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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-06-04
The Sopranos Predicament.

From the Hartford Times,
In one Of the hill towns of old Itch
field county Is soprano of a COngrega-
ti0nal church nsted for her fine voice.
The other Sunday the white-haired old
clergyman lined out the opening hymn,
and tee Organist, after lingering
glance at his necktie ia the little mirror,
cooked his head on one side, slammed
bota hands down on the keys and kicked
at the pedals. The choir stopped laugh
ing and gossiping, cleared their throats,
and arose to sing. They struck into the
hymn in good style. that Is, all except
ing the soprano. Not sound from her
musical throat. Her pretty face was at
red flush, and her Jaws were working
cOnyulsivsly. When it came to her solo
part, she was dumb. The choir couldn't
believe their ears, the congregation
craned their necks at the choir. and the
old gray-headsd clergymen pushed his
specs away up on his forehead and stared.
The choir sang single verse and
stopped. BY this time the soprano was
at a redheat, aud the perspiratiOR on her
marble brow had ruined her best Sunday
bang. At last, with a final yank, shs
yanked her teeth apart, and exclaimed
ia an undert0ne: IF ever ketch that
Jones yOnng 'un that gave me that hunk
OF maple taffy III break her back"
Let us pray" said the old gray-head-
cd clergyman sOlemnly. But everybody
within earslOt of the choir stopped to
grin first
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Food for Travellers.

An Augsburg Germany correspond
emit writing to the Boston Transcript
says: On most of the railways here,
and in some cases on several connect
ing lines, restaurants are all under
one management, and you may order
your refreshments by telegraph and
find them ready for you on a tray at a
station further on, which you had
designated. But you must be sure
the train stops at that station, and
that it will be at least forty minutes
going there, for it is only for meal to
be freshly cooked that telegraph or
der will be received. Thus: The fast
train from Hamburg to Berlin leaves
at II O'Clock and stops at no place
longer than five minutes until it reaches
Berlin, at $50. By 1 o'clock you be-
gin to feel hungry; you are then at
Hargenow. You hand to a restaurant
boy who passes along under the car
windows to take such orders a card
specifying what you will have for din
ner and where you will expect it. The
number of your coach and the letter
of your compartment goes with your
order by telegraph, say to Wittenberg.
Arriving there tray containing your
dinner is placed upon your knees; you
eat and drink at your leisure, pass the
tray and dishes out at any station
where the train stops, or leave themi in
your compartment; the owner gets
them in either case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Female Physicians.
From the Pail Mall Gazette. !

From the Pail Mall Gazette
ola Doctoresse," the amusing piece
now running at the Gymnase, has had
the effect of directing attention to the
lady physicians actually practicing in
Paris. They are eight in number, and
are all said to have a considerable
practice. Nine. Bres, the oldest and
best established of them, sees none
but female patients, and she has reso-
lutely set her face against the preten-
sions of those of her professional sis
tiers who aspire to compete with ply
sicians of the other sex in every de-
partment of the art. Mme Rosa
Perree, q younger practitioner, is
ready to treat the ailments of either
sex, and has a large number of clients
among the male relatives of her fe-
male patients. 1t is to the Empress
Eugene that the first female aspirants
to medical degrees owe their adrnis-
sion to the profession. She hap
pened, in the absence Of the emper-
or at the camp of Chalons, to preside
over the council before which the de-
mand first came. The empress sup
ported it with the whole weight of her
influence, and the council established
the precedent which has opened the
doors of the faculty to women.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Working a Railroad.
from the Popular Science Monthly.

From the Popular Science Monthly
The Arkansas Central Railroad
Company (the name indicates the To-
cality), built only forty-eight miles of
it's projected line. The road was of
narrow gauge, with very light iron,
and in every way cheaply constructed.
It cost less that $4,000 per mile, in
Guiding equipment. AS with most
companies building railways in new
countries, help in it's behalf was asked
from the communities to be benefited,
and the bonds amounting to nearly
100000 were given to it by counties,
cities, etc. Under a statute providing
for aid to railroads when their beds
could be utilized for levee purposes,
the company got 100000 of state
bonds. Under another statute it got
as loan from the state it's bonds to
the amount offs $4,000, which were
to be a first lien on the property. AT
ter such abundant assistance it would
have seemed hardly necessary for the
company to put out obligations of it's
own. However, it proceeded to issue
and market it's own bonds to the
amount Of So, 100000, of which ST.
100000 purported to be secured by
first mortgage, which was not the case.
In addition, a considerable amount of
stock certificates were issued. Alto
gether, nearly 100000 of paper
were put out and negotiated on the
basis of forty-eight miles of narrow
gauge road. But this proved to be in
sufficient. The road, for non-pay-
ment of interest, soon passed into the
hands of a. receiver who fOund in such
an unfinished state that, with the
courts permission, he issued a con-
siderable amount of his own certif-
Gates to provide for necessary repairs
and betterments. Then the road
the product of SO much outlay-was
sold at auction, and brought the mag
nifcent sum of $4,000, which was
paid, not in cash, but in receivers GER
tifcates that had been purchased at a
large discount.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Why Ward Didn't Skip.
New York Cor. Cincinnati Enn11ire

New York Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.l
I am able to give something worthy
OF credence as a reason why Ward is
in prison. He had ample money and
opportunity to go to safe country
after the exposure of his rascality.
Several days of liberty elapsed after
the explosion of the Grant & Ward
bubble before he was arrested, and
then he was kept in only civil copfne-
ment, from which his escape was easy,
until his conviction; and l asked a
lawyer connected intimately with the
case why it was that the Napoleonic
scoundrel did not retreat quietly
from the Moscow of his ruin. ''For
the simple reason that he likes to live
in New York" was the reply. "He
knew that he could not get more than
ten years, which term would be short
ened by good conduct to about six
and a half. He will be scarcely more
than forty when he comes out,
wealthy, full of schemes invented dur
ing his incarceration, and not at all
ashamed of his great exploit That
suits him better than Punishment for
life -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
An Experience on the Train
lErOm the New York Stnr I

lHEOu UHo new OrK Star.
"Just to think of it" he growIed.
with disgust written on every line Of
his face, 81 was coming out of St.
Louis, the other day, and, the car be-
ing crowded, gave half my seat to q,
demure little widow"
Chow do you know she was a wild
ow?"
"She told me so. She was awfullv
afraid of being robbed, and knowing
by my face that [ was an honest man,
she wanted me to take charge of her
portemonnaie until we reached Chica-
CO."
"And you did?"
cam l not a fool? Yes. I did, and
as she passed it over, sweetiy said:
""There's just 800 in it,
eve rode into Chicago without
leaving our seats. AS we ran in the
city l handed her the purse. She
opened it and counted the money.
Why, there isn't but $50 herep
she said, as she looked up at me.
"But | haven't taken any.
We'll, am $40 short, as you see.
Perhaps you can explain it to the
police?'
''And what did you dor"
81 gave her the $40, of course. Please
kick me few hundred times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
The Hotel Nuisance.
From the New York Tribune. I

From Lne New YORK Tribune
"Every man whoever dined in the
house with 81 FRIEND" said Mr.. Villas,
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, " considers
that thereafter he is privileged to use
the hotel as his private headquarters.
He uses our reading-room, writes on
our stationery, washes in our wash
room, chews our tooth-picks, fills his
pockets with our matches, has his
mail delivered in our care, and acts
generally as though he had a first
mortgage on the house and would fore
close it on the first of the month. 1t
is so in every hotel in the city. They
are all overrun with persons who use
the public privileges of the house with
freedom. They are the class of people
who come in and want to use your tele-
phone, and when they find you do not
have one go and make complaint to a
newspaper. We have no public tele-
phone IN the house, but our guests can
all be Accommodated with the use of a
telephone at any time, as there are six
under this roof" While was listen
ing to Mr.. Villas young man came
sauntering by the Office counter, ran
his hand into the tooth-pick box,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Shearings.

THE Guinea fowl is very destructive
to insects, and will feed on some that
the hens will not touch. They are
great foragers, active, and 60 over g.
whole field in a short time. There is
another point in their favor not gener-
ally known, which is that they are not
scratchers, and do but little harm to
plants.
ONE great error in poultry keeping
on the farms and plots of ground in
the older states, is the system of run
ming them on the same ground year
after year, without proper precautions
for renewing refreshing or disinfecting,
and again in allowing the accumula-
lions of the droppings for weeks and
months.
THE veterinarian at the Iowa State
Agricultural College says: There seems
to be a prevailing opinion among
horsemen that fractured bones will
not unite. This is an erroneous idea.
The process of repair is a very rapid
and efficient one, provided the frac-
tured ends can be kept at rest and
that the fracture does not extend into
a Joint having extensive motion.
Mos- barnyards are larger than
need to be and the consequent scat
tering of manure makes it much more
difficult to save. Early in the fall the
entire ward should be covered with
straw to the depth of a foot or more,
to absorb the solid and liquid excre-
ment that would be wasted. If the
barnyard is too large for this por-
ton should be fenced off and the stock
kept out OF 1T.
THE English and Scotch farmers be-
pin to realize that it is far more profit
able for them to raise blooded stock of
anv of the improved breeds than it is
to grow crops to feed the people, which
can be grown cheaper abroad Shire
and CLYDE horses are freely purchased
by Americans at liberal prices as are
also their Short-horn, Hereford and
Polled cattle. Soft is in this country;
the raising of improved stock pays
better than raising grain.
In reference to the item going the
rounds of the press relative to the cost
of raising an acre of Strawberries, and
putting it at SIS, a correspondent of
the National Stockman says: "Now
if YOU will keep account of time of
DloWing ground, setting plants, hoeing,
cutting runners, buying straw mulch
ing, and getting boxes and crates, un-
covering in spring and wedding it, you
will find that it will take about 500
to pay the bills on one acre before you
sell any at all, not counting anything
for manure or rent O. land"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Farmers Meetings.

Winter meetings of agricultural
societies in cities and large towns are
doubly beneficial. The more the peo-
pie of the town can be brought into
contact with the real producers of the
country, and the people of the rural
districts with the refinements of city
life, without either forsaking their
proper sphere, the better for both.
The pale-faced aristocratic dweller in
the city will learn to respect and foster
that noble, primal art upon which his
own existence and the life and bust
ness of the world depend, and the
sturdy, hard-fsted old farmer will
more fully appreciate the truth, that
it is not all of life-even the farmers
life-to produce fat calves and big
potatoes, and plod like an OK from
the cradle to the grave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Lose of the Clover Patch.

Clover has not been much grown in
the West until within a few years, and
it has generally succeeded well where
ever tried. But this season there are
complaints from many places of it's
failure, in some having been destroyed
by grasshoppers, and In others by ear
ly drought. Il is to be hoped that
our Western friends are not suffering
from the ravages of the clover worm.
If they are they should lose no time in
securing the parasite, which now in
Eastern states is beginning to keep
this enemy in check. We have lately
received most of our clover seed from
the West, and failure to grow clover
there may make scarcity of this
seed by next spring, or at latest the
year following.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Farm Grist Mills.

There is great advantage in grinding
grain for nearly all kinds of stock, ex-
cepting poultry and sheep. Cattle,
horses and hogs eat ground grain bet
ter and digest it with less waste; but
where grain has to be drawn several
miles and then tolled it adds so large
ly to the expense as to destroy most
of the profit from grinding. A grist
mill to be run by horse power will soon
pay for itself on every farm where
much stock is fed. The mill can be
put under cover and run by boy with
q team in weather too cold or stormy
for working out of doors, and also too
stormy to make it pleasant driving
several miles to mill
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
FARM AND HOME.
The Husking.

The harvest moon is clear and bright,
And in its sheen of silver light,
With laugh and shout of merry glee
Come neighbOrs to the husking bee.
The matron staid, the maiden fair,
The sturdy youth, the old in care,
Together for this happy night
With sport will make dull labor bright
Without, and shaking in the breeze,
The lanterns glimmer from the trees;
Within the barns wido-open door
Is spread the harvest's golden store.
Imprisoned in it's leafy shell
AS coin within the miSer'S cell
Awaiting the impatient band
To sec it tree with willing hand.
Upon the mow's sweet-scented wall,
Like fresco in the palace hall
Are tints of Autumn'S rainbOwed leaves
And quaint designs of wheaton Sheaves.
Quick seated all. the heaped corn
From out it's husks is swiftly torn,
With laugh and blush and stolen kiss,
The red-ear's finders happy bliss.
Then at the tables grooming board
Are gathered guests with one accord.
And scarce is DER the feast's delight
When thro' the quiet of the night,
Is heard the lively rhythmic beat
Of notes that call for dancing feet,
And with the dancers merry glee
Is closed the harvest's husking bee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Two Thoughts Of House Owner
From the Boston Courier. I


Deacon White (who is a property
owner and runs a real estate agency
-"Good morning, Deacon Black"
Deacon Black-"Good morning.
thought would drop in and ask you
how you liked the new minister yester-
day. Fine sermon, wasn't it ?"
d. W.-"Excellent. Never heard a
better. He is a very eloquent man
and is very happy in the selection of
his subjects"
D.B.-Remarkably so. Sermons on
subjects that touch the sympathies
are better for us all than the discus
sion of points of doctrine"
D. W.-"Certainly. What could be
happier than his subject yesterday:
Suffer little children to come unto
me?' How tenderly he spoke to the
little ones [ declare it melted my
heart to hear him"
Enter a lady who has business with
Deacon W.
D. W.-"Well, ma'am, what can lido
for you?'
Lady-"Have you any houses to
let ?"
D. W.-'Yes'm."
LII am looking round to find
good house at a. reasonable rent"
D. W.-"Have you any children 20
L.-sYes.'
D. W.-"Then can't let you have a
house. Don't want any children in my
houses"
Lady takes her leave and the dea-
cons resume their conversation on
the sermon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
CheviOt Sheep.

Cheviot sheep are "nice but naugh-
ty." They are long-bodied and long
limbed, with fine texture of wool and
a short, close fleece [ sleep under a
blanket made of Cheviot wool of my
own shearine, and Cheviot mutton is
excellent. But for going over high
walls, butting down gates and doors,
and being generally troublesome, the
Cheviots are unsurpassed. I have
seen my ram run full tilt up to young
apple tree and butt it so hard that
some of the fruit would drop off, which
was what he wanted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
THE PATHWAY
BY WILL MEREDITH NICHOLSON.

pathway down which breezes play
And toss the boughs o'erhangng,
It's winding course leads far away
From loud commercial changing.
A. silver river winding near
Across the low walk leading,
In whose half-whispers one may hear
A lovers eager pleading.
Upon each side the wild flowers grow,
With faces upward lifting,
whilst from their lips in ceaseless flow,
A soft perfume is drifting.
But rarer sweetness than of flowers,
Once down the pathway flowing,
Is now a shadow in the hours
From off the Past's sea blowing.
What whsperings soft these trees have heard
OF lovers meath them walking,
Loves sweetness thrilling every word,
That graced their happy talking!
No past, no future, just to-day,
For those the love-walk vending
That morrow pathway hid away,
Seems happiest in its ending.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
stabling and BIanketing Horses.

Many good farmers keep horses in
stables during the entire year, except
when out at work. Those who do not
should at least get the horses under
shelter at night and during stormy
weather. A sick horse is as unfit for
work as g. sick man, and animals that
are kept housed most of the time are
easily injured by exposure to storms.
1t is not advisable to blanket horses
in stable except for a little while when
brought in after working and when
wet either from sweat or rains. The
change to a horse blanketed in the
stable when taken out in stormy
weather makes the animal especially
liable to take cold. In a barn the
natural covering of hair over a horse
is sufficient. Animals exposed to the
storms and changes of weather incident
to farm work should not be clipped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
Something About Carrots.

Carrots are not generally appreciat-
ed as a nutritious food for man or
beast. Nothing gives a better flavor
to a. soup or a stew than carrots cut
up fine, and they are excellent eating
with boiled beef or salt fish. They are
much liked by horses, and one who
has fed them to COWS has made thefol-
lowing calculation as to their value:
Corn which yields 100 bushels of ears
to the acre will make a fair-sized stock
to twenty-five hills, and this, when
cornis planted 81 feet apart each way,
will make 142 stocks to the acre.
Each stock will make three large bun
dies of stalks, or 426 per acre. Four
of these bundles, IL at morning and
night and one at noon, with peck of
carrots per day, will keep cow better
than hay. At the above rate, an acre
of corn would yield fodder enough to
last COW LOG days. To keep her on
hay an equal time, feeding twenty-five
pounds per day, would cost $13.25,
reckoning hay at the moderate cost OF
$40 per ton. Stalks are estimated at
about SIS per acre. This deducted
from $13.25 would leave 1926 as the
value of the 2615 bushels of carrots fed
in LOG days, or thirty-one cents per
bushel. Many may think the stalks
estimated at too low q figure, but l
think theincreased value of the butter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02
A MilliOnaire'S Farm.

Pierre Lorillard has q stock farm in
New Jersey, within an easy drive of
Mount Holly. On it's 1860 acres Of
ground are twenty-six houses, ten of
them old-fashioned homesteads There
are many miles of clay pipe drain.
The trunks of the trees are protected
by wire guards. The fields are pro-
vided with iron basins supplied with
water from artesian wells, the waste
water being carried off by sunken iron
pipe. The barns contain stalls for
ffty-six horses. Forty hands and
fifteen teams are employed in the
farm work. Under one cover are
twenty-three silos, twenty-three feet
deep, capable of holding 1900 tons
of ensilage. In an adjoining building
are 200 stalls for cattle. The pigpen
is 400 feet long and contains $500
hogs. The corn crib will hold 10000
bushels of shelled corn. There are
two racing tracks in the center of the
farm, one three-quarter mile track,
the other a quarter-mile track. The
stable where the yearlings are housed
is $50 feet long and 100 feet wide.
Within it are sixty eight box stalls.
The center of the three sections of the
building is covered with glass and af-
fords q dry place where the colts can
exercise in wet weather. A pasturage
of 800 acres is attached to the stable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02

s5cooped up a handful of splinters, and
thrust them in his pocket as he walked
away; The act was a little too bold,
ana clerk Carr called after him and
MAGE hlm replace his plumber. 'sGen-
orally" said Mr.. Vilass, ''the only at
tentlon we pay to such petty things is
to ask the offender if he will not have
mOre.' ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02

produced by feeding with carrots would
balance the amount of under estimate,
if any. / am convinced that farmers
should raise more carrots, turnips and
perhaps beets, planting them in long
rows so that they can be proftably
worked with horse hoes ard cultiva-
tors.-America1 Cu7tivator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02

The Western Druggist thinks that to
prevent the dispensing of morphinefor
qulnlne a strip of steel should be firm
ly rlveted over the mouth of the vial
containing it, the neck being first
plugged with torpedo so arranged as
to explode and shatter the steel when
the poison is taken in hand. II the
clerk survives he will know that the
shock meant morphine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02

IT is easy enough to get into society.
Getting out with popularity after one
has had enough is what bothers the
young people. Some stay in so long
that they are crowded to the wall and
grow old in the belief that they are
Orleans Picayune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02

IF good circus could be seen for 5
cents, some boys would want to crawl
under the canvas; they were born that
way.-NeW Orleans Picayune.