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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
The Times and the Customs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Times

Not yet shall any one tell US and
prove that fame is better than noto-
riety. On the grave of Jesse James the
choicest flowers have been planted all
the summer, and the sweetest OF bios
soming shrubs have stood sentinel at
it's foot. Where Father Ryan sleeps
he whom they called the poet-priest OF
the South and whom thousands loved
at least while be lived-th there's said to
be nothing but briers and weeds. Yet
he robbed no man and dreamed often
of the white I ose and the red. "Turn
we away, Rinaldo; the sight is sicken-
ingto the soul"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
seleoting Seed Potatoes.

find it pays to select the very best
seed POTATOES attainable. One may
with Indifferent seed secure a fair crop,
on good soil, with favorable season.
But I have never considered this as an
argument in favor of poor seed, or
evidence that 8 better crop could not
have been secured had better seed been
used. 1t is when the season is less
favorable that good seed, good soil,
and thorough work show to the best
advantage. In order to secure the
best results. it is important for the
growing crops to have these three es-
sentials as nearly complete as possible.
I find that it pays to select seed pota-
toes when digging. Choose good,
medium-sized potatoes, free from
blemishes or disease, and as near the
perfect type of the variety planted as
possible. | prefer medium sized po-
tatoes to either very large or very
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
FOB THE HOUSEWIFE.
BOILED CHICKEN AND TONGUE.

BOILED CHICKEN AND TONGUE.
Clean, wash out with soda and water,
then with fresh cold water, q large
fowl. Fill with g. good forcemeat of
crumbs, bits of fat, salt pork, pepper
and salt; bind legs and wings to place
with broad tape, and boil slowly un-
til tender, from an hour to an hour
and hall, in proportion to the age
and size of the chicken. In another
vessel boil a nice corned tongue. When
the chicken is dished lay the tongue,
skinned and sliced, each piece over
tapping the next. in circle about it.
Serve q bit Of tongue with each help
of chicken. Thicker two cupfuls of
strained liquor from the pot IN which
spoonful of butter rolled in two of
-four, add two beaten eggs and q table
spoonful of fnely-cut parsley. Season
with pepper and salt boil two min
utes, stirring all the time, and send to
table in g. gravy boat.
CHOW CHOW.
Mince half peck OF green tomatoes,
half peck of small onions, one peck
of tiny cucumbers and six green pep
pers; mince the seeds; to these add
three medium sized heads of cauli-
flower, broken in email pieces; sprinkle
salt over all and let them stand for
twenty-four hours. At the end of this
time drain the mass we'll and cover
with vinegar. Pnt three heads Of cele-
cry, cut in small pieces, one cupful OF
grated horseradish, half g. pound OF
ground mustard, half g. pound of mus
70 nd Of n n b
pepper, two ounces Of brown sugar
half an ounce of ground cloves and
half an ounce of turmeric into enough
cider vinegar to cover and boil for fiji
teen minutes; then pour over the
pickles. Put in glass jars and keep for
month before using. 1t improves
with age.
OLD DOMINION SAUCE.
Bring the juice poured off from the
can of peaches to boiling point. Dis
solve one tablespoonful of cornstarch
in half a teacupful of cold water, add
to the Juice and boil two minutes.
Then add small teacupful of sugar
and if wine is not objected to one glass
OF sherry or Madeira. The sauce may
be strained, but does not require it..
In all cases where wine is mentioned as
havorirg it is of course optional,
many persons regarding it's use as sim
full. Education or conviction will gov
ern here as elsewhere. In most rules
where wine is specified as favoring, the
juice and grated rind of q lemen will be,
SO far as sweet sauce are concerned, g.
pleasant substitute.
RAGOUT OF BEEF.
Cut cold underdone beef into neat
dice, lay iii g. pot with minced onion,
parsley and enough gravy or broth to
cover it, Cook very slowly at the side
of the range until tender, stir in 81
lump of butter the size Of walnut,
rolled into a tablespoonful of Drowned
flour, the juice of half a lemon, 81 tea
spoonful of Worcestershire sauce and
half q glass of wine; simmer one min
ute and turn out on squares OF fried
bread. If you have no gravy ready
made make it out of the refuse bits of
skin. gristly pieces, etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Care of Farm Implements.

The wagon Is the most Important i'm
plement on the farm, and being in con-
slant use receives really less care than
anything else. Yet the farmer will
find it profitable to have shed so ar
ranged that the wagon can be driven
into it without any trouble; hoist
Ing arrangement, 80 that the bed can
be readily taken of, without the extra
labor generally required TOR this work.
Such an arrangement will repay the
outlay IN less than B. year, and, if
properly managed, will last lifetime
Then you want, on one side, q rack
built for smaller tools, such as rakes,
spades, forks, scythes, cradles, etc., go
that each tool can have place by it.
self, and arranged SO that each tool
can be reached without necessary
trouble. Then the corn and breaking
plows should be kept under shelter;
rust ruins the iron and rots the wood,
when they are left out exposed
them as soon as you are through with
them. Grease with clean grease, free
from salt, or paint with oil or varnish;
if the original paint becomes
worn off, repaint, using good OIL
This will be preferable with
all kinds of implements. Keep
them well painted. Nothing preserves
the wood work of machinery so much
as good oil paint. Have your shed
large enough to store your cultivator,
drill, harrow and reaper or binder. In
storing away, if you have no floors,
place q good stout board under the
wheels SO that the tire and felloes will
rest above the ground. Be careful, in
taking parts of the machinery down,
to replace all bolts and nuts; it will
save much time, when the machines
are taken out for work in the spring
Clean off the dirt as much as possible.
And this leads to another remark
about caring for machinery. In oiling,
1T IS not necessary and does no good
TO put on g. large quantity Of oil
or grease. A small quantity, applied
frequently, not only is better, but
saves oil and saves machinery. Be-
sides keeping machinery in better
shape there Is no necessity to have
q machine all covered with dirt and
grease, causing more harm than good
accommodating dirt. This is especially
the case with the more complicated
machinery, such as reapers or mowers
or binders. Yet we have seen wagons
or buggies almost ruined by the care
lessness of the owner in applying too
much grease or oil.
Do not delay this work until fall.
Gather them, or better still-haul
them to the shed as soon as they are
through using them. Generally it will
require only q few minutes to store
them away, and the saving from ex-
posture to the sun and rain will repay
for the small amount of time required
to perform the work. Then, If it is
left to the future, it is generally left
too long, and it becomes more or less
injured before it is stored away If
you once can get into the habit OF put
ting away machinery as soon as you
are through with it, you will be sur
prised to see how easily it is done,
and how much saving is effected. And
then, when you want to use any of
the tools, you know where to find
them, and know, too, that they are in
a good condition to begin work
~ j. Shepherd in Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
PERSONAL POINTERS.

MRS. LANGTRY has a 81, 900 gown.
WIeGINs IS going to leave Ottawa.
TALMAGE mas invented ''sanctif-
gumption."
DR.. LORD, the historian, will winter
in Dresden.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX has returned
to New York.
MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY, the volumin-
Gus author, is spending the autumn in
New Hampshire.
RUDOLPH FALK, q European prophet,
outwiggins Virgins by predicting
monster flood in 640O.
M. GREW has a gift from the King of
Abyssinia-tWo loving lions and four
buffaloes with silken coats.
MILE. RHEA has weakness for lit
tie Havana cigars that are made up
especially for lady smokers.
EXPLORER STANLEY is to lecture in
Massachusetts in December on what
he saw in the Dark Continent.
MRS. JAMES T. FIELDS and Miss
Sarah Orne Jewett are the guests OF
George W. Cable at Northampton.
STUART RoBsoN's grandmother re-
Gently attained to her Tooth birthday.
The venerablelady resides at Cohasset,
Mass.
GEORGE H. BOXER will, tits thought,
be the next president of the Fair
mount Park Commission in Philadel-
phia.
THE Freeman's Journal, of Dublin,
claims George Gould's wife as an Irish
woman, and says she was born at
Limerick.
THE Empress of Austria has such O.
violent aversion to everything French
that she will not travel in that coun-
try even incog.
ROBERT L. CRAWFORD, of New York,
q brother of the late Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, has just given g. 500
scholarship to the Vanderbilt Univer-
sity.
PROF. W. J. SEELYE, of Amherst
College, son of President Seelye, has
gone to Athens to enter the American
School there. His wife accompanied
him.
AT the Carlton Club, New York, ex-
Senator Conkling ordered for dinner
q bunch of white grapes and O. cup of
ice tea, when his breakfast had been g.
glass of milk and some toast.
THE Rev. E. G. Hay of Pottsville,
Pa, goes to his appointments among
the hills of Schuylklll County on BIZ
cycle-the first instance, we believe, in
which that vehicle has been used for
the transportation of hay.
MRS. FRED. GRANT, like Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, believesin a woman keeping
her family name after her marriage,
and while Mrs. Cleveland always signs
herself Frances Folsom Cleveland, Mrs.
Fred. Grants signature reads Ida
Honore Grant.
ROBERT SMALLs, the negro states
man, has been elected to Congress
FIVE times. He will no doubt secure
his sixth election in November, as
he has been renominated IN the Sew
enth District of South Carolina, where
there is q dense colored population.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
The Late John Esten Cooke
From the Philadelphia Times. |


When the civil war broke out Mr..
Cooke rushed headlong into it, serving
first with Stonewall jackson and
afterwards on the staff of Gen. j. E.
B. Stuart. coming out of the struggle q
major. The result of his war expert
ence was shown in the novel Of "Surry
of Eagles Nest," which was published
in the winter OF 1866 and went rapid
ly through seven editions. Many OF
the scenes the author himself had wit.
messed, and he tells what he heard
Jackson and Stuart say, not what he
read they had said. The success oil
'Surry" induced Cooke to continue
the war novels, and "Mohun," "Hilt
to Hit, !" Hammer and Anvil" etc.,
followed in few years. Healso wrote
the olives of Lee and Jackson"
"The Wearing of the Gray" and other
books, all having more or less of the
war atmosphere. His aim was to do
for Virginia what Simms had done for
South Carolina, Cooper for the Indian
and frontier life, Irving for the quaint
old knickertocker times and Haw-
thorne for the weird Puritan life OF
New England. Although Mr.. Cookies
sympathies were for the cavaliers, he
never magnifed one of them at the ex-
pense of q Puritan, and his books,
while Southern in their views, are
never rancorous. They are of Virgin
Ia, because their author loved the
grand old commonwealth, and, though
both local and sectional, they have no
narrow spirit in them, Mr.. Cooke be-
lieving with Shakespeare that "there
are liners out Of Britain"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Perhaps He Had a Bicycle.
From the New York SUM-


Wallace P. Reed, ofthe Atlanta Con
stitution, says that if you will sit
down and stay down you will live for
ever. He practices what be breaches.
The Constitution says that for II
hours every day he sits at his desk;
four hours he sits at home. It takes
IL minutes to walk 800 yards four
times each day. He sleeps seven and
a half hours. His health is perfect.
His appetite is keen, his brain clear,
and his capacity for work remarkable.
He is never sick g. day or an hour or
a minute. He is genial, fresh, bright,
and does not age q shade. His knowl-
edge of men and things is unusual
The only character in books that per-
plexes him is "The Wandering Jew"
"I cannot understand, 'he says, chow
he lived SO long when he was continu-
ally moving about"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
FARM AND HOME.
Measuring the Baby.

We measures the riotous baby
Against the cottage wall
A lily grew at the threshold,
And the boy was just as tall.
A royal tiger lily,
With spots of purple and gold.
And the heart of a jeweled chalice
The fragrant dew to hold.
without the bluebirds whistled
high up in the old roof trees.
And to and fro at the window
The red rose rocked her bees;
And the wee pink fists of the baby
Were never moment still,
Swapping at shine and shadow
That danced at the lattice sill.
His eyes were wide as bluebells,
His mouth like a flower unblown;
Two little bare feet, like funny white mice
Peeped out from his snowy gown;
And we thought with thrill Of rapture,
That yet had touch of pain.
When June rolls around with her roses
Wen measure the boy again.
Alb mel in darkened chamber,
With the sunshine shut away,
Through tears that fell like bitter rain,
We measured the boy today;
And the little bare feet that were dimpled
And sweet as a budding rose,
Lay side by side together,
In the hush of long repose,
Up from the dainty pillow,
White as the risen dawn,
The fair little face lay smiling,
With the light of heaven thereon;
And the dear little hands, like rose leaves
Dropped from rose, lay still,
Never tC catch the sunshine
That crept 10 the shrouded sill.
We measured the sleeping baby
With ribbons white as snow,
For the shining rosewood casket
That waited him below;
And out Of the darkened chamber
We went with q childless moan:
To the height of the sinless angels
Our little one had grown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

man." he said, "and I thank God you
love each other" So won my wife.
and if | dared to tell you all she is to
me, how gentle, how graceful, how true
and beautiful, you might say, as ore
or two of my old bachelor friends
have said, so hear, "Don't you think
Will is rather spoony on his wife,"
Not that such remarks trouble me, at
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

A 2-YEAR-oLDson of Harry Whipple,
of Charlotte, was recently injured
by having his hand caught by the
sudden dropping of g. window. His
mother could not raise the window for
some minutes, and the little fellow
pulled the flesh nearly off before his
hand could be released.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
PROFIT AND LOSS

Back are the summer boarders.
Back to their home in town
ana the farmers wife's in the city to-day
Buying new silk gown.
They left her hundred dollars
And the thought of it makes her laugh
For the cost of their board to the farmers wife
Was just four dollars and halt
Boston Courier
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

A BURLINGTON, VT, man takes rail-
road rails, has them painted black
and the fiange border for wires, and
then uses them for fence posts. The
effect is said to be unique and strik-
ing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

IN Rome nearly all the hod- carriers
are women. They are very strong,
physically, and carry the heavy pans
of mortar upon their heads with ease.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19
Sneezing Catarrh.

The distressing sncezc, sneeze, sneeze, the
acrid, watery discharges from the eyes and
nose, the painful inflammation extending to
the throat, the swelling of the mucous lining,
causing choking sensations, cough, ringing
noises in the mead and splitting hcada, hes
how familiar these symptoms are to thous-
ands who suffer periodically from head colds
or influenza, and who i've in ignorance of the
fact that II single application of SASFoRDs
RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH Will afford IN
tdntdneols relief
But this treatment in cases of simple Ca
tarrh gives but a faint idea OF what this rem
edy will do in the chronic forms, where the
breathing is INSTRUCTED by choking, putrid
mucous denominations, the hearing affected,
smell and taste gone, throat liberated ana
hacking cough gradually fastening itself up
on the debllitatcd sy stem. Then it is that the
marvellous Gu alive power of SA>FORD'S
RADICAL LURE manifests itself in instantan-
eOus and graceful relief. Cure begins from
the first application. 1t is rapid, radical. per-
manent. economical. safe.
SANFORn'S RADICAL CURE consists of one
bottle of the RADICAL CURE, one box CA
TARRHAL SOLVENT and an IMPROVED INHAL-
Err; price, 81.
POTTER Dare n CUFNIcA Co HOsToN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19
THEBOY WHO WORE THE BLUE.
Notes From the Grand Army Posts OF
Vermont.

Post Rosworth, G. A. r., of Fair Haven
held n camp fire Wednesday evening, at
their hall.
The Waterbury Post will hold a camp
fire tonight and the principal address Will
be delivered by Department commander
Childs.
The Newport Centre Post will hold a
camp fire on Tuesday evening, November
Is. An address will be delivered by Rev.
T.. Snow, past chaplain of the Il. A. X; de
partment of Vermont and music Will he
| furnished by select quartette.
The st. Johnsbury guard will give the
war drama, "Our Nations Defenders,
! in the opera house, November Is ana 20.
| The cast of characters includes some OF
! those who did good acting in the battle Of
Gettysburg.
Alta recent regular meeting of George
| G. Randall Post at Woodstock, Comrade
John : Eaton, on behalf OF Dr. Nathan
el Randall. presented to the post me
crayou portrait of his son, Captain George
! {. Randall, whose name Tue pos "[" w.
Commander Whpple, ON the part oil the
| Post. accepted the same, and on motloh
Junior Wee Commander W. {. Waugh the
COST unanimously directed the adJutahl
to extend to DR.. Randall the thanks oil
the post.
Comrade Simons, assistant inspector
| Col f. Il SAWYER, commander or l,oSt
Keller HYDE Park, and Senior Vice
Commander Stevens of Post Keller, Were
present at the regular meeting OF ROSY
iIazeu at Lowell Monday evening NO
vember |.
The Bennington Post. &. a. H. has
already voted 10 furnish two rooms IN the
soldiers home and the Windsor post one
Hall Post No. IS, Il. \. r., of Worcester
held a camp fire Thursday evening C C
mander j. a. Kelton presided Com,
mander General stephen Thomas aud
Captain Ii. G. Lull of Montpelier, Major
Dick smith OF Ners ire, Captain Il Il
Cotiey of Windsor aud Captain George
W. Fiagg of Braintree were present ano
made short and interesting speevhtS
there we're also singing AMI recltatlurs
The most is named in memory of the ,ga
liant Captain Edward Hall OF The sth Yer
mont regiment, who died of wounds on
the battlefield of Cedar Creek, Va, Octo
Der 10, 1864.
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rates at Chicago for competing business
in commenting upon the large powers
given to the commissioners in some of the
bills to examine into and make public the
contracts and affairs of the corporation,
GOV. Smith said that such powers, whether
in reference to a railroad or II manuldc-
turing company, would be very unjust
and dangerous and might be taken adj
vantage of unfairly by competing or un-
friendly interests.
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From 115 lbs. to 161 lbs.
To the Cuticura Remedies lowe
My Health, My Happiness,
and my Life.

a day never passes that do rot think and
speak kindly OF the CuTICURA REMEDIES.
Seven years ny j ali of n dozen Jumps formed
on my neck, ranging ~ sHt from cherry
stone TO an orange. The large ones wrr,,
irphtfHd to look at, aud painful to bear; pco-
ple turned aside when they saw mo i'm dis
gust, ana wa ashamed to he Tn the street
or in society. Physicians aud their treatment
aud all med cines tailed to do amy good. In "A
moment Of despair ! tric tlc CUTICrHA
REMEDIES -CuTICURA, the great SKIN Cure
and CUTICCRA SOAP. an exquisite skin Bcnu.
TIMER. externally aud CCTlCuRA RESpLvENT.
the new Blood Purifier. internally; the small
Jumps a> ! ca thcm) = actually disappeared
and the large ones broke, III about Two weeks
1lsChargihg large quantities of matter lcav-
ing two slight scars IN my neck to-day to tell
the story of my suffering My we ght thcn
was one hundred aud fifteen siCkly pounds
my welghl now is one hundred ana s1Xty-uHe
solid, healthy pounds, and my height is only
five feet five inches I'm my travels / praised
the CuTICURA REMEDIES, North, south East,
and West. To CUTICURA REMEDIES | OwEMY
HEALTH, MY HAPPINESS, and MY LIFE. A
promlnt mt New York druggist asked me the
other day, "Do you still use the CUTICURA
REMEDIES; you look to be in perfect healthy
My reply was 81 do, and shall always. / have
never known what sickness is since | com.
mcnccd using the CUTICURA REMEDIES
Sometimes am laughed at for prai>ng them,
to people not acquainted with their
merits, but sooner or later they will
come to their senses and believe the
same rs those that use Them as dozens
have whom ! have told. May the time
come when there shall be Il large CUTI-
CURA supply House in every city in the world,
for the benefit Of humanity, where the CTTI-
CUBA REMEDIES slall he sold ONLY, so that
there Will be rarely need of ever entering
drug store. VI. HUSBANDS,
p. o. Box 1881, New York, n Y.
CUTICuRA REMEDIES are positive cure for
every form of Skin and Blood Diseases, from
Plmpes to Scrofula. sold everywhere. Price,
CUTICCRA, 80 cents; SOAP, - cents; REsOL-
vE>T, 500. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co.. Boston, Mass.
fnr =,
pIMPLES Blackheads Skin Blemshes and
iim Baby IIumors, use CuTICURA SOAP.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19
THIRD HOUSE DIALOGUES
As Overheard by an Outsider In the Capt.
toll Corridors.
MONTPELIER, Nov. 10.

To the Editor of the Free Press
by far the most interesting part of the
legislative work that is done at Mont
pelier is transacted outside of the legisla-
tive halls The legislature of lss6 has
already shown itself to be not debating
society, but body in which speech-mak-
ing is "A lost art or relic of barbarlsm.
To introduce bill seems to have been,
in many cases, the only argument which
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hard on - It's no crime to be post
master at the time of your election. II
his town wants to be represented, why not
let them have a new election It's cleal
enough that the oath amendment takes
away the force of the original clause III
the constitution annually forever and
leaves it to the legislature. Yes, he il get
"a fine chance now, for the Judges Will de
eide the uueStlO
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19

The Senate bill to increase the salary of
the judges of the Supreme Court from
$500 to $1,000, came up for passage in the
House today. Mr.. Baxter and Mr.. Mann
spoke in favor of the bill and no one OPP
posed them and it was passed almost
unanimously. The bill was Immediately
signed by the governor and is now a law
THE STATUE OF JACOB COLLAMER.
The Senate adopted on their part to,
day Joint resolution providing that the
governor be authorized to provide suit
able pedestal for the statue of the late
Jacob COllamer, heretofore placed in the
national capitol by the state of Vermont
and which has thus far stood upon Il
wooden frame covered with white cotton.
BARBED WIFE FENCE HEARING.
The House agricultural committee met
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this State to adopt at the outset.
The bill Incorporating Proctor is the
special order for Tuesday at o'clock in
the afternoon and that incorporating West
Rutland for Wednesday ut the same hour