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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
Watering shs Garden

In watering the garden a thorough
good soaking occasionally is said to be
much better than the light sprinkhnS
every evening, which is the popular
way. This last has the tendency to
make the rocts seek the surface Of the
ground for the moisture thus supplied.
The New YORK evsniug post has q
florist writer who recommends this
plan: When watering is contemplated
draw the tubs Of water in the morning
and let them stand in the sun through
the dsv: al night draw the soil away
from the base Of each plant in order to
form a basin IN which TO pour the
water. Pour this full and let it filter
through the soil, again and again fill
ing until the earth is entirely soaked;
then draw the soil back 20 the roots,
which viii prevent it baking IN the sun.
In the dryest time Of summer a water
ing OF this kind should last for sever
al weeks. When entire beds are
To be watered the soil should be
opened by s. digging fork being
thrust into il. when it may be watered
with q sprinkler, which should be sew
eral times passed over it. The follow
inc aay. uith q hoe or rake, make mel
low the surface Of the bed 1t Is not
well 70 give water SC long SIS IL can be
avoided, for plants left to fight the
drought sand their roots deep into the
soul to seek moisture, and when il does
rain they are more benefited than those
that have had constant watering, The
easiest plan 10 economic both water
En5 time Is to take the garden piece by
piece, W~s+eriIgg n piece thoroughly
every evening. and then beginning
again 81 the first. Surface s~prinklings
Cause roots 70 seek the surface IN search
OF moisture, which when found, Is not
enough 10 nourish them, but ex-
haRstiun by inducing the growth Of
Ebres near the sc0rching sun Plants
in pots thai hare been plunged IN the
r-9un5an those In tabs and vases must
be gwen daily water.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
when 60 Cut wheat.

Bad straw, must and mildew and the
loss of much grain by Smelling out
some or all of these will be the penalty
for allowing the grain to stand until
it is dead ripe. As to the quality Of the
kernel, the Germantown Telegraph re-
marks: at should be remembered that
wheat is composed of gluten, starch and
bran. Gluten is the n%ourishing quality
of the grain, which makes the -four
stick together in the hands of the baker,
and gives weight to the grain; and there
is the greatest quantity of gluten in the
grain when the straw is yellow two or
three joints from the ground, the head
turns downward, and, when you can
mash the grain between the thumb and
finger without producing any milk. 1t
may, therefore, be set down as an indis-
putable truth that every day the wheat
stands after this stage of ripeness the
gluten decreases in quantity and the
bran increases in thickness, and thus
diminishes IN value, in addition to the
danger from must and other risks
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

should be allowed fowls always. Let
them have all they will swallow, Even
if the fowls are not confined, but es-
pecially so if they are, charcoal pound
ed up into bits or pieces about the size
of a grain of corn, Oh a little finer,
should be put around in small piles
where the fowls can have easy access to
it, and they viii soon make use of 1T.
The cost Of charcoal is but a triie, and
where the distance from town or city is
so great as to prevent it from being
readily obtained therefrom, the ashes
from q wood stove may be sieved out.
and the small bits of charred wood OF
charcoal used in the place of that made
in the regular way. Especially during
the Spring and Summer months is il
advisable to use charcoal freely. Lime,
too, is valuable in many ways. In the
form of whitewash it begets cleanliness,
freedom from disease; and laying hens
should have lime, where they can make
use of it in assisting in the production
of eggs.-American Poultry Yard.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
what ) Kentncky nurgoo Is.

Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Record.
IF you should go out to Kentucky
about this time,' said the old Judge,
you would probably be invited to a bur-
goo. You don't recognize him by that
name, do your No? Well, a burgoo
accent on the first syllable) is a grand
good thing. 1T is an all-day picnic II
the woods, with q feast which throws
the clam chowder and the barbecue into
the deep shade of obscurity. In fact
the burgoo usually includes a barbecue
as a sortof incident. You go out to d
corner Of the woods where the thick
under brush has been carefully cut away
and where the trees are enough for
shade, bat not enough for gloom. and
there You sit and play poker and smoke
the finest tobacco in the world and
drink oily ten year old sour mash and
sniff the delightful aroma of the
burgoo until along in the afternoon
when the niggers pronounce the burgoo
ready and ladle il out to you III big
bowlfuls. The burgoo is q delicious
broth which is q perpetual remind
er Of the aborigines who
handed il over to our pioneering
forefathers when they began coming
across the mountains from Virginia
You take-or rather the darkies take
a gigantic kettle and hang il oyer q
roaring FIRE. A light broth Is made
first then they throw in young chick
ems, young ducks, sucking pigs, and oil
sorts Of small game, with fresh pota-
toes, green peas, string beans, corn,
and every other vegetable. Every thing
Is cooked until the meat higgins to fall
to pieces. Then the walters, with shin.
ing, smiling, black faces and snow
white jackets and aprons, bear great
bowlfuls Of the toothsome stew through
the grove. Oh, how good il isl NV
mouth waters as / tell YOU Of it. After.
ward there is more burgoo, and then
more burgoo, until c~yerybods has act
ually had enough. Then the darkies
satisfy themselves, while you return IL
your pipe and your glass;. until ths
shadows Of evening gather sleepil,
laround you.D His voice became low
and his look became dreamy. Sudden.
" he ronsed himself. and remarked 4.
he turned away "a few weeks late,
the darkies hold their camp meeting Oh
the same spot.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
csops ana rg,1nato sauce.

This Pickwickian dish is not often
daintily served in the avarage house
hold, and yet it is exceedingly easy to
prepare For the sauce take some
fresh, ripe tomatoes, cut them lheo
quarters. and stew for an hour and q
half in a porcelain lined saucepan. DO
not put in any water, At the end oil
that time pass through a cullender and
strain out the skins and pips. Put
the LIQUID back into the saucepan over
the fire, add a large lump of fresh but
ter-don,t be afraid of getting in too
much-and when it boils up add pepper
and salt to taste, a teacupful of cream
with enough -four in it to make the
sauce of the proper consistency-llke
rather thick custard. Broil your lamb
chops-which should have all the lower
part trimmed of, leaving the neat han
die of bone--and serve quickly on a hot
platter, with a little chopped parsley
laid over each brown chop, and with
the IL poured around them. A bit
of onion can be stewed with the tomato
for those who like that fayoring.-N.
Y, Tribune.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

If it rains, be thankful it will make
the crops grow Fit i is dry or hot, be
thankful; it is splendid harvest weather.
BE thankful and happy any way; it il
much p~leasanter for everybody.
Mr.. T. e. Williams writes from Wis.
consin that he planted pride oil the
North" corn May 26, last year, and ct
was SO ripe as to be uninjured by the
heavy frost that fell September 81
One Of Jefferson's rules Of life: We
never repent of having eaten too lit
tie
The editor Of The Mirror and Farmer
has never yet heard" Of . potato Dig
ger that gave satisfaction.
d. ID. Royce, Williamstown, vt, adj
vises farmers to keep an account Of all
their business transactions. He men.
lions nm instance where.a pair Of oxen
was claimed and taken after the man
died, for the reason that bis book did
not show that they had been paid for.
buy q book that will cost 80 cents and
devote from three to FIVE minutes
each night In putting down your trans
actions, who with, what money you
take in and pay out and what for
Now what would you think Of q man,
asked Mr.. Beecher, who had q laborato-
~ 100 feet square, and who fenced of
80 1900 NNNH WW
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
The Battle of AusterlitA

In the memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud,
just published, appears a letter from
him, when still a private, to his sister,
describing the brief Austerlitz campaign,
in which he says Three days before
the battle we had orders to leave the
town, and encamped a league from the
enemy. The Emperor came there him
self and slept in his carriage in the mid
die of on camp. For the three days
that passed before the battle he was all
ways walking through all the camps
and talking to the soldiers or their
leaders. We gathered round him. |
heard much of his talk; it was very
simple and always turned upon military
duty. At last on the eve of the battle,
the anniversary of his coronation, he is-
sued a proclamation, ~exhorting us to
behave with our usual intrepidity
and promised to keep his
distance as long as victory
followed us. But" said he, "if by mis-
EIaICG you tItblbtlO " h1OulblHb, FOh
will see me fly into your ranks to restore
order" Then he promised to give us
peace after this battle, assuring us that
| we should go into cantopm ents. We
replied by shouts of Joy, the ~harbingers
of glad success. Torches were lighted
and the bands played while the whole
army san songs with eagerness. It
seemed that every man was celebrating
his return home, and felt the Joy one
experiences at seeing father, mother
and brother. Yet how many of these
happy men were not to see their country
again. At daybreak the drums and
trumpets announced the fight; a start
was made with shouts of 'Vive
PEmpereur.' The charge is sound
ing. These words are re-
peated again louder, and carry terror
into the enemy's ranks. We charged
like lightning, and the carnage was hor-
rible. The balls whistled. The air
groaned with the noise of cannon and
our threatening voices, closely followed
by death. Very soon the enemys
phalanx was shaken and threw into
disorder; at last we overthrow them en-
tlrely. One point WItnstands us, the
batteries in a moment are taken, the
gunners cut to pieces at the guns, and
any that escape steel either seek
safety in flight OF a slower death in the
lakes. Nothing has ever been seen, my
love, like this memorable battle. In
the opinion of the Oldest soldiers it. is the
most bloody that ever has taken place.
/ will not describe to you the horrors
of the field of battle; the wounded and
dying imploring their comrades pity,
/ prefer to spare your feelings, and con-
fine myself to telling you that | was very
much affected, and wished that emper-
ors and kings who make war without
reasonable grounds could be condemned
for their whole lives to listen to the
cries of the unfortunate wounded who
remained three days upon the field Of
battle without having any relief or as
sistance. The Russian loss is innumer-
able; what is certain is that there are to
be seen q tleast sixty Russian corpses on
the field of battle for one French; and
it is only in one spot that j have seen
as many French as russians
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
HARD SHE'LL FIGHT.
-he Sunday Entertainment on sS@ten
Island.

ale AAA
Island.
The New York Times thus describes
a turtle fight on Staten Island the day
before. The two monsters were sold to
saloon keepers in Port Richmond II
Clifton, Aboast as to the size OF one OF
them resulted in the two being pit.
ted against each other for a purse OF
500. 1t was after II o'clock yesterday
morning when the final preparations
for the combat were completed. A PIT
was made in the center of the large
room. 1t was eight feet across, two
feet high, and octagonal in shape. One
of the turtles was 26 inches across
It's back, and weighed nearly l23
pounds. The other was % inches
and weighed 10S pounds. Both had
been fed on raw meat for two weeks,
with plenty of pepper to make them
ugly. The Mortified turtle was ham
died by a brawny blacksmith, and the
Southfield representative by a boss
! stevedore both Of whom were heavy
and strong men. The handlers were
each provided with a strong hickory
stick that was cut from q branching
sapling, and was Y shaped with a tail
about five feet long.
When a Judge and referee had been
selected the handlers began, first prod
ding the turtles with the sticks. As
soon as the turtles were struck under
the shell behind they would raise up
on their legs and dart their heads out,
trying to snap at the person torment
ing them. Then the handlers quickly
slipped the forked ends of the pole
between the head and shell of the tur-
ties and across their necks. That pre-
vented their heads from being drawn in.
The big turtles were then pushed close
together and their heads bumped
against one another. This was done
quite violently several times, when the
nose of the Mortified one was showed
into the tender flesh of the neck OF
Southfeld's champion. The latter
quickly raised his claw and buried one
of the talons In, the eye of the other.
This was sufficient, and the turtles were
soon in fierce combat. They stood up
on their feet and moved about almost
as quick as fighting cocks. They would
watch for an opening and then strike
as quick as any game bird could do.
Sometimes they would get side by side
biting and tearing one another's un'
protected parts as iercely and rapidly
as they could, the object seeming to b.
TO use up the other and reach a vita.
part. Neither of them at any
time showed any dasire to stop, and id
not need any further urging on. Al
! quick as one made a snap the sothel
would dart around at a surprisingl,
quick pace and try to break the other
hold. If that succeeded the watching
and lodging for an opening would be
gin again.
AT the end of the first hour the South
field turtle had lost its tail, It's RICH
leg, and had a big ragged wound in it
neck. The Mortified turtle could no
use its right front leg. which was APP
4 ~parently broken, and was at adisadvan
tage from the loss Of one eye. After
two hours and fifteen minutes struggle
the Sonthfeld turtle managed to get o,
the blind side of his opponent anC
seized it with its sharp beak BY tia,
throat. 1t held on vigorously and in
few minutes it's opponent was dead.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
rsrtiiinsr for =.


II find" says a writer in the New
England Homestead, shat cabbage
needs more hoeing and stirring OF the
soil than almost any other crop. Neither
do Iapproye Of too much stable manure,
except for an early crop, for it has q
tendency TO Dr. the sod and does not
furnish potash enough. I had much
rather have tobacco stems or stalks,
cut up fine and plowed under broad
cast, with some chemicals In the drill,
for q medium or late crop. AS to
chemicals, whether to be used alone or
in combination with other manures, [
recommend this formula as being best
and cheapest. which every farmer must
make for himself: Two hundred pounds
of dry ground fish, 200 pounds
of bone meal dissolved in sniphuric
acid, 200 pounds Of castor pomace and
100 pounds Of mur1atic potash, or more
if the potash salts (kainit) are used.
The fish and castor pomace furnish am
monia in quick and slow forms; the
bone, phosphoric acid; while the potash
is very necessary to q cabbage crop. A
ton Of this mixture costs about $40, and
Is sufficient for an acre with light
manuring, or half the quantity i
manure is used literally. This Is The
best cabbage grower I have found.
With 1T and tobacco stalks, az described,
| raised cabbages that weiged over
twenty pounds. One dozen, as thes
were taken to market, weighed owe,
200 pounds"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

The Massachusetts, Ploughman gives
q hint abgut constructing = well so as
to have the water free from impurities:
after digging as low asdesired, a cement
pipe. some two feet In diameter and two
o. three feet long, Is SINK at the bottom
and worked down as low as possible by
digging CIT the inside. The pipe should
he covered over with a fiat stone,
through the middle Of which a two-inch
hole has been drilled; directly over
this hole stand IN drain pipe, then begin
10 I'LL Ep the hole, and add drain pipe
as5the filing proceeds till it comes near
the surface, when a pump can be at
tached. A well Of this kind is reliable
and permanent, requiring no repairs;
the water is cool and free from impuri-
ties that open wells are subject to; no
insects or animals can find their way in
toit, and the cost is not more than one
half that of q well that is stoned. If
dug, as it should be, when the springs
areloW q constant supply Of water that
is rs pure as the underground spring is
secured. As the we'll is always full,
there is no chance for bad or to iniure
the water, and, in fact, but little danger
Of being polluted by surrounding cess
pools, compared to that of open wells.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

Cloths for the tea-table are edged
with lace.
Glass j. becoming fashionable as a
protection to oil paintings and pink
macreme is The latest fancy for mantle
and shelf ornamentation.
The paIm-leaf fan, covered with satin
lor cretopne and finished with pompons
around the edge and a bow at the base
Of the handle, makes quite q pretty
Green
Tea cups are now made to represent
rose petals, and the accompanying sau-
eers initiate the leaves. The other
pieces o. the service are carried out ia
the same style.
Corner ~cupboards are attractive and
useful; the tops should have glass doors
% that the china may be arranged
20 show to good advantage, while the
solid doors Of the closets below form
= convenient place to deposit the dishes
that are useful only.
4 packing box, with lid upon which
hinges have been put, covered with
s~retonne. the top upholstered, Il q use
tni addition to the sewing room, al
many odds and ends OF work can Be laid
inside; it should be about three Feet
long and eighteen inches high. and fur.
nishes . pretty window seat.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

The camphor opens tho pores, relieves
almost as soon Is If by magic. A very
common remedy Is to take Of spirits OF
nitric ether n ounce, laudanum tour
drains. nitrate Of potash three drains
ana water one pint Mix and give night
and morning Is adrench.-Tribune and
Ea-N,ar
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

a. we'll. low enough to suit the present
fashion. with glass papes let into the
upper half, and have covered them WITH
old damask and hroCaded silks.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Good Cooking Rules.

CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.-Two pounds
oil granulated sugar, a pint OF sweet
cream, a tablespoonful of vanilla ex-
tract, and four ounces Of Bakers choc-
olate. Put into a bright tin dish, and
cook slowly until it arrives at the brittle
state, which can be known by dropping
q little into cold water. Pour at once
on TO fat, creased tins or plates, and
when almost cold cut into square tab
lets. Better for children than boughten
candy.
Cool DISHES FOE HoT WEATHER:
GELATNE.-HaIf q box OF Cox's gsla-
tine soaked two hours in milk; add 3
little soda, then heat, stirring often.
Beat the ye1ks Of three eggs with s
small ~teacupfuI of sugar, and pour over
(stirring welDthe scalded milk and gela-
tine. Return 10 the kettle and let 1t
boil again a minute. Strain and flavor;
then pour into q wet mold and set on
ice till wanted Eat with cream and
sugar, or fruit
Com UsTARD. Heat a quart ofmilk,
add sugar 10 taste to the beaten yelks
OF Eve eggs, mix with this the het milk,
and add the beaten whites oftwo. SET
stone china cups IN a b~aking-pan OF hot
water. and, after filing them, put into
the oven hI'set", Then pour over
them q meringne az the shree other
whites, whipped upstif, with 8 tribe Of
sugar and . little lemon juice, FlsvoS
the custard before baking, If preferred.
When dome, set away to cool, and Il
plnoea N cold water with q little Ice, u
is refreshing dessert.
BLAs6 MAE6E One quart Of milk
heated ard szgared, che package OF
Cuxs Ealar1ne, after being soaked two
hgnrs ma cup Of cold water. Cook
md STRAIN. sst SWAY f0 cool an SGtur-
Hav nirEt Turn ont Of 1he mold OF
Srnaa, and II mo- lDcse, dir the mold
fE ~ instant ID brit water. and 4 VIII
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-02
pIn,nr q. tne wli.s House.

Baltimore sun.
Some rather amusing incidents have 90
ourred at what may be called the mass
meeting dinuers at the White House this
season. With many of the new members
of CONGRESS IL has been their first expert
enoe, not only with dinners in Washington,
but with formal dinners anywhere. 1t may
readily be conjectured that to dine at the
White House has proved trying ordeal
TO those who did not know exactly how to
comport themselves, and yet who arc ex
ceedingy anxious to do nothing outre,
but n few Of these amiable and excellent
representatives have shown their entire
ignorance Of the character Of the ma.
iority Of the dishes placed before them
and Of the manner OF eating the same.
At the last dinner two rural members,
ono from the East aud the other
from the West, looked for long time with
much curiosity at dish OF olives placed
in front of them. In an interval between
the courses the eastern member, conolud.
lug that the time had arrived to tackle
them, drew up the dish and with spoon
ladled out dozen or so for his friend, aud
tben for himself Both went to work on
the olives with knife aud fork, but this
method of attack proved 80 unsatisfactory
aud delusive thai they soon abandoned it
and set themselves to watch how the slip
perry little things were managed. Some
time after, while looking at the president,
they espied him take an olive up in his
fingers and drop it in his mouth. With a
mutual exclamation Of surprise and de
light they resumed the assault on the dish
before them, and as they had INDUCED in
liberal draughts of the wines they derived
en- mnnh satisfaction that thew did not
cease until the plate was bare.