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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07

The undersigned offers for sale in Lots as can
be agreed upon. or in the whole, the west half
of section IS and the north half Of section 10
town 8, range 5. Also 400 acres in section 10,
frst-ciass meadow and $50 acres OF pillow land
under cultivation and balance In pasture, all
well watered and containing good buildings.
Over 1000 choice Grape vines and 200 bearing
fruit trees the premises. The premises are
splendidly adapted for stock farm and viii be
sold cheap.
TERMS.-one-thlrd caah; balance in annual
instruments. Six per cent. semi annnalinterest.
Apply to j. II. c. SNECLoDE,
Real Estate Agent.
Csssville, Wis, October 1881. sstf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07

~ STOCK OF Drugs, Medicines
177r Chemicals, Cloth. Hair and Tooth
~ I'LL Brusbes. Trusses, Perfumery Hair
Oil. Fine Soaps Toilet Articles.
Fancy Goods, Sponges, Dye Woods and Dye
Stuff is very large and oar Goods are all First
Class and Guaranteed al the Lowest possible
price at, ". u. BAXTER'S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07
possible. With love to your father and
mother and Tim,
Il am yours, most faithfully,

possible. With love to your father and
mother and Tim,
Il am yours, most faithfully.
tom LovEJoY.
And, true to my word, assisted at
Melinda Wells wedding on the lst OF
March. 1t took place early in the af-
ternoon. and after it was over, Philippa
and | walked home together along the
banks of the yet scarcely awakened lit
tie brook. As we drew near the farm
house, she suddenly turned TO me and
said-the wind blowing her fluffy ring
lets about her pretty face, and REDEEM
ing her cheeks and chin:
II must thank you for the trouble
you took with that lock of hair. dare
say it seemed to you a very foolish
thing to do, but he did tell so true about
Melinda that | thought thought
And she paused. and looked slyly atme
in a way very unusualto her.
"And didn't be tell you true toopn
asked, with great calmness.
..No-o-o--because--that is, he de-
scribed person as my--my-who has
for long time been somebody else's.
s.How do you know this?''
s'Oh, Roderick said-I mean And
in her confusion she actually burst out
crying, and her tears told me the hap
piest story / had ever been told in my
life.
| clasped her in my arms. ..Roder-
lex said what, my darlingpn l demanded
as she struggled to free herself.
THAT you were engaged to lovely
young girl" she sobbed, ..who often
came to your Office. and that she went
to England last summer, and so you
came here because you couldn't bear to
60 to any nicer place without her.
"Phillipa, that lovely young girl. is
my cousin, the youngest daughter of
my Uncle John, and she went to Eng
land on her wedding trip last summer.
And there is no nicer place in all the
world than this for me, and if a certain
dearest of girls, Philippa Dayton by
name, will promise to be my wife. /
shall spend all the holidays of my life
here.''
'.Then it's all right, said Philippa,
clasping her hands and smiling through
her tears. HE described goa EXACTLY"
And / never had the heart TO unde-
ceive her.-Margaret Eytinge in Har-
per'$ Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07
Where the Day Begins.

BY general consent the day is sup
posed to begin in longitude $50 degrees
from Greenwich, the meridian of which
crosses the Pacific ocean. The only
known land upon this line, where 4
man could stand, is the northeastern
corner of Asia and two or three little
islands. By looking at terrestrial
globe, it will readily be perceived that
the point where the day begins must
depend entirely upon what prime
meridian is chosen. If we say it is true
noon when the sun crosses the meridian
OF Washington. then the day began on
line running nearly through the center
of Asia. Ne,c York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07
Our

~ EXQUISITE Perfumes are un
1T ~ rivallcd by any in the Market for
Oul Delicaey and Intensity of Oder
Lubens and all Of the Most POpu
lar and Refreshing Handkerchief Extracts Col
ogne Extracts, Toilet Preparations, Fine Soaps
Toilet Powder Rogue, &c. &C. Put up in An
proved Style and the Very Best Quality OF
Material No Tea Berry for sheep teeth.
W B BAXTER Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07

A delicate pudding sauce is made of
one egg beaten with one cup of sugar.
This may be done some time before din
ner; when it is time to serve the sauce
pour over the sugar and egg half cup
full of boiling water; flavor with lemon
or rose. g1Am
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
GIadiOli.

A flower garden, whatever else it may
have in the way of brightness and beauty,
is incomplete without bed of the glad
ioli. The bulbs once planted, unlike the
tuberose, are sure to bloom. l have Gull
tivated them for long time, and have
never been disappointed. Nomatter how
dry or hot the weather may be, they go
steadily on, developing leaf, bud and
blossom each at its appointed time.
l began with three bulbs, but have now
a sufficient number from them to plant a
large bed They do not increase as rap
idly as the tuberose and some other bulbs,
but they make up in rich colors all they
lack in that respect.
They require deep, rich SOIL sunny
situation, and ought to be rather deeply
planted, or the heavy rains will uncover
and injure them. Some of my friends
leave their gladiolus bulbs in the open
ground through the winter; but this does
not seem to hasten their blooming season
besides, the new bulb forms above the
old one, bringing it too near the surface
for safety during the inclement weather
of February and March, two of the most
trying months of the twelve, on account
of the sudden "cold snaps" and as sudden
thaws One winter we lost a valuable
collection of tulips from this cause alone.
Mrs. Mary b. Williams, an the Independ-
ent.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
Exile Life in Siberia.

A Russian journal gives this picture of
desolation of life in the frozen and bar
rem regions of Siberia.
a steamboat arrived at st. Petersburg,
from Tioumen, towing a transport with
G64 prisoners on board bound for Siberia.
The transport had n terrible passage.
Caught in the ice, it was delayed six
days in the trip from Tioumen to Tomsk.
On account of this delay the prisoners on
their arrival at the latter town were in
deplorable condition, deprived of every
thing and infected with diphtheria,
typhus, smallpox and other diseases.
Two days afterward there came from
Tioumen another transport with 53S
prisoners. Finally a third vessel came
with 700 of those unfortunates The
prison was too small for these
1900 people, but nevertheless
they were crammed into it.
Among them were one hundred po-
litical prisoners and this fact is note
worthy, since it cannot be ascertained
from whence they came. Whether they
are condemned to Punishment or to penal
servitude in the mines nobody knows.
Neither can it be ascertained by what
tribunal they have been tried, since. ac-
cording to the official figures, the total
number of convictions for political of
lenses during the past few years fall short
of so high figure.
Must we, then, believe that there is
some truth in the rumors according tc
which people arrested on the charge Of
high treason have been brought before
secret tribunals Or have these political
prisoners been simply dealt with by the
legislative branch of the government I?
two alternatives, equally to be deplored.
Naturally, the population of Siberia is
far from contented with this continual
arrival of prisoners, and vigorous protests
are raised against the present system,
coupled with demands for its radical
change, and for more eflicacious con-
troll over the functionaries appointed in
Siberia. The Siberian press consists of
only a small number of papers, which are
for the most part at the mercy of the To-
cal authorities, who suppress all the news
that might i'll any way compromise them.
Finally, with a view to remedying this
deplorable state of affairs there was
founded at st. Petersburg short time
ago weekly journal, the Oriental Re
cie'o, under the management of man
who has Il thorough knowledge of ST.
IBERIA. AS the journals of Moscow and
st. Petersburg are not subjected to censor
ship, the oriental Regieac has been able to
bring to the knowledge of the central
government many offenses that would
otherwise have remained forever I'M
known. 1t must be said in justice to
the central administration that it at
tachcs great deal of Importance to the
revelations of the Reoie~, and more than
one official in Siberia has been dismissed
from his post or put on trial in conse-
uuence of these revelations.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
Singing Sand.

A. A. Julien, of New York, and H.
c. Bolton, of Connecticut, contributed a
paper to recent number of Science, rela-
tive to scientific investigation of the
Singing Beach" of Manchester, Mass.
The phenomenon which gives rise to the
name of the beach Is confined to the por-
ton of sand lying between the water
line and the loose sand above the reach
of ordinary high tide. Portions emit
the sound; but closely contiguous areas
fail to do so, or answer fcebly. The
sounding sand is near the surface; at
the depth or one or two feet it ceases,
perhaps because of moisture. The sound
is produced by pressure, and may be
lkened to a subdued crushing; it is of
low intensity and pitch, is not me-
tallic nor cracking 1t occurs
when the sand is pressed by ordinary
walking, increases with sudden pressure
of the foot upon the sand, and is per-
ceptible upon mere stirring by the hand,
or even plungng one finger and remov
ing it suddenly. 1t can be intensified by
dragging wood over the beach.
The authors review and cite very fully
the literature of the subject, giving in
full description of the singing sands of
the island Of Kaui, one of the Hawaiian
group. That gives sound as of distant
thunder when anything of weight is
dragged over it, Dampness prevents the
sound. That sand is calcareous. Hugh
Miller cites similar instances at label
Nakous in Arabia Petrea and Reg Rawan
near Cabul. Those are silicious sands.
The sounds were sort of hummlng. In
Churchill county, Nevada, similar phe-
nomenon is described with regard to a
sand hill, as like the sound of telegraph
wires when wind blows them.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Irish Potnto Cutting.

7 The ntifcexperiments in New York
last season proved nothing. Eyes were
cut shallow and cut deep. Then the po-
tatocs were cut in the ordinary way and
medium sized potatoes planted whole.
Lastly, Feelings, pared close, were plant
ed. OF all these experiments none of
them established any superiority over the
old way of cutting the potato in slugs or
sections. We think it will be found in
the conclusion of the experiments, which
are to be continued, that cutting in the
old way good solid body to the eyes,
without extravagance-that is to say,
without dividing up the tuber between
the cuttings--is the best taking all
things into consideration. Dropped into
dry soil, such cutting is not as easily
shriveled up as a peel or shallow cut
eye, nor even as deep cut or gouged
out eye, and it has moisture of its own
for the germ, besides some fertilizing
materials for early growth. This plan
of cutting also leaves large proportion
of large tubers for the table or for other
purposes, and saves thousands of bushels
to the provision supply of the country
Southern Farmer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
Congo land.

Henry NJ. Stanley has discovered what
is literally new empire. Under the
equator, in the basin of the Congo, he
has found dense population, whose num-
bers he estimates at $4,000, 600. The
people are remarkably industrious, and
are born traders. He declares there is a
fine opening for trade in the gums, ivory,
rubber, camphor, wood and other pro
ducts of that fertile rhgion. Mr. Stanley
has discovered another immense lake,
which he explored fol- Il hundred miles.
He calls it the Manitumba He claims to
have become the great pcace-maker of the
warning nations in equatorial africa.
Some day railroad will be constructed
up the valley of the Congo, connecting
Central Africa with the ocean. This will
in time, give civilization access to the Sc
cret recesses of the dark continent. Dem
9rest's M0nthly.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
HEALTH HINTS.

Thoroughbred tea is good for headache.
Pimples are caused by improper diet.
Cosmetics only injure.
A medical Englishman prescribes a
strong solution of chronic acid for warts.
Vaseline is good for chappcd hands.
Borax in the water whitens and softcns
them.
To avoid getting too stout, eat lean
meat and few vegetables. Do not use
much sugar or butter.
AS remedy for bee stings CORE
spondent of the Sheffield (EnglanD Inde-
pendent says "When person is stung
by bee or wasp let him take little
common whiting, mix it with cold water
into paste and apply it to the part af-
fected. In few minutes the pain will
cease"
Sassafras is recommended for ivy poi
soning. A tea made of the bark of red
sassafras, sweetencd to the taste, may be
taken internally, while cloths soaked in
the cold tea are applied to the irritable
parts.-Dr. Foote's UealM Monthly.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
The Scent of the Buzzard.

While digging sweet potatoes | no.
ticed very luXuriant growth of the vines
covering n small mound in the field, and
inquiry revealed the feet that horse
and a COW had been buried there some
years before. just then nothing i'm
pressed me in that connection save the
immensely of the potatoes which we
found everything these two graves, but in
the afternoon and during the following
day, buzzards Swallowed the farm by
scores, seeming to obey from all quarters
of the heavens a mysterious summons to
convocation. l soon perceived the sweet
potato field was the radiant point " of
each speeding shadow Buzzard after
buzzard traced as they appeared in vari-
Gus portions of the sky with half-folded
wings reminding me of mute aerial hounds
"coming down the scent" their course
as swift silent, and undertaking as an
arrows 1t was strangely interesting
spectacle to behold them swoop within
few feet of the horse hades, and rise
again with the slow, reluctant flaps, indi-
cative of disappointment, then return to
deliberately "beat" and quarter the
ground, prially speaking, with all the tact
and persevering sagacity of their canine
compeers; in fact, the performance was
suggestive of fox-hunt, in which Rey-
nard's place was represented by the dead
bodies, ''earthed" in this case, however,
for other than Reynard reasons. One of
the vulturcs in particular showed an
extreme faith in the guidance of its
smelling powers by alighting without
demur on fence half dozen PAGES
from the center of attraction, where,
after some time of manifest uneasiness
and uncouth posture, it was joined by
few of its more dubious companions.
This visitation Of uncanny birds con-
tinucd long after, though never saw so
many as at the first when the crop was
plowed out, this disturbance probably
releasing for time the pentup odors. |
could detect no faint in the atmosphere
of the place even while working in the
freshly plowed ground, yet hundreds of
buzzards assembled from far and near,
and with uncrring accuracy pointed out
the place of burial with overshadowing
wings. In consequence of these observa-
lions the theory that the vulture family
are enabled to detect the existence of Il
dead body by scent. unassisted by any of
the remaining senses, and this, too, mt
great distances, and when such carcass
had lain deep under the ground for sew
eral years, was to me satisfactory proof.
american Naturalist.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23

The United States Fish Commission
steamer, the Abatross, has worked in
greater depths than have ever before
been sounded with such heavy trawl,
having dredged 2,949 fathoms, or about
three and one-third miles, and brought
up living creatures from this depth. 1t
required Al 900 fathomS of steel rope to
accomplish this feat and over three hours
to pay it out. This in latitude 31.12 and
longitude $3.50, about 300 miles from
No Mans Land or half way to the Ber
mudas At the bottom were found
globigerine, or the soft ooze common at
great depths, and several species of fish
hitherto unknown to science. A pecu-
liar scarlet shrimp, about foot in length,
with an enormous quantity of eggs, each
containing a large globule of oil, were
found.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Certain women in Burmah have boards
like the Skye terrier.
Brotherhoods for building bridges
existed in France in the twelfth CEN
fury.
Savon, the French word for soap,Iis
ascribed to Savona, the place at which 1T
was first manufactured.
The raw skins of cattle were usually
suspended on stakes, and used instead of
kettles to boil meat in Great Britain.
The car of Russia yields sceptre
over thirty eight different nationalities
each speaking language of its own.
The idea that silks and ribbons are
boiled in oil has no foundation in fact,
and probably originated in some shop
keepers mind as a device whereby to
sell his goods.
A German physician who has exam
ined the ears of 5,905 school children,
says that in the majority of cases in
which children appear to be inattentive
they are simply deaf.
The King of Dahomey, on state oc-
casions, puts a finely clad official under a
gorgeous umbrella and directs him to
take his royal compliments to his Trend
the ocean. This done, the official is
tossed to the sharks.
BY many individuals in many coun-
tries an oath is regarded very lightly.
TO them it is just as easy to swear as to
sneeze, and in many instances easier. In
the Eastern nations, among the Moham-
medans an extraordinary sanctity is at
tached to solemn asseveration, and the
belief in punishment hereafter to per
jurer is carried to a degree of fanaticism.
When Hindoo or a Burmese swears, he
duplicates not himself alone, but all his
kindred to the seventh degree, all his
personal acquaintances and all his pos
terity. When he, through lapse of
memory, perjures himself, all these are
condemned to ''ten kinds of punishment
and five attacks of enemies" Should
the perjury be of a more serious form,
the ''earth will open and swallow them
all up.n Should he knowingly make n
false oath, all his friends and acquaint
ances will be precipitated into eighty
great bells and one hundred and twenty
small ones
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23

Every autumn the value of apples as
fodder for farm stock is questioned by
occasional correspondents, though the
majority of farmers are well satisfied
that apples, properly fed, are of con-
siderable benefit.
To be fed with profit, however, APP
pies must be given with other rations.
Fed alone they are almost worthless,
fruit is eaten in too great abundance the
flow of milk from the COWS fed is soon
diseased and in time "dried up"
Apples are poor in albuminoids and
rich in carbohydrates, hence to be fed
with profit it must be in connection with a
fodder rich in albuminoids, as peas, oil
cake, or other heterogeneous materials.
Apples given to mich COWS in connec-
ton with feed rich in albuminoids dur
ing the winter season impart to their
milk a fine flavor, and to butter color
akin to that gained from grass. Swine
are rapidly fattened on apples when
grain meal is intermixed, and horses and
sheep thrive on them in place of roots,
when given with hay.
The chief objections to apples for fod-
der are the liability of animals chok-
ing on them and in many localities
their cost The first objection is met
with the employment of a root cutter
The question of the profit of feeding
apples must rest with each farmer. If
the apples can be sold or utilized for
cider and vinegar, then it will scarcely
pay to feed them to stock. With no mar
ket for the fruit, or mills for making
cider, surplus apples may be fed with
profit as has been suggested.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23
MORRIS ( IRELAND,
BOSTON MASS.
Continued from last tceek)
How Watch Cases are Mode.

a plate of SOLID GOLD IA 2-10 karats
fine is soldered on each side of plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts ofthe cases-backs, centers, bezels, etc.
are cut and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turning. The composition metal gives it
needed strength stiffness and Soiidiy, while
the written guarantee of the manufacturers
rdrranting each case to wear tuenty years
proves that it contains all the gold that
can possibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual results, as many of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold. D,prorr T. De, "A 1890
have used one of your James Boss God Watch
Cases for seventeen years. l bought it secondhand
and know of its having been used before l got it,
but do not know how long 1t looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect it filed case
until so informed by jeweler sho-: time since
/ most cheerfully recommend your cases 10 be all
they are represented to be, and more.
O. McCRASEY, Dep. Cot Int Rer 81 Dis. io,Ea
Send cent stamp to Keystone Watch Case Factories Phila
depha, handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing ho-
James Boss and keystone watch Cases are made.
ITO be Continued)