quart of corn
a day for every ten fowls, old and young
together. The chickens sold Were about
one hundred days old, and estimating
that they have consumed on the average
a pint a day for ten, they have cost to
feed Just 50. so, (cornibeing worth eighty
cents a bushel.) The hens W me moth
ing on account of these chickens, for
they laid several eggs in the coops be.
fore they were turned out, and have laid
every second day since, o that they do
their share well. The chicks have there
fore paid me UP to the present S16.5 0
or 1928 cents each. ~Inregard tothis u
certain arrival (zoologically considered)
then, l could tell the scientific men
that a spring chicken gains its highest
development in the neighborhood of a
summer boarding-house, and that its
age varies from two months to five years.
But, seriously, now that the summer
clearinghouse is invading the distant
rural districts and has already spread far
among the farms, is lot the business Of
raising spring chickens n well worth
the attention of a farmer who is within
driving distance of one of these bottom
less CULTS for the disposal of eggs and
pouitryar A few years agoI sold more
than 400 pair of young chickens to a
clearinghouse near where l then lived,
at fifty cents each, large and small;
any of them were revenously seized
when they weighed but little over a
pound, and before September had not
a chick left to dispose of. These were
the surplus from flock of a little more
than a hundred hens. The fact is, farm
ers have never yet worked the mine of
wealth they may find in the production
of poultry and eggs.-Cor. ~. Y. Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12
FARM N PRESIDE.

The goose is the easiest andle ex-
pensive of all fowls to raise. In order to
thrive well they must have agrass range,
with access to pool or stream. During
the greater part of the year it will eat
little else than what it. finds in its wan
behring's. When being fatted for market
it should be pretty closely confined and
fed abundantly on corn, wheat and vege-
tables for about three weeks.
Chickens must be young to fry well.
Dress and dissect. Wash, and rub in
salt and pepper while wet. Cover
get hot, then lay in the pieces of chicken,
Cover, and fry till done. Mix one egg
with a spoonful of flour and a %teacupful
of milk, and pour overthe chicken when
tender, setting the frying pan in the oven
long enough to cook the flour and egg.
Country Gentleman.
A correspondent of the Rurul NeW
Yorker gives the following recipe for
preserving pumpkins: Pare, remove
| seeds, cut in small pieces and steam un-
til tender. Drain in colander until
| free from juice, then press into jars and
| place over the fire in cold water. Boil
slowly one and a. half hours, then take
from the fire and seal as you do any 9th
er kind of fruit. Pumpkins preserved
in this way in the fall will make excellent
pies any time during the folio wing sum-
mer.
twenty-five years ago you could
hardly sell to the averagefarmer a black
pig, even to fatten, let alone to breed
from, so strong was the prejudice against
black hogs. But now, in all parts of the
Union, the black hog is the favorite. 1t
is now held that the black hog is not SO
subject to skin diseases, especially
mango, as is the white one. Perhaps
the opinion will be reversed within the
next twenty-five years, and the Jersey
red'' may become the prevailing color.
There is no accounting for tastes .-SGn
Francisco Chronicle.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman writes concerning poisoning
by ivy: 81 nave found aired use of cold
water to be the best remedy for poison
from poison vine. ~Formerly 1 suffered
long and severely. Now,> on the first
appearance of the poison on the skin, no
matter ON what part of the body, I pour
cold water on it until thoroughly chilled.
On temperance of the fever, or rednesS
with itching, 1 again douche as fully as
at first, and repeat, if necessary. several
times. 1.-THE face is poisoned lie down
and shut the eyes, letting another do the
pouring. Where the hands have touched
the poisoned skin be sure to wash them
at once. No one need suffer more than
t~wenty-four hours who uses cold water
l. - @& t. AL Za
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12

my dear uncle" said Miss CORTLAND,
quietly, 'Mr. Valentine has just told me all
this himself. He only came here because /
asked him to come"
Mr.. CORTLAND would not listen to any ex-
plantations, but only repeated his assertion that
he would report me at the Globe office. There
was nothing for me 10 do but to go.
1 gave Miss Courtland one look OF gratitude
then I left the house. l have but two conso.
~lations; one that Miss CORTLAND still trusts
me; the other, that Morton is as badly of as
l am-rather worse.
Ny dismissal from the Globe Office has just
come. 1t is a relief to be free from this bond
age, but I am as much in debt as usual, and
what am l to do in the futurrf
FEBRUARY PA light is beginning to
break on my dark horizon. ! have just re-
ceived a note from Miss CORTLAND telling me
that her uncle has been pacifed by her expla-
nations; that as 1 am no longer in the employ
of the Globe, ! am at liberty to come to his
house; and that she is sure 1 will find some
thing better to do in the future.
l can't help thinking of Ruy Bias and the
queen again. 1 feel like Ruy Bias come back
to life, and my queen is not married.-Ndr-
gdret Floyd, in Harper'S Magazine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12
Partial to Surgeons.

For the second time during the reign
of William l., German Emperor and
King of Prussia, the highest honor to
which a Prussian state official can aspire
has been. conferred upon a medical
man. By the venerable monarch's spe-
cial decree DIR. Won Langenbeck, the
eminent ~pathologist and surgeon, has
been raised to the rank of actual Privy
Councillor, with the title of Excellency.
The Emperor's body doctor, Lauer, is
the only other disciple of Galensin Prus-
STA possessed Of this supreme distinction,
which, by the way, was bestowed upon
him by his Majesty on the sovereign's
eightieth birthday, in ful6llment of a
testing promise made ten years pre-
viously. During the customary birth
day reception of the court and household
on the 22d of March, 1867, William l.,
who had that morning completed his tale
of threescore years and ten, singled out
DR.. Lauer from the circle of state Off
Gals gathered round him, and shook
hands with him, observing, iocularly:
'tWell Lauer, if you manage to get me
as far as eighty, this day ten years I'll
make you an excellent present!' Sure
enough, adecade later, on the Emperor's
natal day, DR.. Lauer received his diploma
as Priyy Councillor and t.Excellency,"
accompanied by a draft on his Maiesty's
private bankers for the Prussian equiva-
lent of 1000 guineas, his valedictory fee
as ''body surgeon to the Emperor and
ng."-LOndon Telegraph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12

The p provisions of the Indian penal
code In regard to the right of private
defense are particularly sensible. Under
this law the right extends to the protec-
ton of ones own or another's body and
of ones own or another's property. 1t
does not exist, however, when there is
time to have recourse to the protection
of public authorities. More harm must
not be caused in its exercise than is lee
essary for the purposes of defense. 1t
commences and ends with the a~pprehen-
sion of danger. Death may also be
caused in exercise of the right of private
defense of property in case of robbery,
housebreaking by night, mischief by
fire in a building, etc., and of theft and
house trespass, when fear of death is IL
volved.-M. Y. Graphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12
The Gatuu 2emutrat.
- A..
EATON. OHIO
THE OLD O DOOR.

remember the time when used to sit,
A happy and thoughtless boy,
When father came home from his work at last,
And l was tired of my toy
/ remember the time, and none more sweet
Shall | know forevermore,
When l sat at eve by my mothers side
On the sill OF the old front door.
remember I'd sit till I fell asleep,
And list to their loving talk,
While the crickets chirped, and the ~f1refies
bright
Flew over the garden walk.
And often would father tell the tale
OF the lime long years before,
When he led his bride to a happy home
Ger the sill of the old front door.
i remember when grandfather failed and died,
And eighty years old was he,
And well [ knew that never again
He would ride me upon his knee;
And though but a gay and thoughtless boy,
l wept and my heart was sore,
When / saw them bearing him slowly out
Ger the sill of the old front door.
1t is many a weary day since then,
And j, too, am old and gray;
But the tears come providing into my eyes
When l think of that long-past day.
And 1 only hope that whatever end
Fate may have for me in store,
L shall step once more. ere 1 pass away,
Ger the sill of the old front door.
.G-E. e. Aunkfttisck, IN Youths Companion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-12

If o feel dull, drowsy, debilitated,
have sallow color of skin, or yellowish-
brown spots on face or body, frequent
headache or dizziness, bad taste in mouth,
internal heat or chills alternated with hot
fiushes, low spirits and gloomy ~forebodings,
irregular appetite, and tongue coated, you
are suffering from ''torpid %liver,' or 'ibil-
iousness." In many cases of 'liver COM
plaint'' only part of these symptoms are
experienced. AS a remedy for all such
cases DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry" has no equal, as it effectssperfect and
radical cures. At all drug stores.