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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
An Old Story.
EDWARD SIDNEY TYLCE, IN TEMPLE BAR

When the spring was beginning and May day was
nigh,
Fair flourish the roses anear the court wall,
Rut the rose of the hedges is fairest Of all.
LET me hide my fools face meath lying tomb
stone,
For the worlds gone Annoying. I NOPE here
alone"
Said the jester who sat on the steps of the
throne.
But the blossoms will fade which the thoughtless
have torn.
And the cheeks of the maid will grow withere1
and worn.
why should there for such small matter be
woe,
Since e1ch hedge ard each village such roses will
show?
King! go to your wine; pretty maiden! go moan;
When its meat hath been mumbled we leave the
So picked bone,"
Said the jester, who sat on the steps of the
throne.
Yet peasant is grinding knife sharp ana
strong,
And silently winding his way through the throng,
Then the dogs must be driven from licking the
gore
OF a monarch struck down at his own palace
door.
Though her name be gbe, and her affairs DER
thrown, .
In the end gossip Justice will seize on her own. -
Said the iester, who sat on the steps OF the
throne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
Magnesium as an Illuminant. =
Indianapolis Journal.

"Do you know" said a chemist to re-
porter, "that the metal magnesium is be-
ing introduced in the United States as an
illuminant as a substitute for all other
lights?"
The listener disclaimed any knowledge
on the subject.
''Its successful introduction continued
the speaker, "will depend altogether up
on the cost of it's production, nothing
but its high cost preventing its practical
use. A few years ago it was sold at $40
pound. Now, by new process, German,
it can be sold at S. pound, and there is
little doubt that before long it will be pro-
duced cheaper"
Here the chemist took out a shiny piece
of what looked like strip ofiwatch-spring
which he ignited. AS it burned it pro-
duced a powerfully brilliant light, more
intense, even, than electricity.
'Its use will not be attended with dan
ger, like electricity, ann it can be arrang
ed go that even the remote country
church or dancing hall can have it, as we'll
as the jewellers III the great cities. 1t can
be placed in a lamp, arranged with clock
work movements to feed ribbon of the
metal regularly. 1t has white vapor
oxide of magnesium, given off by the
metal in burning, which will require a
smoke-bell when burned indoors"
The chemist ignited another piece of
the watch spring, which glowed like the
sun.
"It it said," he continued, shat mag
nesium lamp of 1000 candle power throws
enough light to distinguish vessel nine
miles distant. wire the size of this
equals the light of seventy-fve steariue
candles. This would make the cost of
magnesium little more than gas, while no
expensive works Or street mains are re-
CURED for its use, making its introduc-
ton for lighting towns and villages avery
simple matter indeed. 1 predict that
within five years the magnesium light will
be as familiar sight in many places in
Indiana as the electric light is to-doy in
Indianapolis"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
Fertilizers from Waste Materials.
Philadelphia Record.

A large amount of manurial matter can
be saved and utilized on the farm by a
little extra care, and no chemical matter
is necessary to reduce any kind of sub
stance used to a fine condition. To make
bones servicable they should be broken
into small pieces and placed in box or
hogshead with ashes and manure. This
is done by placing layer of ashes on
the bottom of the box, and then layer
of bones, with an occasional layer of
manure, which causes the mass to decom-
pose more quickly, the whole being
kept damp with the urine or soapsuds.
What should be desired is to make com
plete manure or fertilizer on the farm,
and bones might be bought with ad-
vantage for that purpose. Ashes will lib
crate the ammonia if mixed with manure.
but when mixture is made and kept
damp the loss is prevented. The bones
are softened and disintegrated by the po-
fash of the ashes, the bones being chang
ed from phosphate of lime into phos-
phate of potash, and in that condition
are as soluble and available as super
phosphate. The nitrogen of the urine al
so undergoes several changes, and if salt
be added to the mass there will be a form
alton, or liberation, of chlorine gas which
will unite with the amonia, A great
many salts are formed, and all the origi-
nal materials are entirely changed in
character. While the majority of farm
ers possess large manure heaps they may
not attempt to manufacture fertilizers in
this manner, but as fe rtilizers rich in nj
trogen, potash and phosphoric acid sell
at prices varying from $40 to $75 per ton
the matter of manufacturing such on the
farm is an important one. As stated, the
teaching of bones, ashes and a small
quantity of manure, as is done when lye
is made, will give a more Talua-
BILE substance than the farmer can
find in the market, and he may
also preserve large amount of nitrogen
by simply filling box with a mixture of
one part kainet and two parts dry earth,
and then pouring all the urine he can OBJ
tain upon it, allowing the waste water
therefrom to be collrcted in vessels and
returned to the mass. These two mix
lures if united, will give the farmer the
phosphates, and potash Of the first box,
with the nitrogen and potash salts of the
second, and when chemical change has
entirely ceased he can place the mixture
aside under cover, and it will retain its
quality as we'll as the commercl fertiliz-
ers. By a careful saving of all the waste
materials that may serve such a purpose
the amount of fertilizer that can be made
on small farm will be very large and be
ready for the plants as soon as it is need
ed. Many farmers annually pay out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
A California Wonder.
Modesto (Cal.) Republican.

0tanlslaus county possesses many won
ders, but among all the unheard-of phe-
nomena that have come to light within
its borders nothing compares with the
latest and greatest wonder of them all
In the country, not more than fifteen
miles from Modesto, resides young lady
who has developed into perfect electric
battery. The first evidence to that effect
the young lady had presented itself to
her few evenings ago. 1t seems that
while she was about to retire she extin-
gulshed the light in her room, and with a
motion rolled back the bed covering, when
10 and behold! the bed was Immediately
turned into sheet, of fire. The young
lady, much frightened, screamed ''Firer'
and at the same time grabbed the bed
covering in her arms. When the other
members of the family arrived at the
door Of the room, they found her stand
IN the middle eff the room in the midst of
what seemed to he fame of fire, but no
sooner had the bed clothes been taken
from her arms than the flames disappear
ed. Experiments made by the young
lady since have proved that she has be-
come possessed o. vast amount of cleo
trlclty, which shows itself at every oppor-
tunlty. The young lady is not at all sat
lsted with the phenomena, as it requires
the greatest caution on her part to keep
from starting up small bonfire by the
slightest movement of her hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
Pure Water for Cattle.
From the Prairie Farmer.

In many parts of the praire states
springs are rare. Instead of a little run
nlng brook of clear water on almost every
farm, as Is the case where springs abound,
the surface water is carried off through
dePresslons, called sloughs. During the
portions of the year in which heavy rains
are frequent, the water flows in these
sloughs, but during the hot months of
summer and autumn they are mostly drv,
except in the lower spots, where the water
seems to ooze from the ground in suffi-
cient quantity to maintain dirty, semi
stagnant pool. Such water is wholly un-
fit for live stock, and especially for milch
COWS. Yet we heve seen large pastures in
Iowa and other Western states, where
such was the only supply for the drinking
water of mich COWS or other cattle, dur
ing the year. 1t is less Objectionable dur
ing the cool spring months, while water is
flowing, but such water in summer and
autumn is a prolific source of disease.
On every farm that is not provided with
clear running water every day in the year,
well is a necessity, not only as matter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
CURRENT REMARKS.

The city council of MINER, ILL.,, has
passed an ordinance forbidding the sale
of cider inside the city limits.
Des Moines negro undertook to de-
molish a fortysix pound watermelon,
but gave it up after disposing of twenty
two pounds. An emetic saved his life.
During a recent examination at a
high school in Ontario" says Winnipeg
contemporary, "a boy being asked who
was Sir Walter Scott replied with
great confidence: "A celebrated Scotch
novelist who was killed by Riel.'"
There is one candy house in New York
that has factory of immense size and
several elegant stores, and they were all
created within few years out of an orig
inal capital of $4,000, which was Dor
rowed for the purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

Mutton sheep may pay best with one
farmer and the merino with another, but,
whatever kind is kept, let the animals be
the best Of the particular breed.
If you wish the pigs to grow feed them
all the grass they can eat Don't turn
them loose in the clover field, but cut
the grass and throw it over the pen to
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

of humanity, but also of dollars and
cents. Though slough water might ap-
pear to be clear in August, it would
scarcely need scientific analysis to prove
that it is filled with disease germs, 1t is
a well Unknown fact that any faint IN the
water of a mich COW is communicated to
milk and thence it is introduced into
the system of the consumer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

argc sums ror fertilizer when they
could save a portion if not all of the
expense, by providing place where the
materials could be composted as described
and thereby made to renper good service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

Mr.. Goodel rich manufactured at Shar-
on, Me-, has peculiar hobby. He has set
apart one of the best rooms in his sum-
mer residence at Old Orchard as repos-
tory for large collection of automatic
toys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
Architecture at the Seaside.
New York Sun.

Stranger Cat watering place resort)-
What is that enormous building across
the way?
Guide-That's hotel.
Stranger-And that large handsome
brick structure?
Guide-that's the club house, sir.
Stranger see. Well, what's that long
oddlooking building behind the Enclosure?
Guide-The grand stand at tbs race
course.
Stranger-Oh, yes. It's all very beau
tiful, but / should think the authorities
would remove that unsightly little frame
building adjoining the hotel away from
the main throughfare. 1t mars the gen
eral effect. What is it? Some sort of a
hen house?
Guide-No, sir That's church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

Auglicixe the word Oreion and you have
our Oregon, and such is the origin of the
name of the state of Oregon.
To the understanding of one of the
Spanish race, it is nothing more or less
than orejon, or big ear, it being a true
Spanish word indicating and meaning
large ear.
Perhaps the ladies of the state of Ore
gon who wear carriags may!not wish to
know they are initiating, in small way,
the savage tribes that occupied the
country hundreds of years before them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
THE HOUSEHOLD.

Never allow fresh meat to remain in
paper; it absorbs the juices.
To stone raisins easily, pour boiling
| loosens them, and they come out with
| ease.
Lamp chimneys are easily cleansed by
holding them over the steam from a
tea-kettle, then rubbing with a soft cloth
and finally polishing with paper.
CHILLI SAUCE.
Six large, ripe, tomatoes and two pep
pers chopped, one, onion, one tablespoon
of sugar, one tablespoonful of salt, one
and half cups of strong vinegar; boil
one hour.
| 70 clean bottles, put into the bottle
| some kernels of corn, tablespoonful of
! ashes, pour it half full of water, and,
after a vigorous shaking and rinsing,
you will find the bottle as good as new
one.
GINGER NUTS.
Half pound of butter, six ounces brown
sugar, one pint molasses, half teaspoon
full salt, two tablespoonfuls each ailspice
and cloves, one teaspoonful caraway seeds
and pound and half -four.
70 CLEAN DECANTERs.
Rinse the bottles and put piece of
lighted coarse brown paper into each,
stop close, and when the smoke disap-
pears wash the bottle clean. This will
remove all stains, but if any spots should
remain the process should be repeated.
PICKLED SWEET APPLES.
For six pounds of fruit, use three of
sugar, about five dozen cloves, and pint
of vinegar. Into each apple stick two
cloves. Have the syrup hot and cook IN
til tender. Peaches and pears are picked
IN the SEINE way.
EASY WAY TO PRESERVE SWEET CORN.
Take bushel of ears when it is best to
| boil. Cut it off from the cob; pack 1t in
| salt; use jar, or an ash tub. Soak out
the salt as you want to ute it. Be sure to
keep the salt that is not dissolved in the
corn.
ELDERBERRY WINE.
| Put to six gallons and half of Juice
twenty-five pounds of brown sugar and
and nineteen gallons of water; add half
pint of brewers yeast; let it ferment
IA days in clean cask, open; then bring
up closely; in six months bottle it for
use.
AMBROsIA.
Pare and cut Cor pulD a ripe pineapple
into small pieces. Put a layer in a dish;
sugar we'll; covered with grated cocoanut
lay in more sugared pineapple, and so on
until the materials are usea up, covering
the top thickly with cocoanut Pass
sponge on other light cake with it.
Never place fresh eggs near lard, fruit,
cheese, fish or other articles from which
any odor arises. The eggs are extreme
ly active in absorbing power, and In a
very short time they are contaminated
by tie particles of objects in their neigh
borhood by which the peculiar and ex-
quisite taste of new laid egg is destroy
ed.
CLAM CHOwDER.
Butter a deep tin basin; strew it thick
ly with grated bread crumbs or soaked
crackers; sprinkle some pepper over and
bits of butter, and some parsley, chop
| ped fine, if liked; then put double lay
er of clans, season with butter and pep
per as before; then another layer of
crackers, and so on until you have
enough; add a cup of milk or water
turn plate over the basin and bake in
hot oven.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
ELDERBERRY WINE.

Put to six gallons and half of juice
twenty-five pounds of brown sugar and
and nineteen gallons of water; add half
pint of brewers yeast; let it ferment
IA days in clean cask, open; then bring
up closely; in six months bottle it for
use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
CHILLI SAUCE.
GINGER NUTS.

Half pound of butter, six ounces brown
sugar, one pint molasses, half teaspoon
full salt, two tablespoonful each ailspice
and cloves, one teaspoonful caraway seeds
and pound and half -four.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19
EFarriSoIiyilEe Notes.

st. Valentines day is past, and the dainty
nothings are laid away on the parior table
The snow passed with it-likewise the
sleighing-also one Of the yonng men Of
the village from the state Of ''single bless
edness'' to that Of matrimony.
The Yorktown Comedy Co., comprising
local talent in the vicinity of Yorktown,
will give an entertainment i'll Town Hall,
Harrisonville tomorrow evening, the Goth
Admission Is cts; reserved seats % cts.
The branch of Iron Hall ut Harrisonville
is increasing in members.
A wedding reception is to be given at
''Greenbank' Saturday evening to welcome
home the son Frank and his bride.
Long life to them.
Miss H. A. Avis has been threatened
with typhoid pneumonia, but under Dr..
Cars treatment is rapidly recovering.
The revival services at lIarrisonville are
resulting in great good. The church is
greatly quiekened and the unconyerted be-
coming concerned for their future. Five
presented themselves at the altar and the
interest is increasing.
The road from Harrisonvillc to the sta
ton has been blocked with snow ever
since the recent storm, and the mail To the
village comes by way of Mullica Hill, and
is sent by way Of Woodstown.
The post-oificc Unjust 60, it is said, to
other quarters.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19
The Weather Ahead orus.

Professor DcEoe, who claims that he
can predict the weather a long while in
advance, has submitted his theory to the
Government. He makes tie following
prediction.
About the 18Th severe Snow storm will
pass over The Ohio Valley. followed by a
very cold wave.
This Will strike Philadelphia about the
Goth with snow and heavy northerIy winds
and a temperature near zero, and about The
goth the temperature will run mp, follow
cd by southerly winds and very thick
fogs. These fogs will continue until the
Sd Of March, then strong casterly winds
will set in, caused by a storm down in the
Gulf of Mexico.
This storm will move northward and
strike Philadelphia about the 18th in the
form of bowling snow storm, and south
OF Philadelphia there Ill be destructive
floods. Following the SHOW storm there
will be sharp winter weather for a few
days. After the 10th, the weather will
remain remarkably warm till the Goth.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19

conducive to che Public Good


EDrroI or THE MGNTToR:-Fiftccn res
idents of Upper PENIS Neck township,
declare by their signatures that they be
lieye a tavern in PeHnserove to be con
ducive to the public good. Only three Of
the fifteen are residents of the village, sew
eral of them live some miles away and up
on the very border Of the township \ few
cents pound on the price Of butter graf
ificatjon Of appetite holding of place were
some o the inducements for which these
men were willing to become partners in the
ruin OF their own and their neighbours off
spring There is a strong temperance SEN
tlment in our village and that Mr.. French
could get but three signers within the vii
lage limits is proof sufficient To the most
obtuse mind that the large majority are
having tile curse Of tavern imposed upon
them by very small minority. Through
the influence Of the churches and the w.
&C. 7. t., the corps of drinkers has become
much depleted, many Of them being num-
bered among the one hundred and fifty
conversions which have been the result of
the extra effort OF eur churches this winter
and while fifteen men can say that We shall
have rum sold in cur village there is a
noble band of women. hundreds of church
members and many who do not make any
profession Of christianity who are teaching
the rising generation to abhor ANYTHING
that Will ntoxicate. X.
Pennsgroge, Feb. 18th, 1886.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19

good audience gathered in MeAllis-
ter's Hall last Saturday morning to listen
to the trial before Justice Holmes and a
twelve man jury" of the suit pending
between Charles II. Burt and VIM. w.
Fox. 1t appeared that Bart had become
security for one Horace Munyan on note
for 1914, which was past due but not yet
paid. To secure Mr.. Burt from loss, Nun
yam had given him a chattel mortgage,
which was duly recorded and which was
lien upon a certain mare then owned by
Munyan, along with other chattels. This
mare Munyan traded away, as he alleged
with Burt's consent, to Fox, but Burt de-
MED having given such consent. Fox
afterward traded or sold the mare out of
the county, and the chattel mortgage hay
ing been forfeited, Burt brought suit to TO-
cover her value from Fox. The suit was
warmly contested, and the jury retired
little after noon TO deliberate, and in the
evening brought in Il verdict for Burt, for
SO. E. S. Fogg appeared for Burt and
was assisted j. w. While. J. w. Acton,
of Salem, represented Fox.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19
Wnnlstow
soutn Jersey notes.

IIohensiatt' hotel, al Br4dgeton, is offered FOR
sale
\ Law and order League has been organized
nj NewheId, Gloucester county.
i, handsome new station is TO be erected hy
The West Jersey Railroad ut Gloucester city
1;lassboro has sewing school Tor girls. 1t
has seventy pupils ranging from tive TO thir-
teen years of age.
\ Hook of wild ducks, numbering eleven,
were canght ON the Tuckahoc river recently
bv having their feet Frozen solid in The ice
There were ~ marriages, d deaths and 20
births in Camden during the past month
Nearly two hundred OF the marriages were be-
tween Pennsylvanians. The number shows
a slight falling on from the previous month
The ice blockade OF sunday was the heaviest
and most stubborn with which the terry boats
on the Delaware have had 10 contend dnring
these later years 1t delayed them so mneh
that ii required an hournd mere 10 make "a
trip between the two cities
The Woodbury. Temperance Reform club
have elected the following oflieer-: President,
Nj. Ware scott: Vice Presidents, Joseph Nor
gan. ~. Islae Johnson Warmer Underwood;
secretary. Miss Jennie Bcndlcr; TREASURER,
cant. Nanneman. Marshall, Il. Carr.
one day lately Robert Iyner, an old ana
frugal resident of Nmeltnd, VAS gathered 10
bis fathers The neighbors III once began To
speculate rs to The amount Of wealth left ny
The deceased, as he was reported 10 have
antassed a considerable sum. After The tnn-
er.li Il search WAS made for Will, bur snch a
document could not DC found, neither We're
there any evidences OF wealth.. But n the
relatives knew that money was scented some
" here, they requested Judge Doughty 10
search tho house. This wis done and The
result was IA great surprise 70 The Relatives
In an old valisc in The closet were found cash
aud securities 70 the amount Of ssi,aN Fhefe
was 900 in registered government ana S4aaa
IN conpen bonds. Judge Doughty Al once de
posted the sand" in the Nineh,nd bank. There
was also found deeds for property ~ Illinois
valued al ssa0qo There are SIX heirs e The
estate "a wife and FIVE children.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-02-19
a Fowl Joke nj Trenton.

A rural member of the Assembly has i'll
troduced a bill ''to prevent the spread of
contagious diseases Of animals, one sec
ton of which provides that poultry shall
be treated the same rs other animals when
dying of contagious disease, and that every
chicken, as well as every horse, COW or
hog, shall ''be buried, when dying of such
contagious disease, within twenty-four
hours of the time of death, not less than
two feet underground heavy penalty to
be imposed for violation of the law. The
bill slumbered in committee until the other
day, when some wag inserted the following
section, which duly appeared in the printed
bill:
SECTION 2. And be it enacted that there
shall be erected over the grave, tomb or
sepulchre OF such deceased hen, cat, goose
duck, dog, drake, peacock, rat, polecat or
other fowl, a suitable tombstone tablet or
monument, not to exceed fifty feet i'll
height or to cost more than $3.50, upon
which shall be inscribed the species. sex
and age Of said deceased, with suitable
poetical finish.