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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
A Caterer ON Meat,

Fresh meat of every description
should be hung up in dry, cool place,
and carefully wiped every day. Ii
ought never to lay long in dish. The
time it should be kept varies with the
weather--in cold, dry weather it will
keep fresh much longer than in moist,
warm weather. Game Will keep longer
than butcher meat-say, two weeks
birds being kept with the feathers on,
but not drawn, and vension and rabbits
paunched, but not skinned. Beef will
require from four to ten days keeping,
or even longer in cold weather; and
mutton, if well managed, will sometimes
hang fortnight or three weeks without
spoiling-the longer the better AS
young meat, however, veal, lamb and
indianapolis very quickly, one, two
or three days at the utmost suffices fo1
1T. Fowls will keep for q week and
turkeys fortnight, but q goose moi
above nine or ten days. In pluckine
birds which have been kept some time,
care should be taken not to break the
skin, which will have become rather
tender.
There are various ways of keeping
meat sweet and of removing the bao
smell after it has become slightly faint.
ed One mode is to rub it over with
coarsely pounded charcoal, which has
the property of absorbing the putres-
cent gases, and thus prevents the bad
smell. The charcoal must, of course,
be washed off before cooking. Another
way is to paint the meat all over with a
solution of salicylic acid, or rubbing
the meat with the dry acid is the sim
plest method, and will do for all house
hold purposes. The Caterer.
The United States has 800, 600, 00(
invested in finger-rings alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
Five Minutes in Passing.

The Washington correspondence OF
the Norristown Defender saws: Here
is a picture of Conkling as seen on the
streets of Washington not many DAYS
ago, on his way to the patent office to
argue case before the commissioner:
lie was dressed in black coat and
vest, with dark gray trousers, and,
walking ut the head of a small pro-
cession. For the first time within the
memory of any man in Washington. he
wore upon his gray-yellow silk curls a
huge silk hat, with a widelv-rollino
brim. lie moved up the sidewalk with
all the slowness and splendor of a new
circus chariot Behind him came bis
secretary, modest looking little fellow
loaded down with books and papers.
Then came five boys, staggering under
more books stuffed in green bags.
Then came the associate counsel, two
Of them, 1.-TWO ABREAST The process
sion was arranged as follows:
Citizen Roscoe Conkling.
Citizen Conkling's secretary.
Citizen Conkling's private papers.
First messenger with books.
Associate counsel, two abreast.
1t was fully five minutes passing a
single point. A more imposing pro-
cession has not been seen in Washing
ton since Inauguration day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
Didn't Care to Begin,

The story comes from Washington
that a few days ago, when a 81, 200 en-
ploye of the Senate died, Sergeant-at-
Arms Bright received an application for
the vacancy. Col. Bright read the rec
ommendation, and said at once: VERY
well. you can have the place" The
applicant was evidently astonished, and
asked. .'When can | take holdPn
"You can begin to-day began Col.
Bright; 'but let me explain the situa-
tion. You see when Mr.. st. John was
buried it left his $1,000 place vacant.
The next man under him. very capa-
ble,one, receiving 5000, was promoted.
A laborer next below him, at $40, step
ped into the 5000 place. and the man
under him was then lifted little, and
so on through the whole list, until the
place really left vacant by Mr.. St. John
is place in the stable 10 curry horses
at 81 day. You can have that and be-
gin work At once" The applicant with
drew ffl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
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MANURE MATTERS.



Al recent meeting of a farmers
club in Glasgow, Mr.. Stratton read a
paper on the above subject. He con-
trasted the two systems of wintering
cattle-the modern one of wintering
them in covered yards. and the old,
simple, and disparaged system of win
terlng IN the open air. Covered yards,
ne commended, were unsuited TO the
needs OF the farmer who had to buy
straw. AT Michaelmas, in 1878, he en-
tered on a pasture farm of seventy
four acres, some of which was very wet
and not drained. He was required to
take over ninety tons of hay which
stood close to the sheds and yards.
Being unable to sell the hay to advan-
tage, he decided to buy such class of
stock as could winter in the open air
and consume the hay on the pasture.
Along with the hay which was coarse
and oyergrown, he.gave TO each animal
four pounds of decorticated cotton
cake The stock wintered well in
1880 and 1SS0-S1. He did not wish
them to believe that cattle wintered as
well IN open fields as in comfortable
straw yards. Either he must spend
his money on straw, and render his
cattle delicate by tying them in the
shade, or he must spend an equal sum
ON straw, and waste the manure and
also much hay in open yards. He
confidently recommended the open-air
system to those who were similarly cir
enmstanced, though he thought such
circumstances should be avoid as far
as. possible. His argument resolved it.
self into this, that the absorbent pow
ers OF straw or other litter were lessen
eel by compression. Hence, where
straw was scarce or valuable its alb
sofbent properties should not be lessen
ed by the treading of cattle, as in COW
cred yards, but should be made the
most OF, as in the system he recon-
mended. When he wished his sponge
to absorb moisture he did not squeeze
1t. lie was of the opinion that far too
much hay was made in our pasture
districts lin plain words, hay making
on pasture land was a spending of labor
and a running of infinite risks, with the
result OF making a valuable food
into less valuable. OF course, he
excepted the making of hay for sale.
lie stoutly condemned the use of
open yards in pastoral districts, and
urged that it should be the aim of the
grassland farmer to summer as many
and winter as few animals as possible.
On the subject of artificial manures he
advised farmers to have nothing to do
with especial manures' for certain
specified crops, and now that guano
was so uncertain in character he should
prefer to let it alone. He feared that
the knowledge of farmers generally as
to the relative values of component
parts OF manure was lamentably def
clent, they trusted far too much to the
manure merchant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

To CLEAN spice mill grind handful
of raw rice through it.
A GRIDIRoN should always be heated
before putting meat on it to broil.
FISH may be scaled much easier by
dipping them in boiling water for 4
minute.
The best way to hang up a broom is
to screw a large picture-ring into the
top of the handle.
To MEASURE corn in crib, ascertain
the number of cubic feet the crib con-
talns, multiply this number by thirteen
and divide by eight, and You have
close approximation TO the number of
heaped ear bushels.
BENzoLE and common clay are used
to clean marble. Grease spots can be
removed from marble by the applica.
lion of paste made of crude potash
and whiting. Brush it all over the
surface to be cleaned and polish off,
To PRESERVE bright CRATES or fire
sides from rust, make a strong paste Of
fresh lime and water, and with fine
brush smear it as thickly as possible all
preservation. BY this simple means
all the CRATES and fire-irons in an empty
house may be kept for months free from
harm without further care or attention.
The following is stated to be nearly
correct rule for measuring corn in
cribs: Having leyeled the corn to the
crib, measure the length, breadth and
depth, and multiply them together, and
deduct from the product one-ffth, and
you have the number of bushels in the
ear; for shelled corn take one-half of
This. To be strictly correct add half a
bushel for every 100.
To Tan RABBIT SKINs.--Wash them
IN cold suds; then dissolve pulverized
;altpeter and alum in hot water. add
cold water, and soak the skins in it all
night; then hang them over a pole to
drain; when nearly dry sprinkle with
powdered saltpeter and alum: fold the
aesh side together, lay them where they
will not freeze, turn every day until
Try, then scrape the flesh side with a
olunt knife, and rub with pumice stone
and the hands.
A CHEAP, black paint or varnish for
ron worf is prepared as follows:
Clear, soh4 wood tar, 10 pounds; lamp
black or mineral black, l ] pounds; oil
OF turpentine, 81 quarts. The tar is
first heated in a large iron pot to boil
ing, or nearly so, and the heat continued
for about four hours. The pot is then
removed from the fire out of doors, and
while still warm (not hot the turpen-
tine, mixed with the black, is stirrid in.
Ii the varnish is too thick to dry quick
ly, add more turpentine. Benzine can
be used instead of turpentine, but the
results are not SO good. Asphaltum is
preferable to cheap tar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
HOminy and Anarchy.

An old darky came into an Austin
drug store with his head bandaged up
and groaning as if every bone in his
body was broken.
whats the matter?i' asked the drug
clerk.
1--WE have had the berry debble of a
time, me and de old woman, battering
each udder wild de chairs and sicn.'
''Wel. what do you want?''
1--WE needs some anarchy. Oar amt
no anarchy in de house De bottle got
smashed in de fuss, and de anarchy
spilled all ober de fioorn
..If you had more harmony in your
house there would be less anarchy re-
marked the drug clerk, smiling. rs he
filed a small bottle of arnica
You am right, boss. OATS jes what
de fuss was about. De reason we needs
anarchy is bekase dar was no hominy
in de house, and OATS why de old
woman hit me wild de chair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
Hiding the Cabbages.

An Indiana farmer planted cabbages
in missing hills of corn and found
that they were not injured by the inn
ported cabbage insect. This season he
will locate his cabbage patch in the
middle of his corn-field. He finds that
the cabbage fly moves near the surface
of the ground and prefers smooth sailing.
He thinks that corn-stalks win prevent
ii from moving through them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
EnSiIage Better for Butter.

DIR. Sturtevant at the New York ex-
detrimental station. has found that,
while corn meal made milk rich in but
ter, it was not so easy to separate the
butter from the milk as when the COWS
were fed on ensilage. He also found
as yet unexplainable differences in the
milk of the same cows on the same feed
on different days. Housewives have
long known that cream was often much
more easily churned at some times than
at others. 1t is to be hoped that DR..
Sturteyant's carefully-conducted exper-
iments viii throw light on many doubt.
full questions in dairy husbandry
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

The name of foolscap. as applied to
paper. is said to have originated in this
way: During the Protectorate, Crom-
well had all government paper stamped
with liberty cap. After the Restora-
ton Charles III one day asked for some
paper to write lettC.. When it was
brought he noticed The stamp, and
asked whatit meant. On being told, he
said, Take it away; none of your fool
cap for me.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

An Iowa school-ma' am settled the
doubts existing in her mind as to wheth-
er she could administer punishment to
one of the ''big boys'1 by allowing the
bully Of the school to satisfy his own
and the teachers. grudge at one and
the same time. Now the question that
is keeping the female pedagogue awake
nights is, who is to thrash the bully
when he gets on the rampage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
Usual Interview.

Usual interview of reporter with re-
Gently arrived prima donna;
Prima Donna-0h, | am delighted
with your country.
Int. -?
P.D.--Yes, everybody has been kind
to me- Very kind, indeed. / am sur
prised to find Americans so kind. | ex-
peetod to find them very ugly, ferocious
and hairy, possibly black. i
Int. ---? diaH
ZIP. DOH. yes. like ------ the
best Of all your cities.
Int. 49,? itAaas
p. d. think shall return and take
up my residence in America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

The World has been sold. This does
not refer to the terrestrial globe proper
but simply to the New York edition,
which will hereafter endeavor to furnish
less politics and more news.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

Miss Bertha yon Hillern. the artist ex-
pedestrian, has started on a sketching
tour along the Baltimore & Ohio r. r.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17
STRIKING Head LINES

Are used to cali attention TO the fact that this is
an advertisement of the CHICAGO MIL
WAukEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
Its EIGHT Trunk Lines traverse the best
portions Of Northern Illinois, VISION
SIN, MINNESOTA. DAKOTA and
IOWA.
Located directly on its lines are the cities Of
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, La Crosse,
Winona, 5T. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS,
Madison, Prairie du Chen, Mason City,
Sioux City, Yankton, Albert Lea, ABER-
DEEM, DUBUQUE, ROCK ISLAND,
| CEDAR RAPIDS, and Council Bluffs, az
well as innumerable other principal business cen
ters and favorte resorts; and passengers going
West, North. South or East are able to use the
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
Railway to the best advantage.
Ticket offices everywhere a4e supplied with
Maps and Time Tables which detail the merits of
the line and agents stand ready to furnish in
formation, and sell tickets at cheapest rates over
the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE 6 sr. PAUL RAIL
WAY.
I S. S. MERRILL. a. V. II. CARPENTER.
General Manager. Gen. Pass. and Tiki. Agt.
J.T. CLARK, GEO. II. IIEAFF0RD,
!. General sup't. Asst Gen Pass. Agt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

No attention will be paid 10 anonymous CORES
pondeuts. All articles for publication must be
signed by the name Of the writer; not for publ-
cation. unless tits wished but az guarantee
OF good faith. General correspondence must be
received by Monday evening in order "a. insure
publication the same week. No rejected mann
scripts will be returned unless accompanied by
stamps to prepay postage.
Subscribers wishing their postoffice address
changed should send their old as well as thenew
address.
The postage ON THE HERALD is one cent for
anywhere in the United States or Europe.
The HERALD Il sent TO subscribers until an
explicit order is received by the publisher for
its discontinueBce and all payment OF arrear-
ages is made according to law.
The Courts have decided that all subscribers
20 newspapers are held responsible until arrear
ages are paid and their papers are ordered TO be
discontinued.
The price for legal advertising Is fixed by law,
and Advertisements Of this character win be
charged legal rates. 1850 4atr
Advertisements ordered ont before expiration
OF contract viii be charged transient rates
No Especial Position win be given advertisers.
No advertisements viii be inserted for foreign
advertisers al less rates than that charged home
DatrOnP. istss z
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-17

The United States has 500, 1000, 900
invested in finger-rings alone.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-27
Tn. Educational Convention.

LoUrsvrLLE, Sept. 20.-In the educationa
convention to-day tventy-three states anC
she District 6f Columbia were represented
Congressman Willis, Of Kentucky, moved
the fliiowing, which was referred 10 10 th'
committee on resolutions:
WHEKEAs, Certain measures were pend
Jog before the last congress OF the United
States. which proposed an apDfOpTia-
ton 10 be distributed among the sew.
erni states in aid OF popular
education: and, whereas the measure pro-
vtdes that this distribution shall be made
or q term % years upon the basis OF Tilt.
eracy. end afterwards upon basis OF school
,,opu iatiOu: and whereas the measures re-
ferred % do not claim for the FEDERAL gov
erumert the rigbt 20 control education in
the states bot prcvide simply for handing
over the au0unt appropriated 10 the con-
afffufe0 aufbOrifIes OF the ssveral states
20 be sprlsd under the state laws. and
also require the states TO appropriate en-
smoUni equally 10 what they receive from
Resolve5. That this convention heartily
approvs the adoption Of some measure Of
rnsterisl isgis afi0n which shall en- BODY
he principles set forth IN the
Foregoing preamble. The discussion on
the subiect Of Federrl aid " educsfinn then
rns opened b the Rev J. l.. NJ. Curry Of
Virginia. SCENT Of the Pesbgdg Juno, who
NNII LIIE .Lr.NIUU ~ Irl-NAA - 49,
ion was fe1ucibie - two proportions.
Firsi-Ihe nasis Of our IRE FJrernmenf
. the Iuleiiiesnce and in.sgnty q or
-ilirsushiu. seIrrover1mert D. Impossible
9TH he ilrcrsrf. more educsiiJn. more
.Iherni'y. HE best government is tnai
ahtrh f1rrrrIs ne Ieasl, rr ilIiru IN e1ucation
- ffs rInrirrn n rCrerr mertal restr1ini-
/. lprressior and irIIcrnncr 70 bend n ha1c
udurafIrr substitutes TIE tesclef ~ TIE
|nerlf fhs srh1cl-hrust 90 ne pris0n
rort-strrs ~ ne sins house.
eerrr1-T- r1rs-rsl educat-on r. iurcssi-
- arrrert tfrrurt FC~errrDeDtt
$780, rrf 49, Urirerzs'
- ffnn b. - eristed. trcrri /
hs1 1curI I'D ~ Vernmr-i B-iors
= csr'i.s ltrr ~ ~ otbfr os0ssry n
- mrrI1. Ifr FurFrIrT e1ncafIrr 81
49, rfrrsrfatIs t'rt fbers has tse1 -
49, l|Irr.f1rr. SO = lnrrs uas1 fTer
& -rlit1-pofls rrrs A. ospiorsbis
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-27
MURDER TRIAL.

CUsHATrA. La. Sept. 2O-TSpecial J
The preliminary examination Of Joe Nc
Gee, sccused Of the murder Of J. b. GOrdy
q merchant doing business Of EastpOint, IN
this parish, % resumed this morning. the
third day. Sheriff John Hunter was plsced
on witness stand ard sworn; be stated tbst
defendant rold him et the time Of bis arrt 81
that be could prove by one Mayheld that
1e. defendant. stayed ct heyfeld's house
Monday night, ana ate breakfast with him
tuesday morning. Nfyfsld was placed On
witness sisnd next and confradicted this
statement n the defendant. The evidercs
Of Sheriff Hunter and his
deputy. n. A. Hsrtiey, disclosed
the startling fact that the prisoner hsd
made foil confession 10 each Of them a.
different times since his Incarceration IN
iail. The cOriessions were made IN jail IN
q cool aDd deli5 rate mauntr aud without
ercifsmelt ard ~ 20 this elect He ar
rived 81 NJ G0rdys louse h0Ddsy eve
ming. and shout 20 hour aiftr dark blfched
BE mule In q seciuded place nrsr the
house. went IN and SEPT in the same bed
9Th NJ. GWcT hist night Early
rnesdsy morning be vent 0ut ofthe house.
lnd On gong tsrE into he room took NJ.
3 r1y's pistol "a he fsble and sssfd Mr
GUdy where his moDfy ras ard VS. It'd
hsf The urffv gss in BE- trunk. He then
.sted NJ G1T6y where his ktys we're. 70
rhich NJ G1r8y rsilied they were in his
lau-s rocks-. b. teen unf1ctsd the trrrk
nd foof cut ubst rDorey BE- cru fnd. I
~ urlEsd % he BED aDd llac-d tie M /
.Is o. The plsiol Eit1in . fsr inches o. Ir. /
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-27

there were reasons 10 believe that Jay
Gould has secured an interest Ia the Louis
vile A. Nashville, which would result In MS
having voice IN the management OF us
hlfsirs The party, then turning 10 the re-
porter. said ID you know that this dc AL
Of Jay Gould's IL gilmore importance TO In.
dianapOlis than II may seem 10 be Wv tout
some thought?' In talking with the T.. &
n. official he dropped the remark that
Jaw Gould,s getting the Louisville q. NASH
vile system would naturally lead TO his
cOnnt citing tae Louisville q Nash vile sys-
TEN with the Wabash In some manner.
Yes said the official, "befUre many
| weeks you will see an engineer corps IN the
| field surveying short line TO Indianapolis
where come ciion would he made with the
Wabash system through what was former
| ly the Indianapolis, Pcr'i IL Chicago road.
Jay Gould would then have the short line
| between all the prominent cities OF the
south and Toledo and Detroit, in TACT, all
of orlhern Michigen." The Louisville ~
Nashville official then went on tie say that
the distance between Louisville and 10
disnapolls could be shortened some ten
miles, il had been stated, by building
line west of the Jacksonville, Madison d
!hdianapoli, road, varying from twelve 10
fifteen miles distant, aud IL could be built
with hghter grades than the Jeifersonvil.e,
Madison & indianapolis, aud would at the
same time give a territory railroad facilities
winch now has none practically. In an
s~er 10 the remark that 1t looked as II Jay
Gould was determined to cover the ground
with his several systeme, the Louisville %
Nashville official said Yes, bis several
sys ems wtu q then reach all important
lwns and cities in seventeen states of the
Union, aud really makes him boss of the
situation. rs the Louisville d Nashville
would give him control of the central sys'
usm OF southern roads,"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-27
HOU TON.

HoUsroY Sept. 20.-[Special. il. N.
johnson. the colored lawyer, who has sued
the Central Railroad company for $4,000,
and is attorney for claims of other negroes
for about the same amount, cor violation OF
the civil rights Law, and COmuIlttee OF col
ored men, had an audience with President
Waldo to-day, with view OF settling or
COMPROMISING these suits. An amicable
settlement was reached, and the negroes
have Issued circular headed, 10
the Colored People of the State o
Texas and signed by J. N. joint
n. attorney, and concurred in by II
r. BRYAN and Rev, w. Il. Reed, comm
? e. The following are extracts: You
hereby informed that all suits brought
me against the Houston IL Texss
Central railroad for the denial OF equal
facilities to colorcd passengers, etc. are
dismissed. DESTROYS of encouraging and
fostering the friendliest feeling between the
two races, consistent with right, homer
bringing OF similar suits on the part of our
people, asthe company will. very short
time, put on their trains separate, exclusive
and equal accommodations for colored
patrons, so as to remove all unjust cause of
complaint between the white and colored
passengers that now engage the attention
and passions of the people at large. The
can for the present in the cars assigned
them, Is | am authorized to say that in
about three months time all the arrange
ments for separate accommodations will
be completed. The conductors will
stop smoking in front cars where it annoSs
colored passengers for the present, there
fore, no colored person will attempt 70 force
their way into the rear car. Possibly 4
partition will be made in cars r the pres
emit until ARRANGEMENTS are comp eted.
The circular denies that these suits were
brought to force social admixture, and says
tina. such statements were purposely made
to stir up strife between the races. 1t
further requests egroes to abstain from
acts or threats Of violence, and warns them
that designing enemies are doing their ut
most to exasperate them and bring oncon-
flict. johnson says in closing, that he trusts
the other roads will also make arrange
ments in the near future for separate cars
for colored people, and that the trouble is
ended.